Sophie is an indie adventure-RPG available on PC, macOS, and Linux. The game recently received an update for Sand: Raiders of Sophie that introduced a ping system designed to help players coordinate during cooperative play, addressing a common communication challenge in multiplayer expeditions. The patch also addressed issues with trampler mechanics. The ping feature aims to resolve the kind of directional confusion that can arise when players are trying to guide each other toward objectives across varied terrain.
via Massively Overpowered
A ping system is important for any sort of video game in which you want to give your fellow players directions. “We need to get the wreck over there. No, not there, there. Over there. Wait, we’re still walking, it’s sort of… it’s there but the there we were at a couple minutes ag…