TO WORLDS, LEVELS, MISSIONS AND RECORDS

THE COMPLETE GUIDE

WHY BLUE PRINT

• GIVE USERS A SENSE OF PROGRESS

• CREATE A NOTION OF SUCCESS

• SHORT TERM ENGAGEMENT > LONG TERM

HIGH LEVEL HIERARCHYWORLD

LEVEL GATE

RECORD CHALLENGE

MISSION REWARD

WORLDS

• Can have one or multiple levels

• Have a gate allowing users to enter them

• Score / completion

WORLDS EXAMPLE

LEVELSThe most basic sense of

progress

1 2 3 4

5 6 7 8

9 10 11 12

The Red Pack

GATES

• Unlock worlds

• List of challenges and levels to complete

• List mode can be: OR as well as AND

• Optional: pay to unlock gate

GATE EXAMPLE

• No way to "complete"

• No gating or unlocking

• 1 world

• 1 level

• Relay on challenges and missions

• Put more emphasis on records

SLM - SINGLE LEVEL MODE

1:1

SLM EXAMPLESubway Surfers

ChallengeRecordsSingle Level Mode

CHALLENGES AND MISSIONS

• Challenge - set of missions

• Challenge has a reward

• Mission can be: balance mission, record mission or action mission

EXAMPLE - STORE MISSIONS

• Action missions

• Introduce users to game economy

RECORDSProvide sense of excellency

and competition

ADVANCED TECHNIQUES

• Mixing SLM and levels in the same world

• Levels with records, challenges and missions

• Implementing XP levels as score and challenges

SLM AND LEVELS

fruit splat levels that are not in the gate

champion chase 5 levels that

unlock the gate

versus mode - SLM users can play endlessly

Example - Angry Birds Go

LEVELS WITH RECORDS

Levels has stars, score, and personal bests

Example - Jelly Splash

Compete with others in every level

EXPERIENCE LEVELSExample - Real Racing 3

• XP is implemented as score / bar

• Mission - reach a certain score

• Challenge - win mission to earn L-1 badge

• Challenge is gate to more worlds

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