My take on achievements for Lethal Company

[CF047]

I've notice that many players of Lethal Company want achievements for the game however many that have been proposed by others have been center around the player dying in a different manner. I don't think that's a good way for a player to find progression in a game that has tons to offer with it's random seed generator and mindset of the player. Achievements can help push players to do better in a game and also show them a different way to interact with the game mechanics.

My idea for Lethal Company achievements:

    
• A Hard Day's Work - Make your first quota
      
• Comedy Gold - Find a Mask
  
• Gotta Log 'Em All - Log all entities into your bestiary
  
• Target Acquired - Be killed by a turret
  
• Sleep mode activated - Deactivate a turret from the terminal
  
• Voyager - Travel to all the moons
  
• That was Easy - Make quota in one day
  
• Fully Loaded - Buy all ship upgrades
  
• All Nighter - Collect all scrap on any moon

Look forward to any thought on this take.

[123]

Originally posted by CF047:

many that have been proposed by others have been center around the player dying in a different manner. I don't think that's a good way for a player to find progression

100%.

Achievements are, well.. achievements - not a checklist. The player should be rewarded for doing good, not the opposite. Would definitely like to see your proposed achievements in the game, among others.

[CF047]

Originally posted by 123:

Originally posted by CF047:

many that have been proposed by others have been center around the player dying in a different manner. I don't think that's a good way for a player to find progression

100%.

Achievements are, well.. achievements - not a checklist. The player should be rewarded for doing good, not the opposite. Would definitely like to see your proposed achievements in the game, among others.

I'm glad to see someone else sees what I see. It would be nice as this was fun for me to work on even though I'm no dev atm.

[CF047]

I have created 5 more achievement ideas! Take a look below...

• The only thing they fear is you - Kill 3 monsters in a single run
  
• A taste of your own medicine - Kill a nutcracker with a shotgun
  
• Callin' the Shots - Earn Boss Rank
  
• You must BEE-lieve - Successfully capture a circuit bee nest
  
• Did somebody say Cake? - Complete all top achievements

[76561198987164617]

I have 5 more achievements.

• Thief, Thief! - Steal scrap from a Hoarding Bug
  
• I hate you - Be killed by a teammate
  
• Why? - Kill a teammate
  
• Presents for you! - Open a present
  
• Sacrifice - Explode yourself along with a monster by using a landmine

[CF047]

Originally posted by LoveSoft:

I have 5 more achievements.

• Thief, Thief! - Steal scrap from a Hoarding Bug
  
• I hate you - Be killed by a teammate
  
• Why? - Kill a teammate
  
• Presents for you! - Open a present
  
• Sacrifice - Explode yourself along with a monster by using a landmine

Nice! I see the "Thief, Thief!" one being a challenge for some as they are some quirky critters. Also I'm fine with having some silly achievements; however they should be just <30% of all achievements in the game. The game needs this as horror games are scary to some people and I hope the achievement system helps them find their wings and leave the nest. By using this logic you are helping the game motivate the player into doing things they might never want to do.

Overall I love your input with your achievements. Killing a teammate will be the most betrayal. I've been trying to reference events, games, or quotes from other properties or real world happenings. So for the betrayal of you or your teammates I think the name "Judas!" I think this fits perfectly with the achievement as the story of Judas and the thirty pieces of sliver fit so well with this.

Thank you for contributing your time into an idea for a game that I believe has great potential.

Regards,
C.S

[Shadok]

It's Pizza Time! - With only two hours left on the clock, you kept exploring and found a new piece of loot that you then brought back to the ship.

The loot is counted as "new" if nobody touched it, scanned it or entered the room it's in before the 2 hours alert. Yes, I've used the Pizza Tower escape songs mod, how could you tell?

Titanic Profits - Your team went to Titan for 3 days in a row, made three times the money you spent to go there, and somehow only suffered three casualties or less. Well done!

There should also be achievements for surviving encounters with the creatures with more complex mechanics without just running away, to reward you for understanding how they work:

Stalker, no stalking! - Scare off the bracken three times in a day. Never anger it.

Child's play - She chose you to play. You chose your performance instead. Good for you. Have her appear 10 times, maybe a bit less, but don't be chased. She needs to appear enough, so simply leaving as soon as she's on you or hiding on the ship won't get you the achievement.

[Shaelent]

I'm not creative with names but what about an achievement for saving a teammate from a Forest Giant via teleporter?

[CF047]

Originally posted by Shadok:

There should also be achievements for surviving encounters with the creatures with more complex mechanics without just running away, to reward you for understanding how they work:

I like that as running away isn't always an option for survival even though its our primal instinct. Would love to see how the dev wants us to approach that mechanic.

[CuriuM]

I think this game is here for fun and don't need achievments

[Mi460]

Originally posted by CuriuM:

I think this game is here for fun and don't need achievments

I think that achievements would be a good idea because they can help a player in their progression and spur new ideas for gameplay that they otherwise may not have thought of. I don't want many achievements, though. Just twenty or so would be a nice touch.

[POWER WITHIN USER]

Just because every developer on the planet decided to offload teaching how to play their game to an achievement system doesn't mean the developer should copy them.

As for the reference competition
Here's a shovel in your eye: kill another employee with the shovel
Here's a stop sign in your eye: kill another employee with the stop sign
Here's a yield sign in your eye: kill another employee with the yield sign
Here's shrapnel in your eye: kill another employee with a landmine

[rip assenal]

Originally posted by CF047:

I have created 5 more achievement ideas! Take a look below...

• The only thing they fear is you - Kill 3 monsters in a single run
  
• A taste of your own medicine - Kill a nutcracker with a shotgun
  
• Callin' the Shots - Earn Boss Rank
  
• You must BEE-lieve - Successfully capture a circuit bee nest
  
• Did somebody say Cake? - Complete all top achievements

tbh i found holding bee nest outside of ship for 20 secs more of achievement than simply capture it.

[CF047]

Originally posted by Shaelent:

I'm not creative with names but what about an achievement for saving a teammate from a Forest Giant via teleporter?

How about this? "Recall!" as you can tell this is a clear call to Overwatch.

[Dubbz]

Originally posted by LoveSoft:

I have 5 more achievements.

• Thief, Thief! - Steal scrap from a Hoarding Bug
  
• I hate you - Be killed by a teammate
  
• Why? - Kill a teammate
  
• Presents for you! - Open a present
  
• Sacrifice - Explode yourself along with a monster by using a landmine

I love these except I think it'd be funny if "Sacrifice" was renamed to "The Greater Good" or something like that. That's what my friends and I call it when we do that

[CF047]

Originally posted by Dubbz:

Originally posted by LoveSoft:

I have 5 more achievements.

• Thief, Thief! - Steal scrap from a Hoarding Bug
  
• I hate you - Be killed by a teammate
  
• Why? - Kill a teammate
  
• Presents for you! - Open a present
  
• Sacrifice - Explode yourself along with a monster by using a landmine

I love these except I think it'd be funny if "Sacrifice" was renamed to "The Greater Good" or something like that. That's what my friends and I call it when we do that

I can see it already in my head. "FOR THE GREATER GOOD" *dies*