Laravel Fun Lab

Analytics disguised as gamification — turn user activity into meaningful engagement insights.

Laravel Fun Lab (LFL) is an analytics-driven gamification layer for Laravel applications. Track user engagement through XP, achievements, and prizes while capturing structured activity data that apps normally never track.

Features

• 🎯 Event-Driven Architecture - Every action, reward, or update is an observable event
• 🎮 GamedMetrics XP System - Create independent XP buckets with automatic level progression
• 📊 MetricLevelGroups - Combine multiple XP metrics with weights for composite leveling
• 🏆 Achievements - Define and grant achievements with auto-unlock on level-up
• 🎁 Prizes - Reward users with virtual or physical prizes
• 📈 Built-in Analytics - Query aggregate engagement data for behavioral insights
• 🔌 Extensible - Macros, hooks, and custom implementations
• ⚡ Drop-In Simple - Install → Track → Award workflow

Installation

composer require particleacademy/laravel-fun-lab
php artisan lfl:install

Quick Start

1. Add the Awardable Trait

Add the Awardable trait to any model you want to gamify:

use LaravelFunLab\Traits\Awardable;

class User extends Authenticatable
{
    use Awardable;
}

// Works with any model!
class Team extends Model
{
    use Awardable;
}

The Awardable trait gives your model a Profile that tracks XP, achievements, and prizes.

2. Create GamedMetrics (XP Categories)

GamedMetrics are independent XP buckets. Each metric tracks its own XP and levels:

use LaravelFunLab\Facades\LFL;

// Create XP categories
LFL::setup(a: 'gamed-metric', with: ['slug' => 'combat-xp', 'name' => 'Combat XP']);
LFL::setup(a: 'gamed-metric', with: ['slug' => 'crafting-xp', 'name' => 'Crafting XP']);
LFL::setup(a: 'gamed-metric', with: ['slug' => 'social-xp', 'name' => 'Social XP']);

3. Define Levels for Metrics

Levels are XP thresholds that can auto-unlock achievements:

// Define levels for combat-xp
LFL::setup(a: 'metric-level', with: ['metric' => 'combat-xp', 'level' => 1, 'xp' => 0, 'name' => 'Novice']);
LFL::setup(a: 'metric-level', with: ['metric' => 'combat-xp', 'level' => 2, 'xp' => 100, 'name' => 'Apprentice']);
LFL::setup(a: 'metric-level', with: ['metric' => 'combat-xp', 'level' => 3, 'xp' => 500, 'name' => 'Warrior']);
LFL::setup(a: 'metric-level', with: ['metric' => 'combat-xp', 'level' => 4, 'xp' => 1000, 'name' => 'Champion']);

4. Award XP

Award XP using the fluent award() method:

// Award XP to a specific GamedMetric
LFL::award('combat-xp')
    ->to($user)
    ->amount(50)
    ->because('defeated boss')
    ->save();

// Check the profile
$profile = $user->getProfile();
echo $profile->total_xp; // Total XP across all metrics

5. Create and Grant Achievements

// Create an achievement
LFL::setup(a: 'achievement', with: ['slug' => 'first-login', 'name' => 'First Login', 'description' => 'Welcome!', 'icon' => 'star']);

// Grant the achievement
LFL::grant('first-login')
    ->to($user)
    ->because('completed onboarding')
    ->save();

// Check if user has an achievement
if ($user->hasAchievement('first-login')) {
    // ...
}

6. Create and Grant Prizes

// Create a prize
LFL::setup(
    a: 'prize',
    with: [
        'slug' => 'premium-access',
        'name' => '1 Month Premium Access',
        'type' => 'virtual',
        'inventory' => 100, // Limited quantity
    ]
);

// Grant the prize
LFL::grant('premium-access')
    ->to($user)
    ->because('won monthly contest')
    ->save();

7. Check Level Progress

// Check if user has reached a specific level in a metric
if (LFL::hasLevel($user, 3, metric: 'combat-xp')) {
    echo "You're a Warrior!";
}

// Check level in a metric group
if (LFL::hasLevel($user, 10, group: 'overall-power')) {
    echo "You've reached Overall Power Level 10!";
}

8. Create Metric Level Groups

Combine multiple metrics with weights for composite leveling:

// Create a group
LFL::setup(a: 'metric-level-group', with: ['slug' => 'overall-power', 'name' => 'Overall Power']);

// Add metrics to the group with weights
LFL::setup(a: 'metric-level-group-metric', with: ['group' => 'overall-power', 'metric' => 'combat-xp', 'weight' => 1.0]);
LFL::setup(a: 'metric-level-group-metric', with: ['group' => 'overall-power', 'metric' => 'crafting-xp', 'weight' => 0.5]);

// Define levels for the group
LFL::setup(a: 'metric-level-group-level', with: ['group' => 'overall-power', 'level' => 1, 'xp' => 0, 'name' => 'Beginner']);
LFL::setup(a: 'metric-level-group-level', with: ['group' => 'overall-power', 'level' => 10, 'xp' => 5000, 'name' => 'Expert']);

9. Leaderboards

// Get top users by XP
$leaders = LFL::leaderboard()
    ->for(User::class)
    ->by('xp')
    ->take(10);

API Summary

Documentation

• Usage Guide - Examples and patterns
• API Reference - Complete API documentation
• Configuration - All configuration options

Requirements

• PHP 8.2+
• Laravel 11.x or 12.x

License

MIT License - see LICENSE for details.