Legend of Keepers
Rufert Apr 28, 2021 @ 11:22am
Twitch integration.
I can't say I'm a fan of the support vote. I find a lot of twitch integrated games make this mistake.

It basically is this:
1. Screw streamer over
2. Help streamer

Nothing good comes out of it being like that.
If something is to be made harder or easier by vote there needs to be other factors in play at as well.

Take the game Domina for example. It allows viewers to yell "Yaa!" or something to cheer, granting the streamer more gold if you win.

The thing about that is that there's never a reason not to do that. It'd be more interesting if yelling YAA meant more money when you win but less if you lose. Leaving the viewers to weigh the decision of trusting the streamer to win for more money, but also risking losing more.

In the same way the support vote is basically just a flat bonus or a penalty.

What would be good would be if you got the bonus rewards would be halved, and if the heroes got the bonus rewards would be doubled.

That way the vote determines the level of challenge with possible better rewards, instead of just being something that's either helpful or done out of spite.