Room Boosts - What Perks Would YOU like to see?

[echo flume]

The team is working on changes to Room Boosts (improvements to the UI, automating some of the processes that are manual, etc) but I wanted to ask: what perks would you like to see attached to Room Boosts?

If you're a creator - what sort of stuff would you like to get for being boosted?
If you're a player - what would you like to see happen when you boost a room?
This can be ideas for the room badge system, but I'm more curious what additional things would feel fun and valuable for rooms you want to create/support. Let me know!

[chilly tulip]

Money (I’m not a creator but I saw it mentioned once)

[torpid kindle]

Purple

[outer vapor]

You get a cool badge for boosting a room

[frail wedge]

Money

(some smaller portion of sales from boosts)

[outer vapor]

Money would be fire to add

[echo flume]

This is a fair point, and noted!

[echo flume]

yeah but what if you got a badge and more

[chilly tulip]

So other than money guys, what do we want?
I don’t want anything I’m just here

[broken hull]

boost exclusive stuff like auras

[chilly tulip]

Ooh

Me I don’t make rooms. I’m just here my dorm room needs a badge boost my dorm room guys.

[daring folio]

Maybe a very spicy take, but there should be a limit on how much you can boost your own room.

If there isn't already ofc, I haven't messed with it much cause im broke

[broken hull]

pls bring boost auras into the game

[chilly tulip]

I agree you should be able to boost your own room only if you’re the owner of the room tho

[broken hull]

but then they will do adding owners to the room to boost them,

[broken hull]

im for a restriction for room owner boost counts like 3 times at the week

[broken hull]

custom badge tool like the shirt custumizer for badges

[echo flume]

This is interesting - you want something permanent that shows you're a booster in a room above-and-beyond the badge?

[broken hull]

will be nice, yes

[chilly tulip]

Maybe the top three people or top five

[daring folio]

Maybe for a limited time, if you boost a room that isn't yours, then you get a special aura or something?

[echo flume]

Can you say more? What's the concern with people boosting their own rooms?

[chilly tulip]

Well I don't know if you are keeping the system where if people boost a room enough then they can get a badge. If you do it that way then I think room owners should not be able to do that. If you're changing the way badges work with room boosts then I think it's fine for owners to be able to boost the room.
But I'm not a werewolf. I just like talking

[daring folio]

Hypothetically, if a big creator had a bunch of tokens, and created a new room, they could just keep boosting their own room, and get to the top of the leaderboard, which wouldn't really be fair for newer creators, especially since AFAIK, the boosting system was created for new creators.

[chilly tulip]

Yay I had no idea what you were gonna say and that was kind of close. Good to see that we have the same opinion-ish

[frosty basin]

yeah currently the boost system doesnt help small rooms/creators which is a shame

[outer vapor]

I believe that it is unfair that people are able to boost their rooms and get to the learderboard like for "week room boost leaderboard event" since it is not from the public that is boosting but the room owner is boosting the room to get to the top

[frosty basin]

i was only excited for it cause i thought it was gonna help small creators

[outer vapor]

we all have the same idea to make a limit for the room owner to boost their own rooms, it is cheating if you put it that way

[echo flume]

sounds like you're saying additional visibility is a "perk" you'd like to be added to boosts?

[broken hull]

so true

[astral ermine]

Exclusive creator clothing rewards

Make milestone clothing for how much boosts a room has to the creators (This is similar to seller swag which alot of creators liked since it gave out more rewards to making rooms)

Example of a clothing item progression thing

• 50 boosts - Exclusive belt bag item
• 500 boosts - Exclusive torso item
• 1000 boosts - Exclusive Hat item
• 2000 boosts - Exclusive Shoulder item

Why this is good

• Creators gain more rewards for creating games
• Makes boosting a room actually meaningful to the creator since they only actually get rewarded for getting top 10 most boosted rooms

Expand leaderboard and room badges

two changes:

• Expand the leaderboard to top 30 or top 20 so more rooms get recognition and room badges
• Make a application form for getting a room badge, allow creators to apply for there room to get a room badge I have seen MANY good rooms that have developed really good designs but they never get there room badge out due to it being exclusive to top 10 Most boosted rooms and many people waste alot of tokens on room boosts on there favourite room just so it doesnt even get top 10 at all

[broken hull]

or boost animations as a gif above the head

[covert frigate]

Not sure if anybody's said this yet, but staying on the top 10 for a week for a badge feels like a very flawed system

It's incredibly hard for anybody who doesn't have a large fanbase to get a badge

[chilly tulip]

There should be like a hidden leaderboard for ppl who boost rooms like with the color of badges and stuff
I think right now it’s just when you get to a certain number your badge changes color

[broken hull]

What do you think about CUSTOM PROFIL PICTURE BANNERS ? for boosters

[echo flume]

Leaderboard is definitely not the final form of Room Boosts and how perks will be distributed fwiw. Just what we have right now while we work on changes.

[covert frigate]

Good to know

[echo flume]

Interesting. You'd like some sort of swag for the room owner that only comes with achieving a certain level of boosts? Say owners can still boost their own rooms, is this still appealing?

[plucky mason]

I'm not sure if anyone's mentioned this before but potentially the creator getting a cut of that room boost price

[broken hull]

profile picture frame is interesting right?? for boosters

[chilly tulip]

Oh yes do that

[echo flume]

For sure. Right now it seems like I'm hearing:

• I want recognition in-game for having a very-boosted room
• I want recognition in-game for being a big booster
• I want badges

[ivory totem]

Don't know the state of the broadcast / multi instance feature, but would be interesting to enable it through room boosts

Another idea would be to enable Desktop Sharing Prop to the owner of the room once you reach a certain amount of room boosts instead of being dependant on having RRS to get it

[chilly tulip]

Yeah

[echo flume]

Are there other things? Thinking about how Discord boosts work - new features / higher fidelity media are enabled at larger boost levels. Is that interesting?

[echo flume]

Ah yeah this is kinda what I was getting at

If your room gets a certain level of boosts, you can use new/specific chips or features. Is that interesting? If so - what tools/features?

[chilly tulip]

Speaking of discord boosts (when can boosters of here get the gradient role again)
Sizz gave it to me for like 3 seconds

[broken hull]

and auras or other stuff for boosters

[broken hull]

thats not good for tiny creators, they never get then the new tools 🙁

[echo flume]

they could if they boosted! And that's kinda what I'm asking - if we went that direction, what kinds of things would be cool/fun for rooms to unlock but not a huge detriment not to have for smaller rooms/creators.

[broken hull]

but how much boost they needed?

[frigid brook]

Doesn't seem like a good move at all to me tbhI don't think anything at all should be restricted in the maker pen

[broken hull]

Profil Picture Frame like silver for 5 boost, gold for 10 and diamond for 50 idk

[astral ermine]

Yes it would still be appealing just not as much since its not the community, but rec room could design it so creators cant just self fund the rewards, allowing creators to boost there own rooms is okay, but the value of milestone clothing items should come from the community not the owners

The reply I made before this was a example of what you could do with room boosts there is many other things you could do with it

[frigid brook]

Are we perhaps overlooking creators will just make alts to boost if they can't on main

[astral ermine]

Make it so Unique Boosters only count

Boosts for rewards will only count if the player is level 30-Higher and you have to have some sort of playtime in the game

[daring folio]

The point is, it would require more work to get on an alt and boost, rather than just boosting a bunch on their main and getting to the top

[frigid brook]

Could also check connected/related accounts💯

[daring folio]

Lowkey, we need a trusted account system like VRchat 😭

[mossy cargo]

(reposting what i said in rrplus lounge)

id moreso request qol like a tab for boosts, shows which rooms you have boosted, how long until they expire, etc

it could also show how many you need to have the badge change, like how 1 boost = default 3 = bronze etc

[bitter nebula]

I think that's a very good idea. We could create a badge for trusted players.

[echo flume]

yeah I think realistically it makes more sense to design a system that works so that anyone can boost any room and the perks and incentives are aligned

[broken hull]

will be nice if we become a badge custumizer tool like the shirt creation tool in dorm

[daring folio]

I just remembered I can make concept art

Someone remind me tonight to make concept art of this pls

[bitter nebula]

Yes, please, guys, that's a good idea.

[bitter nebula]

Yes, what he said is a good idea; we absolutely have to implement that so that Rec Room can exit again.

[frigid brook]

Badge customizer doesn't really make sense

[broken hull]

is does

[frigid brook]

No it doesn't, you can only make a badge if you get permission to through boosts

compared to clothing customizer which is just buying RR+

[broken hull]

yeah if ur room get like 20 boost u will be available to use badge custumizer thats good

[bitter nebula]

Or, guys, we could do it so that first for RR+ users can make custom badges, and then for everyone else. That sounds good, doesn't it?

[frigid brook]

Custom badges for everyone would defeat the purpose of badges

[echo flume]

Lotta badge chat. I am hearing that the players love badges.

[broken hull]

not really for everyone only for players what reached a boost count

[outer vapor]

players would put badges for random things

[bitter nebula]

Yes, I like badges.

[broken hull]

animated badget will be nice

[echo flume]

I am trying to expand the mind beyond badges. Imagine a world with badges and more - what's the more?
I'm seeing:

• Avatar items & auras for boosters and boosted room owners
• Maybe some access to specific features like broadcast or screenshare in boosted rooms
• More stuff??

[astral ermine]

Also think you should consider a Application form for rooms to get room badges too

Lots of players spend alot of tokens to boost rooms and the room creators/room ends up getting nothing, what im trying to say is people waste alot of tokens on room boosts just for there to be no rewards

Real examples:

• My room a player boosted my room 126 times and many other players boosted my room and they were expecting I'd receive some form of creator support or recognition. I received nothing and only a small thumbnail medal that didnt really do anything
• Dudes room was doing great and placed in the Top 10 last week. Many players boosted it, but the room “didn’t place top 10 somehow” people feel bad because they spent tokens to help and saw nothing come of it

Please consider adding a Badge application system ive seen many good designs for badges for rooms already made, this prevents wasted boosts and also gives out more High effort badges to rooms that deserve it and consider adding a system that rewards creators for how much boosts there room has (that will fix room boosts doing nothing for the creators)

[broken hull]

thats sounds good, and animated badges will be awesome

[echo flume]

This is unfortunately a side effect of the current leaderboard competition way of getting badges. We've heard people want a more reliable way to get badges that isn't an unbounded contest, I believe that's already in the works.

[frigid brook]

I think avatar items/auras seems like a logical next step

[astral ermine]

Thats good, definitely the best way to go is actually rewarding creators/players instead of most of the boosts going to waste lol like what tandice said

Right now boosts are just a weekly competition and only produce a thumbnail medal

[bitter nebula]

[broken hull]

What do you think about Animated Badges and Profil Picture Frames??

[echo flume]

It's friday let's get crazy with a thought experiment. Right now Rooms are maxxing out at a few thousand boosts. Let's say a room got 10k boosts, or 100k boosts. What's an appropriate perk/reward at a mega level like that.

[echo flume]

Cool ideas. Definitely slots into "more visible recognition for being a booster"

[frigid brook]

I think profile picture frames would be cool but they seem a little miss-able given how you wouldn't see them unless you're menuing

[broken hull]

Trophies will be nice

[echo flume]

Like we physically mail you a trophy? Card signed by Gribbly?

YouTube Playbutton style?

[broken hull]

yes

[frigid brook]

I read it and thought of the contest in-game trophies lol

Something like that would definitely be crazy cool though, I'll always advocate for physical Rec Room stuff

[astral ermine]

Maybe a video on the rec room channel showcasing that room off?

[echo flume]

Now we're talking. 1 million boosts and I will live-stream from inside your room for 48 hours.

(that was a joke don't screen cap that)

[astral ermine]

Or maybe some special permanent medal on the room or Thumbnail frame

And maybe a room badge for the creators, I dont know im just brainstorming lol

[broken hull]

But Trophies are really great like the contest trophies but extra for a count of room boost (Golden Room Boost Icon Trophie with a rocket)

[broken hull]

thumbnail frame sounds great

[outer vapor]

When someone boost a room, there should be this watch-based animation, with sparkles/effect it comes fly out through out the watch and goes around you, the same effects when you level up but it would be sparkles or something else

[echo flume]

For the person doing the boosting, or for the owner? (I thought the former was already in-game?)

[outer vapor]

For the person that is doing the boosting and owner

Idk if it is in the game cause I never boosted a room before

Could someone tell me if the effect is in the game?

[echo flume]

Yeah it should be

[frigid brook]

There's a very familiar "wow" sound effect with a blue-colored effect similar to the cheer/level effect

[outer vapor]

oh nvm then scrap that idea

[frank viper]

Kind of pulling from the discord idea, but what about custom name tags? We have one for RR+ and the normal one. Perhaps this could be something for boosting a certain number of times?

[frank viper]

YT play buttons but for rooms?

[next pelican]

A small amount of tokens for being boosted would be great, as well as being able to give a free ugc item to boosters

[unkempt zodiac]

I think rec room originals should be given the ability to have room badges once they meet a criteria, just like player made rooms

For example, if jumbotron got on the room boost leaderboard, we can get an official s rank jumbotron badge of some sort

Granted, the badge doesn't have to be made immediately after the final leaderboard, but at least confirmation that it will get one

The best comparison I can give out is like the Lego Ideas system, where a lego set gets votes and has the chance to be made into an official set

[random falcon]

If dodgeball has a badge I’ll be getting it immediately

[solemn plume]

Creator - rewards like seller swag
Player - have the ability to do something only in the room you boosted (not a owner feature but a rr feature itself)

[solemn plume]

like, it doesnt change it all, room owners can add a role to show you boosted

[solemn plume]

i suggest making a hype feature like youtube for boost, the more subs you have the less hype points can gives by spectators

[frosty basin]

maybe not by subs, i think it should be on a by-room-basis if that makes sense

but yeah, the youtube hypes feature is exactly what i was thinking of

[solemn plume]

Sorry i was talking about yt

Maybe for rr room visits

[frosty basin]

yeah, i think that's a good way to handle it!

[solemn plume]

Like making a variabile that counts all your valid room visits for all the rooms you made

Because even a popular creator can have a low room visits if he creates a new one

[mossy raft]

What about getting room earnings when you've boosted a room? Normally creators and builders get room earnings when players spend tokens in the room, but what if players that boost the room get partial earnings too?

Pretty much: 1 boost = 1%, 5 boosts = 5%, etc.

Of course that would ruin the economy, since some of the tokens should be deleted to prevent inflation.

But what if that could only be applied to rooms that reach a tokens threshold?

[prime fable]

I think for each room, there should be a leaderboard in the This Room tab for the top 20 boosters.

[quartz vector]

This is already possible

[prime fable]

Where?

Unless it's available on the leaderboard in the maker pen then I don't see this

[solemn plume]

Yea that option, he means there's no point to add something that creators can already do

[prime fable]

Fair enough

[turbid island]

Kinda off topic but it would be cool if we could view the badges that you can get in the room in like the tab you can see with room creators, Inventions used and moderators

Or somewhere else