Open Space is a game that plays itself while you work. It gives you no extra duties: you complete tasks, meet deadlines and stay active - and your character earns points. It is designed to be fun and motivating, not to assess employees.
Where can I find my character?
Settings (gear icon) → Profile tab → “Open Space - Your character” section. The card shows:
- your character’s level and progress towards the next level,
- PB (Office Points) - prestige points that build your level and cannot be spent,
- Paperclips 📎 - currency for character and desk decorations (the shop will appear in the next stage of the game - the isometric office view; you can start collecting them now),
- your day streak - consecutive working days with any activity,
- Office ranking - the top 3 and your position,
- Recent points - a history of your rewards.
How do I earn points?
| Action | Reward |
|---|---|
| Completing a task (status “Completed”) | +10 PB, +5 📎 |
| Completing a task before its due date | an additional +5 PB |
| First activity of the day (“day at the office”) | +2 PB |
| Streak of consecutive working days - every 5 days | +10 PB |
| Reaching the next level | +10 📎 |
Fair play rules:
- A task earns points if it has a due date or comes from someone else (it was created by someone else or other people are assigned to it). Your own note without a due date does not earn points.
- Each task earns points only once - reopening and completing it again will not add any points.
- Daily limit for points earned from tasks: 100 PB.
- You cannot lose points. Overdue tasks do not take anything away - the game rewards rather than punishes.
- Weekends do not break your day streak: Friday → Monday counts as continuous.
Level-ups and notifications
Each reward generates a notification on the Island (Notification Centre, ⭐ Open Space category): “Great! +15 PB and +5 📎 (before the due date!)” after completing a task, with separate notifications for a streak bonus and a level-up. You will not miss a notification if the app is closed - it will arrive the next time you open it. Only the “day at the office” reward (+2 PB) is added silently to avoid unnecessary noise - you will see it in the history on your player card.
Level thresholds increase (level 2 starts at 100 PB, level 3 at 250 PB, etc.). When you level up, you will receive a notification and +10 paperclips.
Privacy
The player card has a “Hide me from the ranking” switch - you continue to earn points, but only you can see them. The ranking only shows people who have earned points and have not hidden themselves.
For administrators
Settings → Advanced → “Open Space game” section - a single switch disables the game for everyone (the card disappears and no more points are awarded). Points already earned are not lost - they return when the game is enabled again.
What’s next?
Stage 2 is a shared isometric office: everyone has a desk, each character reflects their current work, and you can spend paperclips on decorations. Stage 3 will add weekly challenges, special events and small interactions between characters (e.g. “buy someone a coffee”).