Achievements and Medals

Author: Hanna Hagenmalm
Team: Leviathan
Concept: Draxl’s Journey
Many games include some sort of score to give the player a sense of progression. Draxl’s Journey is aimed mainly at new, 40+ gamers, and so we decided that the score should be easy to understand and encouraging. Our thinking was that receiving a low score could be discouraging, rather than inspiring, for players who are not yet converted.
The result was a simple system of achievements. Instead of receiving any punishment (other than the failure […]