Gamification

Gamification helps you turn passive attendees into active participants by rewarding the actions you care about. Manage it from /dashboard/space/<id>/event/<eventId>/gamification. Once enabled, the public event page exposes a leaderboard at /space/<spaceSlug>/<eventSlug>/leaderboard.

Enable gamification for an event

1. Open the event home and go to Gamification.
2. Toggle Enable gamification.
3. Configure point rules (see below).
4. Optionally choose whether the leaderboard is public (visible to anyone) or attendees-only.
5. Save.

Point rules

Each rule maps an action to a point value. The default rules are:

Action	Default points
Register to the event	5
Check in at the event	20
Submit feedback for a talk	10
Submit feedback for the event	15
Earn a platform badge during the event	30
Earn an Open Badge from the event Space	25
Daily login streak during the event	5

You can:

• Edit the point value of any default rule.
• Disable a rule (set it to 0 or off).
• Add custom rules for ad-hoc actions (for example "scanned the sponsor booth" if you build a custom flow that calls the gamification API).

Leaderboard

The public leaderboard shows:

• Top N attendees (default 50, configurable up to 200).
• Each attendee's display name, avatar and total points.
• Their current rank and rank delta in the last hour.

Attendees can opt out of the leaderboard from their profile privacy settings; opted-out users still earn points internally but do not appear publicly.

The organizer view at /dashboard/space/<id>/event/<eventId>/gamification shows the full ranking with extra columns:

• Action breakdown — how many points came from check-in, feedback, badges, etc.
• Last action timestamp.
• Filters by registration segment.

Awards and prizes

Emblema does not handle physical prizes — but the data is there if you want to award the top participants. A common pattern:

1. Use the Export action to download the final ranking after the event.
2. Pick the top 3 (or top 10) and reach out to them via the email exporter in Attendees.
3. Issue an extra Top Performer Open Badge to the winners.

Online and hybrid events

Gamification is especially valuable for online and hybrid events because it gives remote attendees a tangible engagement signal. Consider:

• Higher point values for feedback submission to compensate for the lower in-person social pressure.
• A dedicated rule for daily login streak during multi-day online conferences.

Tips

• Keep rules simple — 4–5 rules are enough for most events. More than that and the leaderboard becomes opaque.
• Communicate the rules on the public event page and in the welcome email so attendees know how to climb the ranking.
• Run a "live" leaderboard on a side screen at the venue if your setup allows it; nothing drives engagement like seeing your name go up.