Private game

**Private Games** are another awesome way to participate in games of Shell Shockers. Anyone can create a private game. Upon creating the game, an invite code is shown to the creator of the private game which can be used to invite other players.

Private games can be used to create your own “scrims," as Shell League does. You can also use this feature to create your own modified events. You can utilize other game modes if you like rather than what leagues such as Shell League does. Perhaps you could also just have fun with your friends if you'd like!

## Creating a Private Game

In the main menu, navigate to the "Private Games" option on the left side of the screen. Click the "Create" button. You will then be able to choose the game mode you desire, server u want, and map of your choice. While only some maps are in the map rotation for public games, **all** of them are available and free to be used in private games. It is currently impossible to make a public game.

### Hosting Privileges

When you create a game, you are the host and have admin privileges. Host/admin privileges, currently, cannot to be transferred to another player. The host/admin privileges can include being able to boot players/members from your lobby. If the host leaves a game, the privilege of having a host does not get transferred and no one will receive the ability to boot players from your lobby.

To see special admin options, click on the player you want to mute/remove. Then you have two options: mute, which will prevent you from seeing their chat messages and their in-game name will be changed to a generated username; and boot, which will kick the player selected. After you have pressed “boot", that player will be kicked with a message on their screen saying, "You cannot join this game, you probably know why". They will not have the permission to rejoin. However, several exploits exist to rejoin a private game that you have been booted from.

If you leave the game as a host and then rejoin, you will no longer be the host so you won't be able to kick other people. The privilege does not go to another player. Instead, no one will be the admin, therefore no one will be able to kick other players.

### Game Lock/Unlock

The Lock/Unlock feature allows map hosts to lock and unlock the ability for players to join their private lobbies. When the host sends "/lock" in the in-game chat, the lobby is locked, preventing users from joining. The host can then send "/unlock" in chat to unlock the lobby, which removes the lock and allows players to join the private lobby.

## Inviting People to a Game

This works in all games, private or public. When you're in the spawn menu of a game, click on the invite user button on the top right, click 'copy link' and send it to the person you would like to invite to the game. The code is a long series of numbers and letters at the end of the regular shell shockers URL.

## Joining a Game

In the main menu, navigate to the "Private Games" option on the left side of the screen. Click the "Join" button. You will then see a pop-up titled 'Join game'. You then have to paste the game code you got from the host of the map, either only the code (eg. HJD92JA0K3M10), the code with the hashtag (eg. #HJD92JA0K3M10) or the entire game link (eg.https://shellshock.io/#RNSBIF2). Then you click 'confirm'. The game will then load you into the map, if there are any technological problems you can always email Blue Wizard Digital or just reload your page.