Ideas for achievements in SRB2

[ΩSmashCrafterΩ]

Disclaimer: This is not a wip mod, nor am I asking anyone to actually make a mod of any kind. This is merely a proof of concept, and a discussion there of.

Aside from a few specific emblems and unlockables, vanilla SRB2 doesn't have any achievements in the game.

Do you guys think it be a nice addition to have an achievement system for the vanilla game? And hypothetically if it did, whether it was an addon, or Retro Achievement integration somehow, what kind of achievements would you like to see? What clever names and challenges would you guys come up with?

A basic example I can think of is beating the game with all emeralds as a specific character / duo. I went with a naming scheme related to their past adventures.
(I might make some more example images later for the other characters, but I don't know what to put for the achievement names just yet.)

 

[FlashbackGuy]

As someone who uses RetroAchievements and collects emblems in SRB2, I’m very much on board with this idea.

The achievement set shouldn’t be just basic progression and 100% completion, though. RA sets generally have more going for them, like extra challenges that place a restriction on the player, gaining a certain amount of a thing in a level, like points, or pointing out fun and neat easter eggs.

But not everything would be suitable for the core set. I imagine that Ultimate mode would be given a subset of its own, given how perfect play is required to finish a run, and therefore falls under Unwelcome Concepts for core sets.

But overall, yeah, I think this is a good idea. It is ultimately up to both Sonic Team Jr. and the RetroAchievements team on if they want to collaborate and do this, but considering how the HorizonXI developers were open to it and ultimately let RA flourish there, I think it could work out well.