🎮 Apr. 2 — Training Playground Event Concept: Control And Train your Champ!
Hey Coaches, we hope you had a good laugh with yesterday’s April Fools joke. But now, it’s time for some real news! 👇🔥
✅ In this latest Dev Diary, we want to give you a first look at the “Training Playground”, a new event concept we are currently working on. In this mini-game idea, you would earn Power rewards based on your personal choice — Run, Swim, Climb or Fly!
Oh and you would also get to control your Champ for the first time simply by dragging your fingers on the screen! 👀 Interested? It’s all explained below!
💡 Keep in mind that everything presented below may change before release, or never be released at all.
🎮 You may get to try it early! This experimental mini-game will be available — temporarily — in the Event tab of randomly selected players starting today!
As always, feedback is welcomed on social media! 🥰
As we stated in our Spring 2025 Dev Update, we believe that you should have more control over your Champ’s growth — you’re their Coach, after all! 💞
🤔 Yet too often has our community voiced concerns about Power stat imbalances and the difficulty of getting the type of Training Bag you really need the most. The Training Playground could be our answer to that!
💪 Because in this new event concept, you decide! Run, Swim, Climb or Fly — choose what to train! Once you pick one, it can’t be modified until the next day, but all rewards would be guaranteed for your chosen stat!
Pictured above: Every day, select the type of reward you want to earn from this mini-game.
🙌 When we say you should have more control, we’re not just talking about the rewards. For the first time, in this mini-game only, you can steer your Champ by dragging your finger left or right!
⭐ In the Training Playground, you wouldn’t race against other Champs — this short mini-game (around 30 seconds per attempt) is about helping your Champ collect as many Stars as possible by changing directions while dashing through a level!
Pictured above: Make sure to switch lanes at the right time to get the most Stars!
⚡ Level layouts change for every attempt, featuring various Power-Ups to activate, obstacles to avoid and even Stars moving away from you — don’t blink if you want to keep up with this new style of gameplay!
Pictured above: Multiply each Star, or collect them from afar? Choose the best Power-Up!
The more Stars you collect, the more progress you’ll make to receive Power rewards — but you’ll want to play your best because accessing the event requires special Playground Tickets, which are pretty limited!
🎁 Still, we designed the Training Playground to be a short and sweet distraction that feels rewarding at all times. Every attempt would guarantee that you’re making progress towards your next reward — there’s no way to fail here! Give it your all to fill up your reward gauge and claim it all before the daily reset!
Finished early and have some extra Playground Tickets to use during the day? No worries, the Training Playground always offers bonus rewards should you wish to keep playing before the daily reset!
📆 As stated at the beginning of this announcement, the “Training Playground” mini-game concept is experimental for the moment — we will confirm release plans in future announcements.
🎮 However, starting today, a few randomly chosen players can already try it out in their Events tab! Keep in mind it may be suddenly removed at any time during this experimental trial.
We would love to hear your thoughts about this concept — leave a comment on our social media!
Stay tuned to our news for more reveals!
👍 This concept sounds awesome!
👎 I’m not a fan of this concept.
- THE POCKET CHAMPS TEAM
Published on April 2, 2025.
