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New Key Mechanic Idea

I was just thinking of a new mechanic for keys and was wondering what people thought of this idea. I'm open to constructive feedback on the idea.

Firstly keys would become offerings under a new name and keys as of now would just be used for aura reading.

The new way keys offerings would work is the following. The hatch is physically spawned in to the trial as soon as the match begins. The hatch is visible to both killers and survivors.

The hatch still opens after only one survivor remains in the trial.

As of now the hatch will spawn in once the amount of generators completed out numbers the amount of survivors alive.

Under the new hatch system the hatch would automatically open once the amount of generators has been completed -1 if a survivor has used a key offering on the hatch. The killer can close the hatch. Only the survivor who used the key would be able to escape. The killer would be able to close the hatch and continue the game normally without triggering the egc. Any survivor who brought a key into the trial can be killed by the killer after being hooked once.


It's a very rough idea but the idea is there. I had to scribble it down frantically and I'm not even sure if it makes sense because I had to type this out very quickly. I'll try to edit it to make sense later if it doesnt. But I'm sure you get the general fist of it.