Hi all,

Love the achievements that Irrational Games has on their site, but not sure how they’ve done it:
http://irrationalgames.com/community/achievements/

Is it a custom build? Or based off an existing plugin?

The closest I can find is Paul Gibbs’ Achievements plugin:
http://byotos.com/2010/06/achievements-2-0-change-picture-sneak-peak/

(Nice job by the way, Paul – can’t wait for V2!)

Anyone have any insight into how to implement something like this?

[@r-a-y Keymaster 15 years, 4 months ago]

Definitely customized. They’re using BP 1.1.3.

This just goes to show what you can do with imagination and theme customization!

[@djpaul Keymaster 15 years, 4 months ago]

Thanks Ben
Irrational Games’ Achievements is a custom build; I spoke with one of their team when they launched their site a few months ago.

[@crashutah Participant 15 years, 4 months ago]

I’ve been debating the idea of creating a plugin with http://www.bigdoor.com/ to do achievements, levels etc. I haven’t completely though through the pros and cons of using an API like this versus an self contained open source plugin like the achievements one mentioned.

[@glamgrif Participant 15 years, 4 months ago]

@techguy BigDoor looks awesome, but it’s still in Beta. I’m doing a custom build for a client’s achievements and medals, with cubepoints backing the point mechanic.

The big con for me is that bigdoor’s API access costs money after a certain point, and if the site becomes huge, that could be a cost sink for the client. I would do it for a smaller or personal site, or one where the money incentive is BIG.