Build A Pikmin | Gameplay Loop

Build A Pikmin's Gameplay Loop. We go over the 3 types of gameplay "modes" that players would experience in this game. Also, we cover some of the vehicles and other things you can build.

Hi!

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[JC_-]

What I’ve always wanted to see is a Pikmin garden, where you can grow your Pikmin and feed them, and just take care of them in general

[Tootel-McNootel]

I havnt decided the story for my pikmin game, ill think about it but i like the idea of the boat, rover and battering board along with the rest of your ideas too!

[GeloSceron]

"Your squad of 100 glow pikmin could just completely abandon you" *Betrayal*

[koopsgaming]

The gameplay loops seem like a lot of fun, gathering resources for upgrades but all of a sudden you have to defend the pod. These defense modes will definitely test your dandori skills. Also, is it ok if I suggest ore and upgrade names that I like?

[syweb]

It's very refreshing to hear someone talk about a made-up Pikmin game without it being speculation for a made-up sequel... or just to hear it at all, since I mostly hear about made-up Pokemon stuff either due to fangames or youtubers making up hypotheticals.

[vinching]

Even the 1st point for exploration mode is what player was expected to see in Pikmin 4, the flow is so broken that we have to waste a whole daytime expedition for a night expedition, also when we have finished a night expedition, we are coming back to the camp at sunset (or dawn) which is visually confusing if not mechanically

[jonlevidalkvistagustsson]

Ok so for my Pikmin game (Incase you don't know I'm sharing my concepts along with the series via the comments) The gameplay loop would be more of an expansion of the already existing loop but more expanded. You still do your day to day missions but obviously bigger areas more multitasking and so on and so on.
But with Night mode it gets more interesting. After ending a day you have the option of immediately starting a night mission or go back to base and do stuff like upgrade your captains and stuff like that. Night mode would be revamped and improved to be more similar to the base raid concept you talked about. But there are 2 new Night Pikmin or Nightmin for short that show up and spawning said pikmin in caves would be reworked slightly. What night mode would be important for I haven't yet determined but the new Nightmin would certainly help alot.
You have a couple of collectables that you would be getting aswell. You are collecting ship parts to repair your damaged ship (This is how you gain access to more ship features and perhaps unlocking certain areas) a couple of castaways although they are lesser of a collectable and less important for the story and gameplay. Fruit/Food would also be collected to prolong your work and a cultivation system would be implemented in a cave at base called the Garden Den. And finally the main collectable are be Scrap Pieces that you need for all kinds of stuff. Upgrade your ship more. Buy more stuff. And overall it's worth a lot. Aswell there is a light presence of treasures as they are simply needed for pokos which would actually be a in game currency this time needed to but certain things however they are not required or important in anyway. Hope you enjoyed what do you think so far?

EDIT: After much consideration Treasure is not included and all extra values like pokos or sparklium are simply others stats for Scrap Pieces to narrow down all the collectables.

[cosmofate]

Do onions stay on rhe surface during night time or do you tou get pikmin from the pod

[Obstagoon]

I'd like you to cover new enemies and Pikmin types next. (After the story, of course.)

[themailman]

The defense mode sounds so much better than pikmin 4 night mode plus it has real tension with the actual losing of materials instead of "press restart button lol"
me personally i would love to hear about the story, as the story is super important and story can either make or break the engagement of the game.

[GeloSceron]

I like the fact that you have to protect your progess from the enemies. It feels like a night expedition. I think if it were like this, something may be causing it, such as a certain ship part that is disturbing enemies. They then want to get rid of it. It is also the first part you will collect. This makes it so that the ship will get destroyed, since the disturbing part is buried deep in the ship. I was thinking it makes a scent or sound only creatures except pikmin, spiderworts, onions, flarlics, and candypop buds can't hear. Also, I would like to hear more about the story.

[RaYzerJ]

I think Pikmin ground zero is a good name I might edit this with more ideas

[Squealguy]

after spending 10 minutes talking with chatgpt i think I finally came up with a good name: Pikmin Ventures another interesting name would be: Pikmin odyssey, hope these suggestions help!