Unlocks¶

Progression gates content behind metrics. Reach a rating, a balance, a day or a customer count, and a set of assets becomes available, either free or for a price.

Adding one¶

Create a DA_Unlock_<Name> from BP_UnlockDataAsset.
Put one or more Requirements in it.
Put the assets it releases in Rewards.
Set Price to 0 for automatic, or a number to make it purchasable in the Upgrades app.
Add it to Catalog on BP_ProgressionManager, in the Details panel of the game state.

Step 5 is the one that matters. An unlock that is not in the catalogue never gates anything, and its rewards stay available from the start.

The fields¶

Field	What it does
`DisplayName`	The name in the Upgrades app
`Description`	The line under it
`Icon`	The thumbnail
`Requirements`	A list of metric-and-value pairs. All must be met
`Requires`	Other unlocks that must be granted first
`Rewards`	The assets this unlock releases
`Price`	`0` grants it as soon as the conditions are met; above `0` makes it available to buy

Rewards takes any Data Asset: a product, a structure, an app, a campaign, a hiring candidate, or a kind of asset you add yourself.

The five metrics¶

Metric	Read from
`Money`	The current balance
`TotalRevenue`	Everything sold so far
`Rating`	The store rating
`Day`	The day number
`CustomersServed`	The per-day counter

To add a sixth, add an entry to E_UnlockCondition and a branch to GetMetric on BP_ProgressionManager, plus a branch in the Upgrades app for its label.

What "unlocked" means¶

An asset nobody mentions is available. Adding a product does not require writing an unlock for it, so the system stays opt-in.

Five lists filter through it: the Market, Structures, Hiring and Ads apps, and the desktop itself. Placement follows for free, since you can only place what you own.

Unlocks are evaluated at the end of each day, and again when the Upgrades app is opened. A granted unlock keeps the day it was granted on, so a line reads UNLOCKED (on day 2) even if the rating has since dropped back below the bar.

The six shipped unlocks¶

Unlock	Gate
`DA_Unlock_ColdChain`	Rating
`DA_Unlock_Marketing`	Day 3. Releases the Ads app and the easel
`DA_Unlock_Electronics`	Revenue
`DA_Unlock_Boutique`	Money, and a prerequisite
`DA_Unlock_Comfort`	Customers served
`DA_Unlock_SeniorStaff`	Releases a hiring candidate

Between them they use all five metrics, the prerequisite field and both price models.

The Upgrades app¶

One row per unlock: thumbnail, name, description, a progress column reading RATING 3.2 / 4.0, a price and a button. A free unlock shows no price and no button.

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