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Hugmyndir
Bigger level ladder
Instead of the 22 level thing use a popular level tier that's proven to successfully motivate people to play it like WoW's 1 to 80. If it takes forever to get to level 3 it kinda makes you feel like "meh".
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Hi Michael,
Funny you should mention WOW the levelling on the site is currently based on that but maybe not in the way you are expecting.
The levelling at the moment is a combination of the 10,000 hour philosophy and the WOW levelling system (from 1-80)
From what I have read it takes about 10,000 hours to become a master in any skill so based on some initial research I did, level 70 should equate to roughly 10,000 hours of coding. Also levelling is non linear so each level requires more time/effort to get to than the previous one.
At the moment you the yellow bars / points on the user summary i.e. http://www.codeivate.com/users/jbrooksuk show you how many points you have earned today towards the next level(s) and when logged in you should see a rough E.T.A on the top right towards your next overall level up. The points gained today/overtime is definitely an area I would like to improve upon to give users a better sense of achievement.
I may need to tweak the levelling system once I get more data though...
Cheers,
- Paul
Ok that is a really good point. I love the 10,000 concept maybe it would work better with achievements like the ones you get in Steam for CS:S. There's tons of em that are 100, 500, and 1000 "Headshots". You can usually have multiples of many achievements and have a desktop notification come up when you get one.
I just like the idea of Codeivate getting excited while I'm coding. Makes me excited to. ;)
level 80 is approximately 10,000 hours.
I think I have come up with a way around this, I will work on a prototype to show you.
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Hi Michael,
Funny you should mention WOW the levelling on the site is currently based on that but maybe not in the way you are expecting.
The levelling at the moment is a combination of the 10,000 hour philosophy and the WOW levelling system (from 1-80)
From what I have read it takes about 10,000 hours to become a master in any skill so based on some initial research I did, level 70 should equate to roughly 10,000 hours of coding. Also levelling is non linear so each level requires more time/effort to get to than the previous one.
At the moment you the yellow bars / points on the user summary i.e. http://www.codeivate.com/users/jbrooksuk show you how many points you have earned today towards the next level(s) and when logged in you should see a rough E.T.A on the top right towards your next overall level up. The points gained today/overtime is definitely an area I would like to improve upon to give users a better sense of achievement.
I may need to tweak the levelling system once I get more data though...
Cheers,
- Paul