Gamification modified by Viktor Fási

Viktor Fási — Wed, 06 May 2026 09:06:53 -0000

Gamification (Beat the Bot)

Lastest includes an optional competitive scoring layer where team members compete against AI bots on a leaderboard. Designed to encourage test quality -- not test farming -- with rewards heavily weighted toward verified outcomes.

Enabling Gamification

Gamification is a per-team toggle, disabled by default.

Go to Settings
Find the Gamification toggle
Enable it

A season is auto-created on the first score award if none exists.

Scoring Rules

Event	Points	Notes
Test created	+10	Small to prevent test-farming
Approved a real visual change	+15	Diff approved as intentional change
Regression caught	+100	Your test caught a real regression
Resolved a review todo	+5	Closed a review todo item
Flaky diff penalty	-5	Flaky diff attributed to your test (daily cap: 25 pts)
Achievement unlocked	+25	Bonus on first-time achievement

Bug Blitz Multipliers

During Bug Blitz events, all scores (including penalties) are multiplied by a configurable factor (2-5x). Admins can create time-boxed Bug Blitz events from the admin card.

Achievements

Achievement	Trigger
First Test	Created your first test
First Regression	Caught your first regression
First Blood	Surpassed the bot score by 1+ points
Crushed the Bot	Surpassed the bot score by 100+ points
Season Winner	Ended the season in first place

Leaderboard

Navigate to /leaderboard to see the season standings.

Top 10 ranked actors (humans and bots) with podium styling for top 3
Per-actor breakdown: tests created, regressions caught, flakes incurred
Your own row is appended if you're outside the top 10
Only visible when gamification is enabled for your team

Seasons

Seasons are named periods (e.g. "Season 1") that scope all scores, achievements, and leaderboard rankings. Admins can:

Start a new season
End the current season
Create Bug Blitz events within a season

When no season exists, one is auto-created on the first score event.

Admin Controls

Settings page includes a Gamification Admin card for team owners/admins:

Enable/disable gamification for the team
Start and end seasons
Create Bug Blitz events with custom duration and multiplier

Real-Time Celebrations

When gamification is enabled, celebratory toast notifications appear in real-time via the existing activity feed SSE stream. Events are deduped by ID so you never see the same celebration twice.

Design Principles

Rewards >> penalties -- Penalty is small (-5) and daily-capped at 25 points
No "points for bugs found" -- That's a textbook perverse incentive. Rewards are tied to verified outcomes (approved changes, resolved todos)
Test creation reward is small -- Prevents test-farming
Never breaks real flows -- All gamification hooks swallow errors silently
Opt-in -- Disabled by default, per-team toggle

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