[Request] Steam achievements

quote: Achievements should imo be rewards for exploring many of ZK possibilities

How complex are these achievements allowed to be, code wise?
What about "cheese" or "alternative tactics"?

* Nap an enemy commander
* Complete a 2k+ metal unit in the first minute of a game
* Throw a Roach into an enemy base using a Newton
* Trap an enemy Raven using a Newton set to attract
* Terraform a 5k+ metal unit into a hole
* Capture an enemy Dominatrix that controls a unit
* Use nanoframes to block 5 enemy high-damage (500+?) projectiles in one game
* Win a game without building any mobile combat units
* Reclaim an enemy nanoframe


Could also be simpler but much more boring things like "learning" game basics.

* Hit an enemy very heavy with a Skuttle, Spy or Ultimatum
* Have an armored unit take 600% its HP in damage while armored (300% HP is from armor, the rest from repairs)
* Land a nuke inside a completed enemy antinuke's range (ie emp/disarm)
* Keep 10+ enemy units emped for 25 seconds using no more than two Ticks (16s each)
* Kill 10+ emped enemy units with a single raider (<100 metal)


Most of these could have "and win the game" as a requirement and should probably only be unlockable in matchmaking games to avoid cheating.


Another type of achievements could be community/event/social stuff or such.

* Participate in a tournament and win at least one game (not the whole Bo3 match)
* Have a Pull Request accepted on Github
* Give a builder or factory to an ally without either


There could also be silly stuff..

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Sprung achievements are great, I also like the names :-)

Now .. someone to paint those?

Use the existing archivements.
Inventing more seems like a timesink with little gain.
"Funny" awards like "Hit Commander in transport with Bertha" bring at best few seconds of mild amusement.

So maybe instead concentrate on more statistics-like stuff:
Tracking how many players sign up, how many manage to get ingame, how many manage to complete a game, how many of them customize commanders...
That sort of thing would help judge what is happening with playerbase.

It is generally possible, springie can get data from some gadget and act upon it instantly (submit achievement to steam).

Still need a volunteer to paint those!

Just dropping this here, in case someone wants a read:
http://gamedevelopment.tutsplus.com/articles/make-them-work-for-it-designing-achievements-for-your-games--gamedev-3371
http://www.gamasutra.com/blogs/GregMcClanahan/20091202/86035/Achievement_Design_101.php

Awards based achievemnts are no acheivements at all. Nobody really cares abaut collecting these (altrough imo they can be there just for reference sake to the after game acheivemnts, whatever). I like the ones that Sprung has listed but i would exclude the campaign ones for now ofcourse. Also dont iclude the trollish ones as they promote a bad behavior in games. Also the ladder ones could be tweaked a bit.

If i dont have to be rushed i could make the acheivemnts pictures at some point in life if nobody else wants to do it.

Pxtl, I don't understand your downvote. Care to elaborate?

I've seen those and consider them hilariously fail (or evidential of hilarious fail):

quote: Team Player Participate in ten team games 0%

Noone.