Achievements

GameSparks Achievements support the rewarding of players for accomplishments within the game. An Achievement is highly configurable with respect to both the reward and the criteria for when it's delivered:

• Task-based. Traditional Achievements systems are supported where Virtual Goods (for example, badges or items) are won for completion of particular tasks or won for completion of a combination of tasks.
• Extended. Extended Achievement systems are supported, such as level completion or XP progress bonuses, basic 'crafting', and rewards for breaking into the top [x] of a Leaderboard, and so on.
• Cross-platform. Achievements are cross-platform, which affords significant benefits:
  • You don't have to set up separate Achievements in each store, which supports cross-platform play.
  • Game-progress can be tracked and the reward can be used across multiple platforms.

• Achievements and Rewards.

  Achievements can be awarded based on:

  • A Leaderboard event.
  • Some custom logic defined in Cloud Code.

  The reward delivered when an Achievement is reached can be:

  • A Virtual Good.
  • Currency amounts configured for the Achievement.

• Achievement Triggers.

  Achievements can be awarded automatically by setting up triggers:

  • Achievement triggers are implemented through Leaderboards because all scoring events result in a Leaderboard being updated.
  • For example, to automatically award an Achievement for someone hitting a specific score, you can add a trigger and define a filter for a Leaderboard that indicates the Achievement is awarded when a score is posted to the Leaderboard with a value that meets the filter criteria.

FAQs? You can review Frequently Asked Questions about creating and managing Achievements.

Managing Achievement Configurations

The Configurator > Achievements page displays the list of Achievements. You can create new Achievements and edit or delete existing ones:

You can use the following options (highlighted above):

• Add - Add a new Achievement.
• - Edit Achievement.
• - Delete Achievement.

Creating an Achievement Configuration

1. Click to Add a new Achievement. The Add Achievement page opens:

2. Enter your Achievement details:

• Short Code - A mandatory field used to give the Achievement a unique identifier for use elsewhere in the Portal and in Cloud Code.
• Name - A mandatory field used as an identifier to help the user find the Achievement in the Portal.
• Description - A mandatory field which should be used to describe the Achievement.
• Virtual Good Award - The Virtual Good to award a player as a reward for gaining the Achievement.
• Currencies - Enter any Currency awards for rewarding players who gain the Achievement:
  • In this example of a game where three default Currencies have been enabled, players who gain the Achievement will be awarded 12 of Currency1 and 12 of Currency2.
• Leaderboard - Achievements can be triggered from a Leaderboard or by a Cloud Code script, if no Leaderboard was selected. Select the required Trigger here - either the Leaderboard trigger or select None - Triggered by Script if triggered by a Cloud Code script.
  • In this example, we've selected the High Score Leaderboard.
• Repeatable - Enabling this means the Achievement can be earned multiple times.
• Property Set - Select the Property Set which you want to attach to the Achievement - the Property Set will be surfaced and made available wherever you use the Achievement.
  • For more details on attaching Property Sets to Achievements, see here.
• Currency Awards - Click to Add Currency awards for rewarding players who gain the Achievement using any of the game Currencies you've created for your game on the Currencies page under Configurator>Currencies:
  • In this example, players who gain the Achievement will be awarded 15 of Currency_D.

3. Click to Save and Close the new Achievement.

Adding Achievement Triggers

1. If you've selected a Leaderboard for an Achievement, in the Triggers panel you can click to Add a trigger for non-scripted Achievements:

2. Enter the Trigger details:

• Trigger Data - If a Leaderboard is selected, the Fields of the Leaderboard would be available for you to choose. You can also trigger a Leaderboard based on the user's global or social position:

  • New Global Rank - A new position in the global Leaderboard.
  • Old Global Rank - An old position in the global Leaderboard.
  • Global Rank Change - The number of places a player has moved in the global Leaderboard.
  • New Global % Rank - The new percentage change in the player's global Leaderboard position.
  • Old Global % Rank - The old percentage change in the player's global Leaderboard position.
  • Global % Rank Change - The percentage change in the player's global Leaderboard position.
  • New Social Rank - A new position in the social Leaderboard.
  • Old Social Rank - An old position in the social Leaderboard.
  • Social Rank Change - The number of places a player has moved in the social Leaderboard.
  • New Social % Rank - The new percentage change in the player's social Leaderboard position.
  • Old Social % Rank - The old percentage change in the player's social Leaderboard position.
  • Social % Rank Change - The percentage change in the player's social Leaderboard position.

• Filter Type - Operators which allow you to filter the trigger:

• Filter Value - The value of the Filter.

3. Click to Save and Close the Trigger you've added to your Achievement.

Example Triggers

Example 1: If you want to award the user for getting a score over 100 on a Leaderboard, you'd have a set up similar to this:

Example 2: If you want to award an Achievement for being top of the global Leaderboard, you'd have the following configuration: