Old Drupal 6 code (module attached)

I was looking for a reward system not uncommon like the one found on foursquare.com for example. But I don't think it is possible with the userpoints/rules combi because they award badges on certain level of points while in my case, I would like to award 'a badge' when a certain condition is met (and in addition points). So this module looks good, thanks!

I looked at the code (laughed a lot at your comments by the way) and I think your module would be a great start for anyone wanting to create its own award system.

This module looks great. I know multiple users at my University would love something like this for websites to use with students. Please continue work on this!

Any news on this mod? I'd be interested to know if its still in dev. Thanks!

You can download the code in its unfinished state and change a few things as needed, but it is not easy to add more achievements to. You will need knowledge of how the Drupal API works and how the module works, but both are documented fairly well.

I dug into that code, and I can tell a lot of thought went into it. I used it as a stepping stone toward a custom achievements system on my site, so thanks a lot, Morbus.

I do not have time to volunteer as a maintainer, but if I solve any major problems with the code, I will definitely share my changes. As it is, I only noticed one major flaw: the user-specific achievements list does not show up. The achievements page is also a 404 error, but I do not consider that a big problem, because I can make a simple page to take its place. Overall, the module works very well as-is.

I have taken the code here and modified it to created a version that extends the ctools plugin system which means that achievements can be defined in code or in the database, making it a lot more configurable. You still need to define achievement types in code, but once that is done you can change certain variables like in the example of comments you could define as many achievements as you want for comments.

I could setup a new project or just sandbox project for this, or if no-one else is interested in maintaining this module I would be happy to take over it. In any case I will try and post what I have somewhere soon.

Here is the module I am using at the moment. It is largely based on the code above with some work done on implementing support for ctools exportables.

It does change how this module is currently working, where instead of defining achievements in code you just define achievement types in code. These could be "counting comments" or "counting node posts", both are implemented in the attached code. But it could be something more complex.

Then you define the goals, so an actual achievement will be based on one of the achievement types and define a specific goal:
* user posts 20 comments
* user posts more then 5 nodes of type forum

With each goal you can specify a title and points.

These goals can either be defined in code or entered through the UI. Once you enter then in the UI you can also export these into a feature through the interface with ctools exportables.

It still retains the same idea of once you have unlocked an achievement that you don't get it again.

What I have written here does need a bit of polish, but I thought I would share it since there looks to be some renewed effort on development.

Keeping track of this

I did read your reason and also agree that basic achievement like posting 'X' comments is not interesting, although would have thought there is a place for an achievements system that can do both. The way I see it, by supporting simple achievements that can be defined through a UI it make this module more accessible to gets started.

Very interested in the module, splendid idea!

I think integration with ctools exportables is totally a must, for all the reasons we all know.

As far as shipping with example (default) achievements, I’m fine if there are none, and I actually agree with the philosophy behind the decision. If someone doesn’t they could always create a separate project called achievements_examples, to help real newbies understand I suppose.

I take the liberty of setting this to needs work, with no disrespect meant to the project's maintainer... in Hope the 6.x branch gets committed in some form, univate... perhaps you may want to comaintain the 6.x branch? :>

Fair enough morbus, thanks for the reply! =)

It's too bad the D6 version doesn't have a branch. I want to add achievements to my open atrium installation so the D7 version won't work and it won't work in in the foreseeable future. I understand you want to push forward Morbus but maybe other would like to backport your D7 work to D7 and it would be easier to collaborate if there were a branch and maybe a D6 maintainer.