Knuffel Games prizes!
Posted: Apr 24th, '07, 22:58
Hi people,
Since I have the ticketing system and the lottery system done, we are going to start giving out prizes!
How does it work? Well, for every 1000 points you get at the games (which is not very much when playing samegame, as I noticed - took me less than 10 minutes), you are dealt a "ticket". Tickets are unique codes that are stored within your games account, and when you are logged in you get the number of valid tickets displayed.
Valid means that the ticket has not won yet and is still in the lottery pot. Every three or four days, Firn will draw a ticket from all valid tickets still out there, and that ticket will be marked a "winning ticket". When you have a winning ticket on your account, you will get a message on the games pages when logged in, with a button to click to exchange the winning ticket for a free Knuffel.
When you click said button, you are sent to the KnuffelMaker. You can enter your name (Owner name), the Knuffel's name, and choose form all available Knuffels (which are displayed as images with a radiobutton each so you can check the one you want). Submit the form, and the desired Knuffel will be created.
The next page then shows the code of your newly created Knuffel. Make sure to copy&paste it somewhere and save it! This code will be displayed only on that page, and only once.
Of course, you can use your ticket only once. After you've been to the KnuffelMaker, your ticket will be marked as "used" and not shown again.
I hope this system is simple enough for everyone, and will make everybody happy. I spent quite some time in coding the lottery system, because I wanted every player to have a chance to win, and still let the better players have better chances to win; that's what became of this.
Reply to this topic if you have any problems, ideas, opinions on the lottery system issue. Have fun!
Since I have the ticketing system and the lottery system done, we are going to start giving out prizes!
How does it work? Well, for every 1000 points you get at the games (which is not very much when playing samegame, as I noticed - took me less than 10 minutes), you are dealt a "ticket". Tickets are unique codes that are stored within your games account, and when you are logged in you get the number of valid tickets displayed.
Valid means that the ticket has not won yet and is still in the lottery pot. Every three or four days, Firn will draw a ticket from all valid tickets still out there, and that ticket will be marked a "winning ticket". When you have a winning ticket on your account, you will get a message on the games pages when logged in, with a button to click to exchange the winning ticket for a free Knuffel.
When you click said button, you are sent to the KnuffelMaker. You can enter your name (Owner name), the Knuffel's name, and choose form all available Knuffels (which are displayed as images with a radiobutton each so you can check the one you want). Submit the form, and the desired Knuffel will be created.
The next page then shows the code of your newly created Knuffel. Make sure to copy&paste it somewhere and save it! This code will be displayed only on that page, and only once.
Of course, you can use your ticket only once. After you've been to the KnuffelMaker, your ticket will be marked as "used" and not shown again.
I hope this system is simple enough for everyone, and will make everybody happy. I spent quite some time in coding the lottery system, because I wanted every player to have a chance to win, and still let the better players have better chances to win; that's what became of this.
Reply to this topic if you have any problems, ideas, opinions on the lottery system issue. Have fun!
