# 💡 Food for thought: Making the "Badge Journey" visible for the little ones!

[cabatech]

Hi !

First off, a massive congrats on the complete rewrite of the badges feature! I know that starting from scratch like that is a huge undertaking, but the result is night and day. It’s much more robust and the logic feels spot on. Serious kudos for the hard work! 🚀

Now that the foundation is so solid, I’ve been watching the kids interact with the system and I think we have a cool opportunity to keep them even more hooked (in a good way!).

The "Are we there yet?" Problem 🚗

Right now, badges like the "10 Perfect Weeks" are a great reward, but they kind of appear out of nowhere. Neither the kids nor I can see the actual path already traveled. It’s a bit like hiking without a map: you know there's a trophy at the end, but you don't know how many miles are left!

The Idea: Visualizing the Effort

I'd love to find a way to show the "road to the badge." Seeing something like "7/10 weeks done – almost there!" would be a huge motivation booster for them to finish their chores.

Since I know you're always looking for the cleanest way to integrate features, I wanted to bounce some ideas off you before even thinking about a formal feature request:

• A dedicated "Quest" card? A Lovelace card showing upcoming reachable badges with progress bars.
• Existing card upgrade? Adding a tiny "progress towards next level" indicator (e.g., Silver Level: 80%) on the current Streaks or Points cards.
• A bit of encouragement? A dynamic motivational message when they are close to a milestone.

What’s your take on this? Now that you've rebuilt the engine, do you think there’s a "Taskmate-way" to visualize this progress without cluttering the UI?

Curious to hear your thoughts!

[tempus2016]

Sorry, this one slipped through the net — only just spotted it.

On point 1: that's actually already in there. The taskmate-badges-card shows every badge the child hasn't earned yet as a greyed-out tile with a progress bar under it, so "10 Perfect Weeks" sits there at 40% or whatever until it unlocks. It went in with the original badges release so you may well have it already and just not scrolled past the earned ones. If it's not showing for you, shout and I'll take a look.

Points 2 and 3 are fair though, and I hadn't thought about them. Pulling the next-closest badge onto the child card (or the streak/points cards) makes sense — the kids live on that card and rarely go looking at the full badge grid. Something small like a single "next up: X, 8/10" line rather than a whole second grid.

The motivational nudge when they're nearly there I like too, though I'd want it to stay quiet most of the time so it still means something when it fires.

No promises on timing, but I'll get an issue opened for the child card bit. Cheers for the write-up.