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Configure rules

Tune the coin economy, skill progression, badge conditions, and streak milestones in the dashboard.

Rules live on your config version. Changes land on a draft first, then publish as a new immutable version. Existing buddies stay pinned to their current version until you migrate them.

Where rules live

SurfaceWhat it controls
Skills → SetSkill names, icons, max levels, skill rules
Economy → Coin rulesEvent → coin amount mappings, daily caps
Economy → TokensSecondary currencies and their earn rules
Engagement → StreaksStreak definitions and milestone rewards
Engagement → BadgesBadge conditions, auto-vs-manual award
EvolutionStage conditions, creature style, art mode
MarketplaceItems, pricing, visibility rules

Each surface writes to the same draft. The diff between draft and published is visible under Publish before you flip it live.

Publishing

  1. Review the diff — coin rules changed, badges added, streaks modified.
  2. Hit Publish — a new immutable version is created and becomes the default for new eggs.
  3. Existing buddies are not migrated. They stay on their pinned version.
  4. Migrate buddies in bulk from Buddies → Migration when you're ready.

Migrating existing buddies

Migration is a first-class operation:

  • It swaps the rulebook, never the state.
  • Coin balances, badge lists, streak counters all carry over.
  • If a rule that awarded a badge on their current state no longer exists in the new version, the badge stays — historical awards are never revoked.
  • You can migrate a single buddy, an audience, or all buddies at once.

Tuning tips

  • Watch Economy Health. The dashboard shows coin inflow vs. outflow per day. When inflow outruns outflow for too long, marketplace items become invisible.
  • Cap the top of the earn curve. Daily caps prevent grinding; multiplier caps prevent streak-compounding breakage.
  • Start with auto-awarded badges. Manual badges need a moderation workflow — get auto working before adding the human loop.
  • Publish small, publish often. Each version is cheap; big-bang publishes are harder to reason about.