I wrote this once and my power tripped now I'm re-writing this fml

Hey there fellow space man, whats that? your new to this space station?? Well then I guess I have to help you around until you get your space legs.



So before we begin you should be the main screen of the game.



Go ahead (if your on a computer) and click the gear and change it to mouse and keyboard this will make your game way easier for you to multitask with moving and objectives.

Now that you got the M&K set up lets hop in a game. You'll need a username and if you are playing with a group a friends (best way to have fun) you will need a room code. And why are there so many Q's in the codes???

Now that you got yourself in the shuttle and are awaiting the game to start. Take a look at the left side of your screen you should see some information that tells you the settings.


This information is really important to understand

1. Map - the map you will be playing on
   
2. Impostors - how many you need to worry about
   
3. Confirm Eject - displays if player was an impostor or not on eject
   
4. Emergency Settings - how many emergencies each player has and cooldown time
   
5. Discussion and Voting Time - how long you get to discuss and vote off a player
   
6. Player Speed - movement speed
   
7. Visual Tasks - tasks display a effect or not
   
8. Task amount - the amount of work each player has in a game

Now you know what they are lets actually talk about most of them in detail.



Welcome to Skeld this map is your new home for awhile. its the easiest for new players to learn and fun to play when mastered. How I like to think of the map is a Tik Tak Toe grid. This may sound weird and you ask me "yo dumby there is 14 rooms last time I checked Tik Tak Toe is a 3x3 grid". Well your not wrong but you break each sector of the map into a 3x3 grid it makes it easier for new players. In one of the game played we had 3 new players and every time a body was reported they didn't know where they were. So if you look at the diagram below you will see what i mean by dividing it up.




With this table you can get an idea of what I mean by this. So you get lost or don't know the map to well, you now have an understanding Skelds locations. "Body was found in coms? well I was in.." *looks at grid* "top right of the map weapons!". Its just a basic idea that can help making it a bit easier as a new player not really much more but it helps with navigation.

In an average game of lets say 10 players the teams will be 8 players of Crewmates


And 2 of these guys


So the basic idea is for the Impostors to try and kill all the Crewmates. On the other hand Crewmates have to try and complete all of the tasks assigned to them or figure out who the Impostors are before it's to late. Sounds pretty easy, right? Well that's because it kinda is, an average game is about 10-15 minutes (that's if you are playing in a group over discord or etc).

Crewmates will have 1 to 2 buttons on the screen at the bottom right. those buttons (Use & Report) are pretty self explanatory. You press the "use" button to do actions and tasks, while the report button is for reporting a body or a kill when you see it. You want to complete each task you are given but also keep a eye out, because there is a target on your back!

Imposters have a few tricks available, they also have buttons but a few are different. They have Sabotage, Kill, Vent, and Report. "Why do they have report if they are trying to kill everyone" you ask? Well an actual strategy for this game is killing another player and self reporting yourself to try and blame someone else. Lying is your best friend as an Impostor as long as you can get away with it.The Impostor can hide in vents. Vents allow the Impostor to either hide or quickly move around the map. When close enough to a vent, the Sabotage button will be replaced with the vent button. However, hiding in the vent stops your kill cooldown and sabotage cooldown until you exit the vent.


The better your alibi checks out, the easier it is for an Impostor. So follow people around but don't kill them, so they think you are not the killer, but when the numbers dwindle down a bit don't be afraid to sacrifice your scapegoat. Using your brain will net you a lot more wins then just killing people without scouting rooms out.

Originally posted by Sun Tzu:

it was red he tried to following me into a vent.

Sabotaging is a key element that will slow the game down just a lil' bit.


When an Impostor sabotages some of them are fatal and some are not. The ones you need to worry about are gonna be O2 and Reactor Meltdown. Communications and lights are not needed to win but when Communications are off you can't see your task. Lights will make your visual range small enough where you can only see about a foot around you. Doors just block pathways and lock people out of rooms.


After you have been killed off or voted out the ship you have a ghost that flies around. While your dead you still need to complete your tasks if you want your team to win. It is vice versa for Impostors, even when they get jettisoned into space they can still help their other teammate by sabotaging and closing doors. So make sure you complete your task even if you die!

I'll go ahead and cover all three of these in one topic.

Uh oh! looks like blue reported that green died in Medbay and he says that you are the killer! But you have an ace up your sleeve you and yellow were in Shields together so you have an alibi. After blue tries to defend himself its unanimous he is getting voted off your ship. But you don't have Confirm Eject on so no one knows for sure that it's him.

1. Emergency! - Each player will have 1 emergency vote each (normally). if you think a person suspicious or even watched them vent, you can go to the Cafeteria and hit that button. This is where the timers come in, whenever the killer sabotages or if a player gets voted off there is a cooldown on the timer for each player. This timer should Always be less than the Impostors kill cooldown timer. This makes games fair so the Impostor cant go around cutting heads off before you can even wipe the sweat off your forehead.
   
   
2. There's a monster among us but who? - Discussion Time and Voting, the timers themselves can be swapped, but having a long discussion time makes it so player don't auto vote a player and can explain themselves before group decides their fate. Personally, 90 seconds (30 discussion and 60 voting) is pretty easy but you can change it or flop the numbers around.
   
   
   
   
3. Get off my ship! - Confirm eject means that if you or another player gets voted off the island, it will display if that person was the Impostor or not. So if you have it off, you may not know until it's too late.

Space is a harsh place, even without a monster hunting you down. But if you want to keep flying and get home safe, you'll have to get your rust bucket of a ship home. Each player is assigned a number of tasks (check lobby for number) that they must complete. There are 3 groups of them.

• Common - Tasks that are normal, not too fast or too slow
  
• Long - Tasks that take awhile to perform. Be aware of your surroundings, Impostors might be watching
  
• Short - Tasks that take a second or 2 to complete

here is the Wiki link[among-us.fandom.com] for most of them. (pictures would not upload on here otherwise i would have done that.) Most of them are pretty easy to understand, Swipe card you pull out a card and swipe While some of the more advanced ones are Start Reactor which is Simon says. Most of the tasks are like Mario party games. just click around you will get the hang of it.

Your still here? really? Ok well I guess I can tell you about the drinking game we played. Every time you die you take a shot, you lose the round without dying? take a shot. If your Impostor and they jettison your butt into the empty void? knock one back and keep them coming. We played for 3 hours and got Crunked.




Remember to drink responsibly and have a fun match.