The categories and levels have been updated 🎉 We'll probably have to revisit them again soon, when the Challenge Islands are added.

Also, all runs shortly got lost when I changed everything. Luckily, they were to be found in the log, so I could re-verify them. Nonetheless, you should be aware when making small changes. I had only changed some rule descriptions and they still disappeared, so always double-check when making changes 🙂

That sounds like a great idea. With that one added to the list, the changes come down to:

1. Remove separate island levels
2. Add 'Destroy any portal' level
3. Add 'Clear any island' level
4. Put biomes behind a variable (with 'Europe' being the default)

I'm going to mention this discussion in the Discord server as well. If nobody flags an issue within, say, a month, I'll go ahead and make the changes.

Hey @GrumbleBottom, Fragbringer has promoted Soufletboi and I to moderator, and we'd like to make changes to the categories. Do you have input for the changes I've proposed? If you ask me, 'Destroy any portal' and 'Clear any island' should be added, no matter what. In hindsight, though, 'Unlock all 5 islands' might be a bit too arbitrary.

We'll have to see what we have to do with the newly added biomes later. I'm thinking it might be best to drop the biomes from the leaderboards altogether and only keep the times for the standard biome.

IMO, there don't have to be records for each island separately. Since you have to get to island 4 to be able to beat any island, the records for island 1 - 4 are likely to be very close and thus not interesting to keep track of separately at all. I think people will be more motivated to participate when they have a single specific goal, rather than of a set of arbitrary goals that feel the same. Also, given the fact that there's 2 results per biome and the developers are planning on creating new biomes, I think the records as they are now are going to get messy really fast. "Fastest time to complete island 3 in the Shogun biome" doesn't really sound like an achievement anyone would be inclined to get when there's 4 islands to choose from in God knows how many biomes to come.

Here's a list of categories I think makes sense for this game:

-- Destroy any portal -- With this category, people that are exclusively interested in doing shorter runs can compete for a record as well.

-- Unlock all 5 islands -- The moment you step in the boat on island 4. I imagine treechopping galore and crazy record times.

-- Clear any island -- The moment the statistics start showing up. Going back to island 1 after reaching island 4 is probably faster than clearing island 4.

-- Clear all 5 islands -- Reach end credits.