Ultimate Skins Ideas (Kindred/Bard)
Heiya! So, disclaimer alert - these are skins ideas for Kindred and Bard and I chose these champions cause I like 'em (duh). Nevertheless, I tried to think about what an Ultimate Skin should have, in terms of development challenges and bending the current limits of skins.
They are NOT perfect, so please drop your constructive feedback below :) If you have ideas for ultimate skins, either for these champs or others, do post them in the comments
Rekindled Kindred
TLDR: The idea here is a Kindred that during the game merges back into their original form teased in the trailer.
Since the moment I saw the trailer, I fell in love with the idea of Kindred and love playing the champion(s). However, I can't help but think back to what the man in the trailer must have looked like and all we know about him is a deep solitude.
I envision this skin as "the end of the world" and Kindred as merging back into one entity to end all, to herald and deliver the Armageddon.
The mechanic would be linked to their passive.
0 marks: Lamb and Wolf
4 marks: Lamb and Wolf have subtle changes to their appearance, with Wolf absorbing some of the aspects of Lamb and vice versa. Their dialogues become somewhat more solemn/sad - as they realise they are about to lose one another to become one again
7 marks: a pseudo-kindred is formed - this entity possesses the voices of Lamb and Wolf, now unable to speak to one another, but able to feel each other's presence
10 marks: Kindred is re-born. The champion could hold a axe in reference to the video. He is a sad, solemn and lonely man, ready to end it all.
Challenge: The challenge with this skin would be to maintain Kindred's core mechanics unaltered and a vast majority of the gameplay revolves around Wolf marking territory and Lamb shooting arrows (hence not an axe). However, there are artistic solutions that can be found here, with Kindred using shadows to mark (even in a vague shape of wolves) and casting arrows, rather than shooting them from a bow. The Q turns from a jump to a dash (which it is).
Arcade Bard (or any other arcade champo)
The idea here is to make death screens interactive.
When anyone (enemies included) dies in a game with this skin, the death screen is still all available, and there is the opportunity to play a quick game of space invaders or maybe meteor shower space shooter. The pieces of the game would be relatively transparent, so that players can still see what is going on in the back. This is something players can opt in or out at every death screen (press spacebar?).
Some of the 1 minute death screen would be a tad less depressing.
The highest score of any player is displayed for the whole game in the top right of the screen.
Why Bard? First of all, cause he's dope AF Secondly, the guy(?) goes around playing pacman/snake in most games anyhow, he deserves an Arcade skin
Love ya all <3