Hi all,
It is not obvious how coins and heat are distributed when playing in a party, and in fact, the misleading nature of the visuals creates tension, mistrust, and even leads some I know to avoid group play.
Im still not exactly sure but after some investigation on the forums to see if there was some sort of distribution system, I found that supposedly, everyone gets the same heat and coins per floor. This is EXTREMELY non obvious from the way heat and coins flow toward and bounce over one players head.
I would suggest either having them simply bounce and disappear on the spot they are dropped and added to the group total, or show them only on your screen bouncing over your head regardless of who picked them up.
Or you could make it work like Hearts. Where you pick up your own heat and coins, but its the exact same as everyone else, but say they pick theres up, it's still there on your screen because you have not gone to get it yet. This way you know you're getting Heat/Coins. Just like you know when a heart drops, everyone can pick up that heart, even if someone else already grabbed it.