Comments on: 15 ways to over-achieve in Mayhem Intergalactic 1.2.1

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[...] There’s quite a range of percentages, which speaks well to the achievement design skills of you guys and myself; a mere 0.9% of players have completed Maestro of Multiplayer Mayhem (not surprising), [...]

By: Chris

Chris — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 08:38:25 +0000

Glad to hear it! TV rots the mind. Playing indie games is much better for one’s health.

Thanks for your ideas!

By: Nathan

Nathan — Sun, 14 Dec 2008 20:10:41 +0000

Maybe there could be:
“oppressive” – prevent 3 ai from conquering a single planet on medium difficulty (on second thought, that might be impossible)
“obsessive” – have the same number of ships simultaneously on 10 planets
“strategist” – conquer 10 planets simultaneously
“rapid expansion” – double empire size in one turn (probably require a minimal empire size e.g: 15 < planets – x2)
“marathon runner” – play several games lasting more then 200 turns (probably a bit easy to cheat at that)
Maybe you could make some really hard achievements and use them to unlock single player cheats

Amazingly addictive game! Responsible for a very under used TV and a extremely over used computer

By: Chris

Chris — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 23:28:14 +0000

The medal idea is a really good one. Don’t think I’ll have time to implement it properly, unfortunately…

Glad you like it. =)

By: Liakad

Liakad — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 20:42:09 +0000

Some ideas:

Conquer more then X planets in a single round.
Gather a fleet of X ships.
Control more then X planets.

This could be done in some kind of medal-style, for example:

title: the conquerer

bronze: conquer more then 3 planets in a single round.
silver: conquer more then 6 planets in a single round.
gold: conquer more then 9 planets in a single round.

It would save space for other achievements, because you only need
one field for the 3 steps.

“Untouchable” Lose not a single planet in a game. (maybe just in a multiplayer-game)

btw, great game concept =)

By: Chris

Chris — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 05:41:08 +0000

Some really good suggestions there, thanks!

The main reservation I have is about the first one, since it’s basically just luck (whereas achievements are usually mostly about skill). And I’m in two minds about negative achievements, just on general principle… I’ll think about it.

“No Place Like Home” is probably my favourite idea of the ones you listed. Good name too. That one’s going in verbatim for sure.

By: Danial.Beta

Danial.Beta — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 16:26:54 +0000

How about:
“Last ship flying” Win a planet by a margin of 1 ship(easy at the start of a round, nearly impossible at the end.)
“Bag of hurt” Lose a game after producing X(number) of ships [OR] Lose a game after holding the majority of planets(total on battlefield, not of player owned).
“I’ll Get You Even If It’s The Last Thing I Do!” After being pushed back into a single planet, come back with a victory.
“Last stand” Defend your last planet from an invader.
“No Place Like Home” Don’t lose your home world even once during a battle.
“Crushed” Lose without ever taking more than 3 planets at a time.

I rather like bad achievements. If nothing else then to punish people who love them so much they will go to great lengths to get every one.