diff --git a/IdeaDump.md b/IdeaDump.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..6cf7f26 --- /dev/null +++ b/IdeaDump.md @@ -0,0 +1,80 @@ +# Unstructured notes and ideas +All numbers are subject to tweaking and balancing + +**Main currency:** notes 🎶 (soft) +**Secondary currency:** gems 💎 (hard) +**Tertiary currency:** _tbd_ (if $ value disassociation becomes relevant) + +## Rating +character independant +card based quality +-> upgrade/improvement mechanics + +Quality: +- 1: bad +- 2: ok +- 3: good +- 4: great +- 5: epic +- 6: shiny + +2 bad cards = 1 ok card +3 ok cards = 1 good card +4 good cards = 1 great card +5 great cards = 1 epic card + +Shiny cards can only be dropped with 0.5% chance or upgraded using a store purchased item + +## Entity relations and stuff +Single card of any character +belongs to a band/group +which could be part of their topmost genre (?) + +Completed bands reward cosmetics and XP (scaled to band size) + +Band levels by collecting duplicates (?) as a long term hook + +## Profile +Steal profile layout from Amaan +with more customization + +## Other +Required +- detailed card history + +Leaderboards + - All time + - Monthly (resets every 1st of the month to encourage conversion of non-whales) +Top positions get awarded additianal XP + Gems + +Each collect += 10 XP (Shiny += 100) +Each upgrade += 25 XP + + +Daily reward -> notes +Weekly reward -> gems +Monthly reward -> Pack with 1 shiny card guaranteed (included) +Each reward tier also grants XP + +## Optional +### Friends list +could be used for a "social feed" outlining friends shiny drops and purchases (availability and social proof) + +### referral system +after a referred friend collects 100 cards, both get gems + +### archievements as profile badges +- [50, 100, 500, 1000, 10k] Cards collected +- [100k, 500k, 1m] Notes spent total + - do not encourage saving + - players with low funds (notes) could be targeted by high item discounts with a higher chance of conversion + +- [100, 500, 1k] Trades completed (Limit trades per hour? Pay for trade limit reset) + +- [7d,1m,6m,1y] Daily streak + - ties in to the social feed to apply pressure to friends to keep up + +- [10,50,100] Shinies present in collection +- [5k, 10k, 100k] Bad/ok/good cards in collection (each q level separately) + - Discourage converting cards to currency, purchase instead +