What if you unlocked special hidden spells and skills by doing certain things? Like taming 1000 wolves unlocks a special spell to transform into a wolf or summon a greater version??
The former is usually done in metroidvanias specially by exploring to find hidden stuffs. Mostly upgrades but some metroidvanias and RPGs hide hidden spells and skills also.
Though taming 1000 wolves would tire players and lose the addiction.
When I think of metroidvania, I think of side scrollers. This game is what I think is bird's eye? Zelda/Stardew/Harvest moon-like.
That's true, 1000 wolves would be far too grindy in a process of taming a single wolf is a full task to complete. Though. Taming 1000 in a game where you can just do an AOE on 100+ at a time would ruin the joy of getting a tamed wolf, I think. Mm, must be a balance. Maybe each wolf takes a few minutes to successfully tame, so taming 10-30 gets a perk. Not too much time to get to, but also not something the average person is doing just for the hell of it.
Like catching 100+ Pokemon to start seeing a shiny popup.
