My personal vision for what would be the coolest hero rewards/interactions and hideout interactions
Most important ideas are in bold:
- a mixture of items (some interactable, some even mini games) you can place around the hideout that you unlock via achievements and stats (6 man Lash ult, 10 hours played on Apollo), and anything else like that.
- the ability to unlock a hero to be in your hideout for you to talk to, interact with, or just see. They could have brief dialogue for each character you play as interacting with them. Maybe some just nod at you. Maybe some can be seen doing things like using items you've unlocked and placed in the hideout. E.g. play Lash enough to have the option to find him in your hideout, and if you have hit a 6 man lash ult before you can place a bunch of weights or a gym machine or two. You can find him using them if you have both of those things unlocked and choose to display both.
Preferably all of this would be free or at least minimally monetized. I find most games have very unrewarding and uninteresting character specific rewards for playtime and feats. Having a free system that allows so much expression and fun for your hideout would be so cool I think people would love it. Seeing a badge go up and change colour for rank, or for character specific leveling, is just not satisfying or interesting, on it's own especially. But imagine if someone saw online, an awesome mini game or item you can display for a character they never play or have only played a little. How cool would it be to then play them and have a goal with a more tangible reward. Imagine seeing something cool in your friends hideout and then wanting to unlock it yourself. Maybe achievement hunting in order to unlock some of them. Maybe trying to figure out on your own what feats actually unlock items.
Examples of these hideout items:
What if by playing Apollo for 10 hours with at least 6 wins on him, you unlock a fencing mat or set up that you can place in your hide out if you so choose. This one in particular I thought could be a fencing mini game you can play with friends. Unlocking a fencing mini game for playing Apollo would be sick.
For Dynamo, a chalk board you can display things on such as a template that allows you to show, x plus y equals z, except you can change what the x y z is. Could be phrases, character icons, abilities etc. Lash ult, into Kelvin dome, equals lose, after your friend and you lost a game and they tried to ult a Kelvin who had dome. Similar vaguely to how Message templates work in Souls game message placing. Could also display icons/drawings that represent achievements in the game on any character or just Dynamo. Maybe one could be showing a cool pose of a character which you get for hitting an ult that kills 3 or more players with said ult. Maybe you could display stats from a previous match on this to tease your friends.
Also I thought what if there were rare things you can come across in the hideout. Like what if there's a tiny chance a Rem minion will be in your loading screen on the roof with the green pigeons. Maybe these could be unlockable but I like the idea of having at least a couple things that are purely chance based for everyone. Maybe Rem sleeping on one of the chairs ontop of his pillow could be a small chance to happen, but only if you have him unlocked as a character in your hideout. Petting Rem option?? Unique petting rem animation and maybe even dialogue per character.
Most important ideas are in bold:
- a mixture of items (some interactable, some even mini games) you can place around the hideout that you unlock via achievements and stats (6 man Lash ult, 10 hours played on Apollo), and anything else like that.
- the ability to unlock a hero to be in your hideout for you to talk to, interact with, or just see. They could have brief dialogue for each character you play as interacting with them. Maybe some just nod at you. Maybe some can be seen doing things like using items you've unlocked and placed in the hideout. E.g. play Lash enough to have the option to find him in your hideout, and if you have hit a 6 man lash ult before you can place a bunch of weights or a gym machine or two. You can find him using them if you have both of those things unlocked and choose to display both.
Preferably all of this would be free or at least minimally monetized. I find most games have very unrewarding and uninteresting character specific rewards for playtime and feats. Having a free system that allows so much expression and fun for your hideout would be so cool I think people would love it. Seeing a badge go up and change colour for rank, or for character specific leveling, is just not satisfying or interesting, on it's own especially. But imagine if someone saw online, an awesome mini game or item you can display for a character they never play or have only played a little. How cool would it be to then play them and have a goal with a more tangible reward. Imagine seeing something cool in your friends hideout and then wanting to unlock it yourself. Maybe achievement hunting in order to unlock some of them. Maybe trying to figure out on your own what feats actually unlock items.
Examples of these hideout items:
What if by playing Apollo for 10 hours with at least 6 wins on him, you unlock a fencing mat or set up that you can place in your hide out if you so choose. This one in particular I thought could be a fencing mini game you can play with friends. Unlocking a fencing mini game for playing Apollo would be sick.
For Dynamo, a chalk board you can display things on such as a template that allows you to show, x plus y equals z, except you can change what the x y z is. Could be phrases, character icons, abilities etc. Lash ult, into Kelvin dome, equals lose, after your friend and you lost a game and they tried to ult a Kelvin who had dome. Similar vaguely to how Message templates work in Souls game message placing. Could also display icons/drawings that represent achievements in the game on any character or just Dynamo. Maybe one could be showing a cool pose of a character which you get for hitting an ult that kills 3 or more players with said ult. Maybe you could display stats from a previous match on this to tease your friends.
Also I thought what if there were rare things you can come across in the hideout. Like what if there's a tiny chance a Rem minion will be in your loading screen on the roof with the green pigeons. Maybe these could be unlockable but I like the idea of having at least a couple things that are purely chance based for everyone. Maybe Rem sleeping on one of the chairs ontop of his pillow could be a small chance to happen, but only if you have him unlocked as a character in your hideout. Petting Rem option?? Unique petting rem animation and maybe even dialogue per character.
