Roles

Roles are the main function that are randomly assigned among players. Each role has a utility and behavior. Some roles existed since Flicker's legacy version.

Game Modes

• In Regular Mode, the roles are separated into three different teams: the Good Team, the Evil Team, and the Neutral Team. If the Good Team eliminates the Evil Team, the Good Team wins, and vice versa. The Evil Team can also win if there are a majority of evil members surviving with the Good Team. The round will result in a draw if no players remain. Regular Mode is the only game mode that uses customized characters.
• Anonymous Mode shares the same rules and gameplay as Regular Mode, but with specified characters instead of customized characters.
• In Classic Mode, roles and characters only from the legacy version will be in this game mode.

Role Limits

Each round in Regular Mode and Anonymous Mode, there can only be:

• 5 good roles, counting survivors as one role
• 3-4 evil roles
• 1 neutral role

Each round in Classic Mode, there can only be:

• 4 good roles, counting survivors as one role
• 1 evil role

Fifteen players equal the maximum capacity of a queue.

Classic Mode

This game mode supports only the original casts of roles before the 3.0.0 update.

Classic Mode only features the following roles:

Classic Mode Roles

Regular Mode/Anonymous Mode

Regular Mode was released alongside the new roles and features during the 3.0.0 update. Regular Mode features a new system gameplay mechanic: the Good Team, the Evil Team, and the Neutral Team, which organize good, evil, and neutral roles. Anonymous Mode shares these same features.

Regular Mode and Anonymous Mode features the following roles:

Good Team

Detective

The Detective is a replacement for the Investigator role in Regular Mode (making the Investigator exclusive to Classic Mode, being a classic counterpart of the Detective). They are given two or three clues each night to figure out who is on the Good or Evil Team. They are the leader of the Good Team.

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Survivor

The Survivor is the default role without any special abilities. Their main objective is to survive. There is a maximum of 6 survivors per game.

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Savior

The Savior can revive a dead player once in a single round. The Savior can revive any dead player, as long as they are in the game. If the Savior revives a twin, the chosen twin is brought back, while the other remains a ghost. This role was leaked before the 3.0.0 update released.

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Psychic

The Psychic is a modified role in Regular Mode. In Classic Mode, the Psychic can know the exact role of a player. The Psychic in Regular Mode learns which team someone is on.

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Spy

The Spy can "bug" one player to view who visited them, and whether or not they were attacked. This means that they can see if a player was protected, if they received a muffin, etc. This role was leaked before the 3.0.0 update released.

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Medic

The Medic can save a targeted player from the Murderer. If the player has been targeted by the Assassin, on the other hand, the Medic is unable to save the target. They can also save themselves once per game.

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Twin

The Twin is a unique yet fragile role. A twin knows who their other twin is. Twins are soul linked, meaning if one twin dies, the other is also impacted. However, this isn't always the case; if both twins die and one of them gets revived, the other will not. This role was originated in Classic Mode before the 3.0.0 update.

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Muffin Man

The Muffin Man can deliver a muffin to someone per night, with the muffins having no benefit or effect. Muffins are cosmetic and are purely for entertainment purposes only. Muffins, however, can help you reveal your role as the Muffin Man by sending a note to the player you will give the muffin to and prove your innocence. This role was originated in Classic Mode before the 3.0.0 update.

Evil Team

Murderer

The Murderer can kill someone every time the lights flicker out. They can't be blocked by the Witch or assassinated by the Assassin as their advantage. They are also known as being the original antagonist on the game, being the leader of the Evil Team. However, if the Medic chooses to save the murderer’s target, then the target will not be murdered.

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Witch

The Witch, the evil equivalent of the Medic, can block a player's ability for a night. For example, if the Medic attempts to protect someone, but the Witch blocks the Medic's ability, the Medic won't be able to save the target. The Witch cannot block the Murderer. This role was leaked before the 3.0.0 update released.

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Assassin

The Assassin is similar to the Murderer, but the Medic can't save the person who will be assassinated. They can only kill once during the game. The Assassin is aware of the identity of the Murderer, but not vice versa. The Assassin is unable to kill the murderer.

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Dark Psychic

The Dark Psychic, the evil equivalent of the Psychic, can reveal a player's team status.

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Scout

The Scout, the evil equivalent of the Spy, can "bug" one player to view who visited them, and whether or not they were attacked. This means that they can see if a player was protected, if they received a muffin, etc.

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Ambusher

The Ambusher can watch someone each night. If any good role uses their ability on your watched target, you will attack them at random, however your name will be exposed to a player who is alive.

Neutral Roles

Clown

The Clown's goal is to get voted off (not killed) in order to use their ability. Once voted off, they get to drag someone down with them. Before this role was officially implemented, it was broken in the Development Site and had to be tested.

Scrapped

Milkman

The Milkman is an old role concept of the Muffin Man, eventually being replaced by it. The Milkman would be able to deliver a carton of milk to someone per night, with the milk cartons having no benefit or effect. Milk cartons were cosmetic and were purely for entertainment purposes only. Theoretically, they would help you prove your innocence and evade capture.

Removed

Pumpkin Man

The Pumpkin Man could deliver a miniature pumpkin to someone per night, with the pumpkins having no benefit or effect. Pumpkins were cosmetic and were purely for entertainment purposes only. If a player receives a pumpkin from the Pumpkin Man, they earned the "Halloween 2020 Badge!" badge. This role was implemented in the game on the October 22nd, 2020.

Trivia

• In Classic Mode, the Psychic would most likely be the best challenger against the Murderer, since the Investigator can only have their votes doubled and influence all the other players in-game.
• The Medic requires extreme luck to guess the next target. When the Murderer has been voted out or left, they don't have a large purpose — they can only protect people from the Murderer, but they can't stop the Assassin's attacks. They do have some uses in specific cases, though (i.e. they can save others who reveal their roles).
• The Dark Psychic is the most common evil role for an inexperienced savior to revive, because they may believe they are reviving the good psychic.
• The Clown had errors in the Development Site before being released; thus, it was not implemented in the game along with the other features in the 3.0 update.
• Flicker's roles are most likely inspired by Town of Salem: a werewolf party game, a mafia suspicion game, or a combination of both. This is proven by the game mechanics and its features. For example, in Town of Salem, a journal is a last will, the Clown works like a Jester, the Assassin functions similarly to the Mafioso, and so on.
• The Milkman is the only scrapped role in Flicker to the public’s knowledge so far.