My Journey

What is ”Journey”?

Journey is the gamification of the Uuguul plateform in order to make your learning experience more fun, joyful and interactive.

Gamification is the application of game-design elements and game principles in non-game contexts. It can also be defined as a set of activities and processes to solve problems by using or applying the characteristics of game elements. These elements work together to offer visible paths of advancement and success. The goal of Gamification is to engage and motivate players to achieve goals, in our case learn the Mongol culture. The end results are better user engagement and retention, as well as improved morale.

The creation of you account on UUGUUL happens during
your first purchase of lessons in the shop or when you join the membership.

Why the “Journey” gamification?

What are the game elements of ”Journey”?

The achievements

Title

This type of achievement is specially use to show the course your purchased and to grant you access to the related courses. The various available title are Morin Khuurch, Bard, Scribe and Calligraph. More title may be added later as the game evolve. Purchased in the shop.

Renown

The renown are achievements that shows your completion of core chapter in your learning. They also help keep tracking of your progress within the various lessons.

Achievements

The achievements are granted when you complete chapters’ lessons.

Exploration

The exploration achievements are granted while reading culture posts of the website or while finding hidden objects on the various page.

Wandering

The wandering achievements are granted while visiting pages within the Membership.

Quest

These special achievements are dedicated for recurring tasks such as login to the website x times, or practices for x minutes, etc…

The currencies

Experience – Evidence of your activity

The experience show how much you achieved and completed on the website. The more experience you have, the higher you rank on leaderboards. Experience points offer immediate feedback and have a positive effect on the brain’s reward system. Gamification offers incentive to collect experience points by offering a means of tracking rewards, building a reputation, and inspiring achievement.

Here are a few ways to earn experience:

  • Earn 50 Experience Points by log in to the website (limited to 1 per day).
  • Earn 500 Experience Points by completing a course.
  • Earn 150 Experience Points by completing a lesson.
  • Earn 50 Experience Points by completing a topic.
  • Unlocking a badge.
  • Finding hidden objects.
  • Connecting to the website once a day.
  • (…)

Shagais – Journey’s basic currency

The shagais are the virtual currency within the game. You can use it to buy courses, content, or items for your collection. Each purchased (or sometimes found) items unlock information and knowledge related to it.

Here are a few ways to earn shagais:

  • Earn 5 Shagais by log in to the website (limited to 1 per day).
  • Earn 100 Shagais by completing a .
  • Earn 10 Shagais by completing a .
  • Earn 10 Shagais by completing a .
  • Earn 1 Shagai per point awarded in quizzes.
  • You might also find object hidden on the website which will unlock content as well as give you some shagais’ bonus.
  • Shagais can be awarded ponctually on the Discord via event.
  • Explore to find more way to earn them…

Altan Shagais – Journey’s epic currency

Epic currency granted on special occasion and can be used to unlock paid courses.

The ranks

Levels – Mastery of the knowledge provided on the website

Levels are a way of qualifying experience and mastery. Here the levels show increased responsibility, engagement, and better titles. As you level up, you become more valued and important within the community. Who would not want that? Levels prove your long-term achievements within the Journey and become a status symbols that offer social influence within UUGUUL.

Here are the various level, title, and experience required for each:

  • Level 1 – Starting level.
  • Level 2 – Requires 500 Experience points.
  • Level 3 – Requires 1050 Experience points.
  • Level 4 – Requires 1710 Experience points.
  • Level 5 – Requires 2502 Experience points. Unlock the “Engin Malchin” title.
  • Level 10 – Requires 9574 Experience points. Unlock the “Turshlagatai Malchin” title.
  • Level 15 – Requires 29792 Experience points. Unlock the “Zuut Malchin” title.
  • Level 20 – Requires 91491 Experience points. Unlock the “Myangat Malchin” title.

Tier – Status and mastery within the community

This special rank is granted by reaching certain level or accomplishing special quests, it also related to the time you have been connected with UUGUUL.

Feat of Strength – Proof of accomplishment

Feat of Strength are a visualization of achievement and successful completion of goals. You can earn them by earning points, accomplishing specific goals, or to celebrate long-term engagement and loyalty. Your collected badges are displayed in the leaderboard as well as in your personal profile page for a sense of pride as well as keeping track of what you achieved and to share with your friends.

Here are a few ways to earn a feat of strength:

  • Complete a course.
  • Complete a set of course.
  • Reach a certain level.
  • Unlock items.

Leaderboards – Transparent progression

Being on top or working towards the top can be a source of motivation. Leaderboards display relative progress within all the participants of the Journey. Leaderboards can be seen both in games and in sports, it is one of the most common Gamification elements. Here the leaderboard can help see the person who went through more and who potentialy know more and from whom you can then ask for advice or information.

Data visualization – Clear insights on goal progression

In Journey you have a clear insight on what your can unlock and on how much advanced your are in your learning. This is to help you make more personalized decision on what you want to orient your learning to as well as see what you already achieved and where you are going.

You will access the full list of badges in your profile page.
It will give you an insight of the things you can earn, find, or buy on the website.

How does it work?

Start by purchasing a course or subscribing to the membership to create your account.

After the creation of your account, you can start learning through the various lessons and post present on the website to unlock achievement, earn shagais and track your progress.