Growth Points, Tallies, & Student Growth
[note: this guide is for Amityville Academy students only. Information for Hunters can be found here.]
[note: this guide is for Amityville Academy students only. Information for Hunters can be found here.]
In a nutshell: roleplay allows your student to advance through Amityville Academy. Roleplay and other types of shop participation will give you growth points; once you've obtained a certain number of growth points, you can apply for your student to enter the next year! You do not need an art upgrade to begin RPing your student as having moved up a year - the only thing you need is to have met the requirements and passed the assigned exam.
In order for your student to move up to a new year, you must keep track of your growth points in your character's dorm room thread - provide links to document everything, as we will be checking when you submit your student for advancement! It is your responsibility to accurately tally and claim your growth points.
Also, note that when your student moves up to a new year, all the growth points they earned to that point vanish. Everyone starts each new year with a clean slate.
Exception: Once you reach Y3, your growth points do not get wiped when you graduate - only the ones you 'spend' on the graduation requirement itself. You can use additional points to 'purchase' extra bonuses for your character as seen here!
Growth Points:
You earn 1 point for every:
*NEW*- One playlist created by you for anything related to the shop. This can be your character, events, and other people's characters as well. Each must have a different theme. (max 5 points per year this way). Playlists can be added to your journals or shared to other people's journals/ messages for them to add (10 track minimum). Should be made on youtube and/or spotify.
- One piece of fanart drawn OR commissioned by you for anything related to the shop. (max 5 points per year this way)
- One complete RP; you must have written at least 600 words in that RP for it to count as a point.
- One complete classroom RP; you must have written at least 600 words in that RP for it to count as a point.
- One complete homework assignment for a class that assigned it.
-----NOTE: For 'homework' that involves growing a minipet from a class, you must do an RP or solo (of at least 600 words) involving that pet to get a point. Merely growing the minipet does not count!
- One complete battle, with just rolls (600 word count not required)
- Five minipets grown to their final stage. You get one point for every five minipets; you can claim a maximum of 5 points per year this way.
- One complete solo, at least 600 words long
You earn 2 points for every:
- One complete battle RP; must have filled-out RP actions, not just dice rolls. Please note rps must be 600 words.
- Character 'plot assistance' (ie for events). 600 word limit still occurs.
- One complete GM'd classroom rp 600 word limit still occurs.
You may earn ??? points for:
- Special events run by GMs may have point prizes for participants; to claim these in your tally, make sure to link to the post where points were awarded. Be sure to also link to your post that fulfills the requirements on the tally.
You may earn bonus points for:
- EXTREEEEEEME! WORDCOUNT! Those who choose to write particularly prolifically - perhaps an involved solo plotline, or a very involved single RP, may earn bonus points. You can get +1 bonus rp point for every 10k words you write in a single RP/solo, up to 50k words. (So the most you could get from any RP/solo would be 6 points: +1 for over 600 words, +1 more when you hit 10k, and +1 more point for every 10k you hit after that point.) Please note that GM/event ORPs do not count for these bonuses.
Growth Requirements:
Year 1 to Year 2: *( There is a 4 month OOC cooldown from Y1 to Y2)
50 growth points + final exam (pass or fail) = graduation to Year 2
Year 2 to Year 3: *(There is a 6 month OOC cooldown from Y2 to Y3)
75 growth points + final exam (pass or fail) + teacher battle (pass or fail) = graduation to Year 3
Year 3 to Alumni: *(No OOC cooldown from Y3 to Alumni)
50 growth points + completing the prerequisites + final exam = graduation from Amityville Academy
Alumni have full access to the school. They may choose to continue learning with their teachers in very advanced, exclusive classes, and may spend most of their time outside of school doing other activities. They may also be employed by the school to help in tasks such as teaching, library book-keeping, club assistance, event coordination, and so on. Graduation does not mean your character has done all they can do - far from it!
