Game Dev Refinery Experience System Discussion

[Marked 197]

Since you guys voted for it, I thought I'd let you have a say on how it works and looks. 
 
I've come with a spot of algorithm as follows. The format is: total experience (+additional experience needed to get to this level from the last level) - additional posts needed to get to this level from the last level - and the sum of ALL posts so far. I.e. level 99 = 1,000 posts.

 

 

Level 1: 962(+962). Addtional posts needed:38, Total posts so far: 0

Level 2: 1042(+80). Addtional posts needed:3, Total posts so far: 3

Level 3: 1125(+83). Addtional posts needed:3, Total posts so far: 6

Level 4: 1211(+86). Addtional posts needed:3, Total posts so far: 9

Level 5: 1301(+90). Addtional posts needed:4, Total posts so far: 13

Level 6: 1394(+93). Addtional posts needed:4, Total posts so far: 17

Level 7: 1490(+96). Addtional posts needed:4, Total posts so far: 21

Level 8: 1590(+100). Addtional posts needed:4, Total posts so far: 25

Level 9: 1694(+104). Addtional posts needed:4, Total posts so far: 29

Level 10: 1800(+106). Addtional posts needed:4, Total posts so far: 33

Level 11: 1911(+111). Addtional posts needed:4, Total posts so far: 37

Level 12: 2024(+113). Addtional posts needed:5, Total posts so far: 42

Level 13: 2141(+117). Addtional posts needed:5, Total posts so far: 47

Level 14: 2262(+121). Addtional posts needed:5, Total posts so far: 52

Level 15: 2386(+124). Addtional posts needed:5, Total posts so far: 57

Level 16: 2513(+127). Addtional posts needed:5, Total posts so far: 62

Level 17: 2644(+131). Addtional posts needed:5, Total posts so far: 67

Level 18: 2779(+135). Addtional posts needed:5, Total posts so far: 72

Level 19: 2917(+138). Addtional posts needed:6, Total posts so far: 78

Level 20: 3058(+141). Addtional posts needed:6, Total posts so far: 84

Level 21: 3203(+145). Addtional posts needed:6, Total posts so far: 90

Level 22: 3352(+149). Addtional posts needed:6, Total posts so far: 96

Level 23: 3504(+152). Addtional posts needed:6, Total posts so far: 102

Level 24: 3660(+156). Addtional posts needed:6, Total posts so far: 108

Level 25: 3819(+159). Addtional posts needed:6, Total posts so far: 114

Level 26: 3982(+163). Addtional posts needed:7, Total posts so far: 121

Level 27: 4148(+166). Addtional posts needed:7, Total posts so far: 128

Level 28: 4318(+170). Addtional posts needed:7, Total posts so far: 135

Level 29: 4492(+174). Addtional posts needed:7, Total posts so far: 142

Level 30: 4669(+177). Addtional posts needed:7, Total posts so far: 149

Level 31: 4850(+181). Addtional posts needed:7, Total posts so far: 156

Level 32: 5034(+184). Addtional posts needed:7, Total posts so far: 163

Level 33: 5222(+188). Addtional posts needed:8, Total posts so far: 171

Level 34: 5414(+192). Addtional posts needed:8, Total posts so far: 179

Level 35: 5609(+195). Addtional posts needed:8, Total posts so far: 187

Level 36: 5808(+199). Addtional posts needed:8, Total posts so far: 195

Level 37: 6010(+202). Addtional posts needed:8, Total posts so far: 203

Level 38: 6217(+207). Addtional posts needed:8, Total posts so far: 211

Level 39: 6426(+209). Addtional posts needed:8, Total posts so far: 219

Level 40: 6640(+214). Addtional posts needed:9, Total posts so far: 228

Level 41: 6857(+217). Addtional posts needed:9, Total posts so far: 237

Level 42: 7078(+221). Addtional posts needed:9, Total posts so far: 246

Level 43: 7303(+225). Addtional posts needed:9, Total posts so far: 255

Level 44: 7531(+228). Addtional posts needed:9, Total posts so far: 264

Level 45: 7763(+232). Addtional posts needed:9, Total posts so far: 273

Level 46: 7998(+235). Addtional posts needed:9, Total posts so far: 282

Level 47: 8238(+240). Addtional posts needed:10, Total posts so far: 292

Level 48: 8481(+243). Addtional posts needed:10, Total posts so far: 302

Level 49: 8728(+247). Addtional posts needed:10, Total posts so far: 312

Level 50: 8978(+250). Addtional posts needed:10, Total posts so far: 322

Level 51: 9232(+254). Addtional posts needed:10, Total posts so far: 332

Level 52: 9490(+258). Addtional posts needed:10, Total posts so far: 342

Level 53: 9752(+262). Addtional posts needed:10, Total posts so far: 352

Level 54: 10018(+266). Addtional posts needed:11, Total posts so far: 363

Level 55: 10287(+269). Addtional posts needed:11, Total posts so far: 374

Level 56: 10560(+273). Addtional posts needed:11, Total posts so far: 385

Level 57: 10837(+277). Addtional posts needed:11, Total posts so far: 396

Level 58: 11117(+280). Addtional posts needed:11, Total posts so far: 407

Level 59: 11401(+284). Addtional posts needed:11, Total posts so far: 418

Level 60: 11689(+288). Addtional posts needed:12, Total posts so far: 430

Level 61: 11981(+292). Addtional posts needed:12, Total posts so far: 442

Level 62: 12277(+296). Addtional posts needed:12, Total posts so far: 454

Level 63: 12576(+299). Addtional posts needed:12, Total posts so far: 466

Level 64: 12879(+303). Addtional posts needed:12, Total posts so far: 478

Level 65: 13186(+307). Addtional posts needed:12, Total posts so far: 490

Level 66: 13497(+311). Addtional posts needed:12, Total posts so far: 502

Level 67: 13812(+315). Addtional posts needed:13, Total posts so far: 515

Level 68: 14130(+318). Addtional posts needed:13, Total posts so far: 528

Level 69: 14453(+323). Addtional posts needed:13, Total posts so far: 541

Level 70: 14779(+326). Addtional posts needed:13, Total posts so far: 554

Level 71: 15109(+330). Addtional posts needed:13, Total posts so far: 567

Level 72: 15442(+333). Addtional posts needed:13, Total posts so far: 580

Level 73: 15780(+338). Addtional posts needed:14, Total posts so far: 594

Level 74: 16121(+341). Addtional posts needed:14, Total posts so far: 608

Level 75: 16466(+345). Addtional posts needed:14, Total posts so far: 622

Level 76: 16816(+350). Addtional posts needed:14, Total posts so far: 636

Level 77: 17168(+352). Addtional posts needed:14, Total posts so far: 650

Level 78: 17525(+357). Addtional posts needed:14, Total posts so far: 664

Level 79: 17886(+361). Addtional posts needed:14, Total posts so far: 678

Level 80: 18250(+364). Addtional posts needed:15, Total posts so far: 693

Level 81: 18619(+369). Addtional posts needed:15, Total posts so far: 708

Level 82: 18991(+372). Addtional posts needed:15, Total posts so far: 723

Level 83: 19367(+376). Addtional posts needed:15, Total posts so far: 738

Level 84: 19747(+380). Addtional posts needed:15, Total posts so far: 753

Level 85: 20131(+384). Addtional posts needed:15, Total posts so far: 768

Level 86: 20519(+388). Addtional posts needed:16, Total posts so far: 784

Level 87: 20911(+392). Addtional posts needed:16, Total posts so far: 800

Level 88: 21306(+395). Addtional posts needed:16, Total posts so far: 816

Level 89: 21706(+400). Addtional posts needed:16, Total posts so far: 832

Level 90: 22109(+403). Addtional posts needed:16, Total posts so far: 848

Level 91: 22516(+407). Addtional posts needed:16, Total posts so far: 864

Level 92: 22927(+411). Addtional posts needed:16, Total posts so far: 880

Level 93: 23343(+416). Addtional posts needed:17, Total posts so far: 897

Level 94: 23762(+419). Addtional posts needed:17, Total posts so far: 914

Level 95: 24185(+423). Addtional posts needed:17, Total posts so far: 931

Level 96: 24611(+426). Addtional posts needed:17, Total posts so far: 948

Level 97: 25042(+431). Addtional posts needed:17, Total posts so far: 965

Level 98: 25477(+435). Addtional posts needed:17, Total posts so far: 982

Level 99: 25916(+439). Addtional posts needed:18, Total posts so far: 1000

 

 

I think this formula is ok. Level 3 would be 6 posts, but that'll be made easier with other actions gaining smaller amounts of experience. 

 

The formula is based on posts = 25 experience. 

 

Any event will give you experience, but the big earners will be posts and receiving likes on posts and comments,  and followers. 

 

Sound good?

[KenOfNZ 0]

Sounds good since it measures the general metrics that determine a user's activity and influence.

[Marked 197]

Yeah, it does. Experience gains will be linear, i.e. higher level members will get he same experience for a post as a first-time poster, so it'll take that into account. I don't anticipate needing to use a complicating formula to determine levels. The basic concept will be more involvement and commendations from others, higher level. The overall goal will be for members to personally feel like their level reflects what they've put in. 

 

I'm working on implementing the system. 

• I'm thinking there will be a pop-up when you level-up saying woooh you're awesome now; 
• I'll try to back-date experience and give everyone experience for everything they've done thus far. Slightly tricky, might take a while to get it done 
• I'll implement experience gains asap so you'll be collecting exp in the background, prior to when the system is announced and you can publically see your level.

[KenOfNZ 0]

Actually, would it be better to not have a level limit and the exp required to level up to be a constant (rather than increasing per level).

The constant should be a relatively reasonable amount(10-15 equivalent of posts). This way newcomers and long time users will have a constant growth in levels instead of slowing down as you level up. This will reflect a user's activity frequency more accurately at higher levels(the previous exp requirement would make long time users to post a lot more compared to new users to gain 1 level).

Edited December 13, 2016 by KenOfNZ

[Polraudio 122]

I like the idea. Could you possibly remove the level cap?