Introducing Skins to Clash of Clans!

[Emeras]

Hey Forumers,

Had an idea for Clash for ages which I thought I'd share with you guys to see what you think. I've always thought it'd be a great addition to the game if you could acquire personalised skins (either farming them like decorations or buying them with gems) for your troops - or at the very least your heroes. Given that the look of troops (apart from in a defensive cc) doesn't actually affect gameplay much at all - I think it'd be a really effective way of giving your whole clan and identity, or at least personalizing your base.

I wouldn't even care if it you could only get them through gems, Supercell can have my money if it means my barb king has a sick battle axe or something. They could even release special skins for holidays, like a halloween set for the AQ or something. What do you guys think about the viability/likeability of introducing some more aesthetic components to clash?

[Radiating]

This would be interesting but could certainly cause a lot of server strain.

[tait]

Hey Forumers,

Had an idea for Clash for ages which I thought I'd share with you guys to see what you think. I've always thought it'd be a great addition to the game if you could acquire personalised skins (either farming them like decorations or buying them with gems) for your troops - or at the very least your heroes. Given that the look of troops (apart from in a defensive cc) doesn't actually affect gameplay much at all - I think it'd be a really effective way of giving your whole clan and identity, or at least personalizing your base.

I wouldn't even care if it you could only get them through gems, Supercell can have my money if it means my barb king has a sick battle axe or something. They could even release special skins for holidays, like a halloween set for the AQ or something. What do you guys think about the viability/likeability of introducing some more aesthetic components to clash?

I like it!!! customization is better.

[Emeras]

Hahaha Tait, I see you found my forum post as well. Trying to generate a bit of discussion for this idea

[iRepHTX]

You know, I actually kind of like the idea. It would bring some individual personality into the game.

[lasmite]

I like the concept.

It would be hard to implement though, as I see it now.

Each character today is a set of pre-rendered 2D textures. If your barbarian king is to have a battle axe, he will need to have a whole new set of pre-rendered textures for him alone, instead of just the axe. The data storage that will need on your client can stack up to large amounts pretty fast. Clash is a mobile game, and judging by the past they want to keep the client somewhat light, so a ton of extra textures will most likely not happen.

The skin idea is simple to implement in 3D games, as you only need to assign a new texture to a model. They get rendered in real time, so there is nothing really complex behind the scenes.

I would love to see some sort of character customisability though. I love to personalise the games I play

[Emeras]

It would be hard to implement though, as I see it now.

Good to hear a more informed opinion on the viability, I wonder if we'll be seeing an overhaul of the way clash operates in the future. (Obviously looking well ahead... SC have enough on their hands these days). Not just so I can have my sick battle axe obviously... but I can see the developers wanting to be able to expand how much they can stuff into the game for many reasons.