The VZfit Event system is a hybrid of the Leaderboard and Challenge systems from VirZOOM Arcade, with some ideas from Expresso bike Challenges.
Leaderboards were global (open to everyone) and automatically entered (you didn't have to pick them). They ranked high scores from individual plays, and we had one for every game and reset them every week. There was also a "virtual km" leaderboard that worked across all games.
Challenges were limited and visible only to friends, ran over a specified time period on a certain game, and could rank high individual scores or cumulative scores over that period. They weren't entered automatically, you had to choose to enter them. And you saw ghosts of other challenger's best plays.
VZfit Events are based on certain games, can rank game score, spins, or time played, and are always cumulative over their period. They are listed and must be entered on the Events menu. They rank both individuals and teams, which we made for commercial fitness centers but could be created for home users. The Events we create are global, but team captains can challenge other teams to Custom Events, which only appear to teams that have accepted. We intend to have at least one global Event running at all times, and offer prizes to spur competition. You can also look back at the results of any past Event.
We want to tune the Event system to be engaging and motivating for the most players. We also know that top competitors from VirZOOM Arcade lived on Leaderboards.
We can think of a few things to try and would like people's opinions:
1. Automatic player-entry for global Events, like leaderboards. So you could play games from the Workout menu and still be entered in Events. Could limit us from providing custom Event rules and in-game feedback in the future. And might be weird if you won an Event prize without knowing, but hey you deserve it!
2. Bring back the "virtual km" leaderboard in the form of a "Spins Event" that ranks cumulative spins across all games, and is reset every week. This Event at least would require automatic entry to work across all games.
3. Shorten our current pace for Prize Events, from monthly to weekly for $25. This would allow us to rotate through more games and spread the wealth to engage more players.
4. A return to automatic Events for every game reset every week, proposed by arches77. Could look pretty empty until we have a bigger player base on VZfit, and might conflict with prize events.
Leaderboards were global (open to everyone) and automatically entered (you didn't have to pick them). They ranked high scores from individual plays, and we had one for every game and reset them every week. There was also a "virtual km" leaderboard that worked across all games.
Challenges were limited and visible only to friends, ran over a specified time period on a certain game, and could rank high individual scores or cumulative scores over that period. They weren't entered automatically, you had to choose to enter them. And you saw ghosts of other challenger's best plays.
VZfit Events are based on certain games, can rank game score, spins, or time played, and are always cumulative over their period. They are listed and must be entered on the Events menu. They rank both individuals and teams, which we made for commercial fitness centers but could be created for home users. The Events we create are global, but team captains can challenge other teams to Custom Events, which only appear to teams that have accepted. We intend to have at least one global Event running at all times, and offer prizes to spur competition. You can also look back at the results of any past Event.
We want to tune the Event system to be engaging and motivating for the most players. We also know that top competitors from VirZOOM Arcade lived on Leaderboards.
We can think of a few things to try and would like people's opinions:
1. Automatic player-entry for global Events, like leaderboards. So you could play games from the Workout menu and still be entered in Events. Could limit us from providing custom Event rules and in-game feedback in the future. And might be weird if you won an Event prize without knowing, but hey you deserve it!
2. Bring back the "virtual km" leaderboard in the form of a "Spins Event" that ranks cumulative spins across all games, and is reset every week. This Event at least would require automatic entry to work across all games.
3. Shorten our current pace for Prize Events, from monthly to weekly for $25. This would allow us to rotate through more games and spread the wealth to engage more players.
4. A return to automatic Events for every game reset every week, proposed by arches77. Could look pretty empty until we have a bigger player base on VZfit, and might conflict with prize events.