The game revolves around two main currencies: coins and points. Both of these currencies are gained as rewards for winning or participating in challenges, completing goals, getting achievements and finishing seasons.

Coins are a stacking currency that is used to buy rewards from the in-game store. These rewards can be either virtual goods, such as avatars or backgrounds to use in game or tangible goods, such as gift cards or a day off from work, for example. This currency is meant to be a key engagement driver as it not only provides a clear notion of reward for time invested as it also creates long term goals for the workers to look forward to. We’re trying to create a mentality of: “I only need 50 more coins to get that 20$ Amazon Gift card, I’ll try to reach the top place in today’s game to get it today.” Coins do not expire unless they are used.

The formula for coin distribution is:

Number of coins = Participation reward + ((Total Prize Pool * (1 - Participation Percentage)) * Placement Percentage)

Participation reward = (Total Prize Pool * Participation Percentage) / Number of Participants

Total Prize Pool = Total amount of coins that you will spend on a challenge.

Participation Percentage = 85%

Number of Participants = Number of players enrolled on the challenge

Placement Percentage: 1st place = 55%; 2nd place = 30%; 3rd place = 15%

Non-winners win the coins that result from the participation reward calculation.

Points are the other currency in the game. Points serve the role that is traditionally given to “Experience” in games, meaning they are a way to quantify and track the progression of users from the day that they start using the application onwards and rank users based on how many points they have compared to other users.

This currency is received mostly in the same way coins are but, currently, cannot be spent directly to get any rewards as it serves mostly as a way for workers to track their performance and activeness within the application.

The formula for point distribution is:

Points = Challenge duration (days) * Placement multiplier

Challenge duration: If the number of days is <1 it is rounded up. If it is >1 it is rounded down when under 12h but rounded up when over 12h.

Placement multiplier: 1st place - 4; 2nd place - 3; 3rd place - 2; Other participants - 1. If it is a no-winner challenge, the placement multiplier is 1 for all players.