Getting Started
The core loop
Life II turns your self-improvement into a game. Every habit you complete earns XP and Gold. XP levels you up. Gold buys real-life rewards in the Shop. Skip your habits and your Health decays — hit 0 HP and you earn half XP until you recover.
The Loop
- Act — Complete daily habits and earn XP + Gold
- Quest — Tackle bigger projects for bonus rewards
- Reflect — Track your progress with heatmaps, spider charts, and badges
- Shop — Spend Gold on real-life rewards you define
- Level Up — Watch your character grow over time
The app is organized into 5 tabs: Act, Quests, Reflect, Shop, and Settings. Each one is detailed below.
Act
Daily habit tracking
COMMANDER
Level 7
Morning Run
Cold Shower
Read 30 min
Practice Piano
No Phone Before 9AM
Deep Work 2hr
Call a Friend
Player Header
At the top of the Act screen you'll find your player card showing your Level, XP progress bar, Gold balance, and Health bar. This is your at-a-glance status.
Habit Categories
Habits are grouped into 5 main categories, each with its own color:
Health-category actions also restore +5 HP each, making them doubly valuable.
Logging & Streaks
Tap a habit's checkbox to log it. You'll immediately earn XP and Gold based on the habit's difficulty. A fire icon shows your current streak — how many consecutive days (or weeks) you've completed the habit.
Streak Rules
Daily habits: Must be completed every day. Missing one day resets the streak to 0.
Weekly habits: Must be completed at least once per ISO week (Monday–Sunday).
Quests
Projects & goals
Launch MVP Website
⏱ 14:32
Write Blog Post
Gym Program Week 4
Learn Rust Basics
Organize Garage
File Taxes
← Swipe to demote | Swipe to promote →
Vanguard & Reserves
Quests are bigger tasks and projects. They're split into two groups:
- Vanguard — Your top 5 active quests. These are front and center, highlighted with a blue border.
- Reserves — Your backlog. Unlimited quests can wait here until you're ready.
Swipe right on a reserve quest to promote it to Vanguard. Swipe left on a Vanguard quest to demote it back.
Difficulty & XP
Each quest has a difficulty level that determines its XP and Gold reward:
| Difficulty | XP | Gold Range |
|---|---|---|
| Trivial | 5 | 2 – 8 |
| Easy | 10 | 5 – 15 |
| Medium | 25 | 12 – 38 |
| Hard | 50 | 25 – 75 |
| Heroic | 100 | 50 – 150 |
Timer Tracking
Tap the timer on any Vanguard quest to start tracking time. The timer persists even if you switch tabs or close the app. When you complete the quest, the total time logged is saved to your history.
Reflect
Analytics & progress
Level 7
Hero
50 XP to Level 8
90-Day Consistency
Life Attributes
Badges
Recent
Level Progress
The top card shows your current level, rank title, and a progress ring showing how close you are to the next level. Every 500 XP earns a new level.
Consistency Heatmap
A 90-day grid showing your daily activity. Darker green means more XP earned that day:
No activity
1 – 50 XP
51 – 100 XP
101 – 200 XP
200+ XP
Life Spider Chart
A radar chart visualizing your 4 life attributes built from cumulative XP in each category: Strength (Health actions), Focus (Skill actions), Social (Relationship actions), and Wealth (Wealth actions). The chart shows at a glance which areas of life you're investing in most.
Badges
Unlock achievement badges by hitting milestones. Each badge has a unique color and icon. See the full list in the Badge Unlocks section below.
Shop
Rewards marketplace
Gold Balance
Netflix (1 hr)
Gaming (1 hr)
Buy Coffee
Cheat Meal
Health Potion
Sushi Dinner
New Book
Power-Ups
The Shop comes preloaded with 5 default rewards:
- Netflix (1 hr) — 50 Gold
- Gaming (1 hr) — 60 Gold
- Buy Coffee — 30 Gold
- Cheat Meal — 200 Gold
- Health Potion — 100 Gold (restores +20 HP in-game)
The Health Potion is the only in-game reward — it actually restores your HP. All other rewards are for real-life treats you grant yourself.
Custom Rewards
Create your own rewards with custom names, icons, and Gold costs. Sushi dinner for 150 Gold? A new book for 80? You decide what your effort is worth. Long-press any custom reward to delete it.
Game Mechanics
The numbers behind the game
XP & Gold System
Every habit and quest has a difficulty tier. Higher difficulty means bigger rewards. Gold is randomized within a range based on XP value.
| Difficulty | XP Reward | Gold Range |
|---|---|---|
| Trivial | 5 XP | 2 – 8 Gold |
| Easy | 10 XP | 5 – 15 Gold |
| Medium | 25 XP | 12 – 38 Gold |
| Hard | 50 XP | 25 – 75 Gold |
| Heroic | 100 XP | 50 – 150 Gold |
Gold formula: Random(0.5 × XP, 1.5 × XP)
Leveling
Level Formula
Level = floor(Total XP / 500) + 1Level 1 starts at 0 XP. Level 2 at 500 XP. Level 3 at 1000 XP. Each level requires 500 XP more than the last.
Health System
Health keeps you accountable. It decays daily and can only be restored by completing Health-category actions or buying Health Potions.
Max HP: 100
Daily Decay: −10 HP at midnight
Recovery: +5 HP per Health-category action
Health Potion: +20 HP (costs 100 Gold in Shop)
Exhausted State
When your HP hits 0, you enter the Exhausted state. All XP gains are reduced by 50% until you recover above 0 HP. This is the game's way of penalizing neglected routines.
Diminishing Returns
For habits marked "Allow Multiple Per Day," repeating the same action yields less reward each time:
| Completion # | XP Multiplier |
|---|---|
| 1st | 100% |
| 2nd | 50% |
| 3rd | 10% |
| 4th+ | 0% (hard cap) |
This prevents gaming the system by spamming easy tasks. Single-completion habits are unaffected.
Streaks
Streaks track consecutive completions. Daily habits must be done every calendar day — miss one and the streak resets to 0. Weekly habits must be completed at least once per ISO week (Monday through Sunday). Streaks are shown as a fire icon next to each habit.
Badge Unlocks
7 achievement badges can be unlocked by hitting specific milestones:
| Badge | Condition |
|---|---|
| Iron Lungs 💪 | Earn 500 cumulative Body/Health XP |
| Scholar 📚 | Earn 500 cumulative Mind/Skill XP |
| Socialite 👥 | Earn 500 cumulative Social/Relationships XP |
| Magnate 💰 | Earn 500 cumulative Career/Wealth XP |
| Early Bird 🌅 | Complete 10 habits before 8:00 AM |
| Night Owl 🌙 | Complete 10 habits after 10:00 PM |
| Consistency King 🏆 | Reach Level 5 |
Settings
Customize your experience
Visuals
Comms
Player Data
Account
System
Theme: Toggle between dark and light mode. The dark theme (shown) is the default cyber-void aesthetic.
Starter Habits: Hide or show the default system habits that come preloaded. You can always restore them later.
Daily Reminder: Set a daily notification to remind you to complete your habits. Configurable time.
Callsign: Your player name displayed in the Act screen header.
Archived Habits: View and restore habits you've previously archived. Archived habits retain their XP value.
Account: Sign in to sync your data across devices. You can also delete your account and all associated data.
Replay Tutorial: Reset all guided tour tips if you want to see them again.