Meta-time

Meta-time Overview

Meta-time is the time users spend being online in Metafluence. Meta-time is a public stat. Each user’s meta-time is displayed in User Profile. Meta-time is calculated only in the “game world”, not in the menu.

The measuring unit of meta-time is hours. Tariffication of meta-time starts from 5 minutes of being online. The value should be updated & uploaded to the database constantly (in the background).

Meta-time is not being counted while users are in AFK State.

Meta-time is also used as one of the requirements for rank advancement.

Meta-time in User Profile

AIM of Features

1. Distinguish & reward the most devoted users based on their online time.

2. Additional metrics for tracking active users.

3. Create a base requirement for the Meta-Rank feature.

User story

Example:

A user spends 4 hours (real time) in Metafluence app. This makes 4 hours of meta-time.

Metafluence time flow (environment) is different from real-time (RT). 2 hours of RT is equal to 1 day & 1-night shift in Metafluence.

AFK State

The Away From Keyboard (AFK) state is activated when a user is not performing any actions (text/voice chat, emotes, walking, running, browsing, etc.) for 5 minutes.

When a user is in an AFK state, an idle animation of his avatar is constantly played, and the "AFK" text is displayed above his username.