The Hide and Seek Rejuvenation!
Note: This is not an official announcement / news thread. It's what an announcement thread could look like, if the decision to re-release 'Hide and Seek' is made.
What is Hide and Seek?Note: This is not an official announcement / news thread. It's what an announcement thread could look like, if the decision to re-release 'Hide and Seek' is made.
'Hide and Seek' is a minigame situated in the Arcade, that involves an initial hider analyzing anomalies within the map to identify and kill players who are disguised as blocks.
Game mechanics
Upon joining the game alongside up to fifteen other players, you will be placed in the waiting lobby. Here, you are to select your kit, and may also volunteer to be the hider for an additional experience point bonus at the end of the game. Kits consist of a disguise (Hiders only), perks (Hiders and Seekers), and pets & cosmetic overrides (Seekers only).
Once the game begins, the hiders must find a discreet location on the map. Upon standing still for five seconds, they will transform into their chosen disguise, simply appearing as a block to other players. In this position, you cannot move or attack, else you will lose your disguise!
The seeker must use their diamond sword to find and attack map abnormalities that they suspect to be a hider. The first swing of their sword on a disguised hider will simply remove their disguise. Every subsequent hit will deal considerable damage, and after five hits, they will be killed and turned into a seeker themselves!
Games will last for five-and-a-half minutes. Hiders will earn +7 points and +25 experience for every minute that they've been disguised. Seekers will earn +6 points and +15 experience for every Hider killed. No bonus experience nor points will be given upon the game's conclusion, however you will have a chance to earn a Cubelet and a pet.
This means that if the Hider remains hidden the entire game, they will earn +35 points and +125 experience. If the Seeker kills, let's say, six people in a game, then they will earn +30 points and +75 experience.
If a player volunteers to be the Seeker at the beginning of the game, then they will earn +9 points, and +18 experience per kill.
The game will end either once the five-and-a-half-minute timer is up, or once all Hiders have been killed.
Hiders will have twenty seconds to hide, before the Seekers will spawn
Perks
As previously mentioned, this time around, players will be able to purchase perks!. Below is a list of all available perks, and their functions:
Hider
Cloak - Disguises you as a Seeker for a short period of time | Recharge time: 1:45
Overdose - Gain a temporary boost of speed | Recharge time: 2:00
Warp - A short-distance teleport to the closest of many invisible "Warp Zones" on the map. Best used when you're exposed and death is imminent | Recharge time: 2:00
Gorgon's Glare - A snowball that when thrown at a seeker, will both blind and freeze them in place for a short period of time | Recharge time: 2:30
Apple of Discord - A Golden Apple that can be consumed to provide additional health | Recharge time: None
Seeker
Prosecutor - Prevents enemy use of 'Warp' and 'Overdose' when in combat | Recharge time: 0:00
Detective - Displays a random, undisguised hider with a Spectral effect for a short period of time | Recharge time: 0:45
Investigator - Displays footprints on the ground that last a long time (See Survival Games mechanic) | Recharge time: 2:30
Executioner - Deal an ultra-powerful attack that deals ten hearts of damage instantly, and immediately breaks a player's disguise | Recharge time: None
Cosmetic overrides
Good news if you're a Seeker! You can now unlock fancy cosmetic gear to use in your hunt for abnormal hiders! Such items include:
-Iron/Gold/Diamond/Emerald/Obsidian block pet follower [Mythical drops from Cubelets]
-Cubey pet follower (A baby Ocelot) [1/750 chance of unlock upon winning a game]
-Diamond armour pieces [2,500 points each]
-Heads from the 'Vanity' menu [Heads unlocked on an individual basis (See 'Vanity menu)]
-Golden Sword (Same DPS as the starting weapon) [5,000 points]
-Feather (Same DPS as the starting weapon) [Win 500 games of 'Hide and Seek']
-Weeping Angel miniature [Complete all achievements in 'Hide and Seek']
Achievements
Achievements return once again, to consume even more of Snap/God_Aphrodite's time.
Hider
-Hidden in plain sight | Win a game of 'Hide and Seek' without ever entering your disguise
-Can't catch me! | Use the 'Warp' ability to escape death with fewer than three hearts remaining
-Mythological madness | Use the 'Gorgon's Glare' ability to stun the seeker that broke your disguise
-Thank you, Eris | Survive an 'Executioner' attack by using the 'Apple of Discord' perk to have more than ten hearts
-I can't believe that worked | Kill a Seeker
-Mastermind | Win a game of 'Hide and Seek' using every disguise
-Smooth Criminal | Win a hundred games of 'Hide and Seek', surviving as a Hider
Seeker
-You're under arrest | Prevent a Hider from using their 'Warp' or 'Overdose' ability
-Gotcha mate | Kill two Seekers that were highlighted by your 'Detective' ability
-Sentenced to death | Kill a player in one hit using the 'Executioner' ability
-Master detective | Kill ten Seekers in one game
-I'm Sherlock mate, legit | Kill a total of five-hundred Seekers
-Oops, my bad | Damage a Seeker who later fell to their death
Maps
Old and new maps alike will be playable from launch! Below is a list of all maps currently in 'Hide and Seek':
-Library
-Easter
-Village
-Mines
-Western
-Nether
-Acropolis
-Futuristic
-Hyrule Castle
-Retro Arcade lobby (2014-2017)
-Retro 'Frozen' HUB (2015)
-Retro 'KitPvP3' map (2015-2016)
-Mutation (Combination of retro maps merged into one)
Change-log:
-Reintroduced 'Hide and Seek' to the Arcade
-Added new achievements
-Added new maps
-Added old maps
-Added perks to both 'Hider' and 'Seeker' load-outs
-Added Cosmetic Overrides to 'Seeker' load-outs
-Added 'Volunteer' option to willingly become a Seeker
-Changed reward algorithm
