Achievements + Profile Badges

[hjal-dev]

Problem Statement

Currently there is no way to recognize milestones or any contributions made by the mod authors and community members. All profiles currently all look quite similar, regardless of their experience or accomplishments/milestones

Proposed Solution

Introduce an achievement and badge system that rewards users for reaching various milestones.
This could allow users to optionally showcase their selected badge(s) on the profile homepage and choose which achievements are publicly visible.
This would provide additional recognition and something new for each profile!

Alternatives Considered

No response

Additional Context

Some achievement/profile badges examples:

• Published First Mod
• Published 10 Mods
• Published First Add-on Mod
• 100 Downloads
• 10,000 Downloads
• 50,000 Downloads
• 100,000 Downloads
• 500.000 Downloads
• 1,000,000 Downloads
• Created First Mod Collection
• Verified Email
• Enabled Two-Factor Authentication (2FA)
• Any Other Popular Achievements that can be achieved by Community Members

[DrakiaXYZ]

I am opposed to the gamification of the Forge, as it will just result in more low-effort uploads and people trying to bypass restrictions (Such as download count tampering) just to be able to get those achievements. The Hub used to have a mod uploaded leaderboard that ended up being disabled due to the people being at the top of it being the people with the lowest effort mods.

[acidphantasm]

I am opposed to the gamification of the Forge, as it will just result in more low-effort uploads and people trying to bypass restrictions (Such as download count tampering) just to be able to get those achievements. The Hub used to have a mod uploaded leaderboard that ended up being disabled due to the people being at the top of it being the people with the lowest effort mods.

As much as I would love to flex my mod count to Drakia, I agree with Drakia. This opens the door to a lot of low-effort content which is already a minor problem in some circles just trying to get download counts and popularity.

[Lacyway]

Dear God, please no.