Genesis Achievements
Posted: 01 May 2012 10:04
Hello all!
Having spoken with both Sandalphon and Lavellan, I'm excited to begin official exploration and development of the idea of achievements within Genesis. These days, you can't find any sort of major release from a game company that doesn't include all manner of both logical and zany achievements that might inspire players to enjoy the game more and for new reasons. Genesis certainly has many such hills to climb, and why not let our players experience that sort of obsessive ticking off of the proverbial list?
The first order of business, then, is to develop a module within the game that can keep track of the various things players do, and whether or not they have satisfied the requirements for a given achievement. Lavellan, the fabulous coder who helped make imbuements a reality, is exactly the sort of person who can design such a system. He and I will be working on this together in the days to come to see what we can come up with. Sandalphon is the wizard who designed our PLAY NOW client for the game. What is not widely known is that this client was developed to be at the same time a stand-alone client, web-app, and facebook plugin. As such, when we do feel it is ready to unleash on Facebook, such achievements can (at a player's option) be the sort of thing posted to the Facebook feed. (e.g. "Gorboth Nwalkaer earned the "How do I hold this thing?" achievement in Genesis LPMud for training a weapon skill to superior layman!")
The staple components for achievements in most games seem to include:
These are some to consider. But ... I am quite sure that you in the community can come up with many more that would be great to add. One thing we want to consider (and which Petros helped me add to this list) will be including achievements that celebrate not only individual goals, but community-based things (such as teaming and newbie donations.)
So let's hear it, folks! Lets get a good list developed here.
G.
p.s. Remember - this is Keeper's Korner. I will delete negative posts with impunity! *leer*
Having spoken with both Sandalphon and Lavellan, I'm excited to begin official exploration and development of the idea of achievements within Genesis. These days, you can't find any sort of major release from a game company that doesn't include all manner of both logical and zany achievements that might inspire players to enjoy the game more and for new reasons. Genesis certainly has many such hills to climb, and why not let our players experience that sort of obsessive ticking off of the proverbial list?
The first order of business, then, is to develop a module within the game that can keep track of the various things players do, and whether or not they have satisfied the requirements for a given achievement. Lavellan, the fabulous coder who helped make imbuements a reality, is exactly the sort of person who can design such a system. He and I will be working on this together in the days to come to see what we can come up with. Sandalphon is the wizard who designed our PLAY NOW client for the game. What is not widely known is that this client was developed to be at the same time a stand-alone client, web-app, and facebook plugin. As such, when we do feel it is ready to unleash on Facebook, such achievements can (at a player's option) be the sort of thing posted to the Facebook feed. (e.g. "Gorboth Nwalkaer earned the "How do I hold this thing?" achievement in Genesis LPMud for training a weapon skill to superior layman!")
The staple components for achievements in most games seem to include:
- Celebrating both the mundane and the exotic.
- Giving people a chance for bragging rights.
- Catering to the obsessive compulsive in all of us. "Gotta catch 'em all!"
- Achievement Titles tend to be full of word-play and pop-culture reference.
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Achievements in Genesis (could be tweeted to Facebook feeds)
- Each mortal level:
"The story begins" [greenhorne]
"A little less green" [beginner]
"Learning the ropes" [apprentice]
"Getting Somewhere" [wanderer]
"I got this." [adept]
"Lets do this!" [great adventurer]
"Ready for Action" [veteran]
"Knows a thing or two" [expert]
"Movin' on up" [rising hero]
"Strike a pose" [hero]
"Becoming a force." [titan]
"None shall pass!" [champion]
"I can taste it." [legend]
"Ding!" [myth]
- Training at least one mudlib-defined weapon skill to:
"How do I hold this thing?" [30: superior layman]
"Is this the pointy end?" [40: superior acolyte]
"Hey, this thing kinda works!" [50: superior journeyman]
"Come at me, bro!" [60: superior craftsman]
"Water Dancer" [70: superior professional]
"Extension of my arm" [80: superior veteran]
"Say hello to my liddle friend" [90: superior master]
"Here's your ear back." [100: superior guru]
- Joining each type of guild:
"Gotta make a living" [craft]
"I come from the land down under" [race]
"A Little Something On the side" [layman]
"Casting my lot" [occupational]
- Completing all quests in a given domain.
"Neraka'n on Heaven's Door" [Ansalon]
"Another one rides Sy'brus" [Avenir]
"Gelan like a Felon" [Calia]
"Dark Sun Bathing" [Cirath]
"I'm Leguinning to like this" [Earthsea]
"All Torqued Off" [Emerald]
"Sword Coast Boast" [Faerun]
"Misty Mountain Hop" [Gondor]
"The Bell Tolls" [Kalad]
"Riverdance!" [Khalakhor]
"Est Sularus Oth Questas" [Krynn]
"Drakmerely a flesh wound!" [Raumdor]
"My Precious!" [Shire]
"Hub a Dub Dub" [Sparkle]
"Swallow that Gem!" [Terel]
"All Your Base Are Belong To Us!" [All Quests Complete!]
- Participating in defense against raids:
"Kroug Krusher Initiate" [involved in 1 Kroug Raid]
"Kroug Krusher Regular" [involved in 10 Kroug Raids]
"Kroug Krusher Korporal" [involved in 25 Kroug Raids]
"Kroug Krusher Kommander" [involved in 50 Kroug Raids]
"Kroug Krusher Extreme" [top defender in a Kroug Raid]
"Drac Basher Attendee" [involved in 1 VK Raid]
"Drac Basher Faithful" [involved in 10 VK Raids]
"Drac Basher Lieutenant" [involved in 25 VK Raids]
"Drac Basher Supreme" [involved in 50 VK Raids]
"Drac Basher Bonanza" [top defender in a VK Raid]
- Lead a team of:
"Double Dipper Lite" [2 for 1 hour]
"Double Dipper Deuce" [2 for 2 hours]
"Double Dipper Thrice" [2 for 3 hours]
"Double Dipper Quatro" [2 for 4 hours]
"Double Dipper Fifth" [2 for 5 hours]
"Double Dipper Sextet" [2 for 6 hours]
"Double Dipper Septum" [2 for 7 hours]
"Double Dipper Octagon" [2 for 8 hours]
"Hat Trick Uno" [3 for 1 hour]
"Hat Trick Doublet" [3 for 2 hours]
"Hat Trick Trio" [3 for 3 hours]
"Hat Trick Quart" [3 for 4 hours]
"Hat Trick Quintadena" [3 for 5 hours]
"Hat Trick Hex" [3 for 6 hours]
"Hat Trick Siete" [3 for 7 hours]
"Hat Trick Octavio" [3 for 8 hours]
"Four Score Singlet" [4 for 1 hour]
"Four Score a Deux" [4 for 2 hours]
"Four Score Triad" [4 for 3 hours]
"Four Score Quad" [4 for 4 hours]
"Four Score Fiver" [4 for 5 hours]
"Four Score Sies" [4 for 6 hours]
"Four Score Septet" [4 for 7 hours]
"Four Score la Ocho" [4 for 8 hours]
"Five Penny Opera" [5 for 1 hour]
"Five Penny Duel" [5 for 2 hours]
"Five Penny Tricycle" [5 for 3 hours]
"Five Penny Crew" [5 for 4 hours]
"Five Penny Chain Gang" [5 for 5 hours]
"Five Penny Slogger" [5 for 6 hours]
"Five Penny Stormers" [5 for 7 hours]
"Five Penny Marathon" [5 for 8 hours]
"Six in the Mix" [6 for 1 hour]
"Seventh Heaven" [7 for 1 hour]
"Don't Hate the Eight" [8 for 1 hour]
"Nine Doin' Fine" [9 for 1 hour]
"Then There Were Ten" [10 for 1 hour]
"Yo-Leven!" [11 for 1 hour]
"Dirty Dozen" [12 for 1 hour]
- Donations to Newbie Bins:
"We Were All Newbies Once" [once]
"Patron of the Newbie Arts" [5 straight logins]
"Benefactor Delicioso" [10 straight logins]
"Shoes for the baby!" [25 straight logins]
"Big Daddy Warbucks" [50 straight logins]So let's hear it, folks! Lets get a good list developed here.
G.
p.s. Remember - this is Keeper's Korner. I will delete negative posts with impunity! *leer*
