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The RetroAchievements.org platform. Includes core functionality for managing achievements, game data, and community features.
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Feature: Mascot and Achievement Rewards #191

Closed rabbids4eva closed 3 years ago

rabbids4eva commented 6 years ago

There should be some unique rewards for completing all the game's cheevos or completing a specific achievement, in a similar way Xbox 360 games give you Avatar items in some titles.

Oh, and if you know Nintendo's Mii or Xbox avatars, RA could have something similar. Mascots, with unlockable clothes, furniture etc. You could unlock them by earning enough points from cheevos, participating in weekly achievement challenges and leaderboards, making achievements and through earning achievements in supported games, including special rewards for mastering games on Hardcore. The rewards can be either based on a specific game or in general.

rabbids4eva commented 6 years ago

Example: Earn All Achievements in Columns (Genesis) = A Cool Columns themed wallpaper for the room Example: Earn All Achievements in Destruction Derby 64 (N64) = Get a special interactive prop for your Mascot/Avatar to mess around with.

rabbids4eva commented 5 years ago

New examples Unlock "Kiya from the past" in MediEvil II (PS1) = The golden armor for your mascot/avatar Master Pac-Man (2600) = A Pac-Man 2600 t-shirt Unlock "Better Know Them Sevens" in Number Munchers (Apple II) = A "Better Know Them Sevens" custom pyjamas Unlock "The Headless One" in Paperboy (NES) = A new custom interactivity: headless mode. Makes your mascot / avatar's head detachable in the room. Fully interactive. Master ~Unlicensed~ Hong Kong '97 (SNES) = A "deng" T-shirt Unlock "Shopping Friend" in Animal Forest (N64) = A giant Tom Nook plushie Master MediEvil (PS1) = The statue of Sir Daniel Fortesque

ScottFromDerby commented 5 years ago

What sort of reward types are there?

What's a mascot? How do we define it? Is it 3d or just an image? What's furniture? How do you imagine it looking?

Is every game allowed one? Would we have quality control implications?

FluffyEmmy commented 5 years ago

This is actually a pretty cool idea. Call it like a RAvatar or something. I would imagine it like a basic base sprite, or pixel art, of a man or woman. A specific achievement or mastery (hardcore only) can unlock a shirt, pants, and headgear to overlay the sprite. A decorative item next to (or around) the the sprite, and background behind the sprite. It would be optional and be displayed as either your profile picture, or an image on the sidebar.

As for unlocking them, it should be a limit of one per game and the dev can choose which type of item and if it's a specific achievement (and which one) or mastery. Also for special events, like top AotW winners or something. Maybe even a special item for users with Developer or higher status.

I could see my sets already:

rabbids4eva commented 5 years ago

ViperZang explains it well, ScottFromDerby. And ViperZang, we can have either from Mastery or special rewards from specific achievements or tasks in the game. And can be more than one item.

Zenjir0 commented 3 years ago

I like the idea of the RAvatars being 16-bit or just having a pixel style motif. Like old style Gaia-Online or better yet like the Scott Pilgrim game, art done by Paul Robertson.

ScottFromDerby commented 3 years ago

I want this so bad, it's going to take quite a bit of design and consideration to get it going

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I imagine them being 16-bit constrained but with extras that can make-up an image

  1. Are they static avatar images or animated?
  2. How do we store "unlocked" assets? (Format, name, texture)
  3. How do we support adding new assets? (Upload page, rules to unlock (always achievement bound?)
  4. Can we get a similar effect by layering images?
  5. Should we layer these images offline and draw a final result, or draw all images on top of eachother with transparency? (Can we do that with html/css?)