Happiness

Description

Imagine living in a dark room with no flowers, no paintings, and the nearest toilet 100 yards away! That's no way to live. Would you feel very motivated to make materials for the next Tech Level? I think not.

Each of your Refugees will have a 'Happiness' level that can range from 0-2. Up to 1 point of Happiness can come from how nice their house is (Ambience Score). Up to 1 additional point of Happiness can come from how close they are to the Community Buildings in your Village, such as Bathrooms (Community Score). Take care of your Refugees, and they will take care of you.

Happiness Score

Happiness represents the well being of each and every Villager that settles on Polycraft Island. In order to settle more refugees, you must increase the Population Capacity of your Polycraft Village, but your end score will be largely determined by the Happiness of each Villager. In general, a house with a lot of windows, flowers, and paintings that is well-lit and close to community buildings is going to produce a better Happiness Score. Specific details on how Happiness Score is calculated are below.

Happiness Score (0%-200%) = Ambience Score (0-100%) + Community Score (0-100%).

The Happiness scores for all Villagers in each Technology Level are summed up to yield your Challenge Score. The winner of the 2021 Best Robotics 3D Printing Challenge will have the best total Challenge Score. Your top score in each Age will be determined whenever you have the highest score related to Housing of the same Technology Level. While there is a need to "tech up" to get to higher technology levels, there is nothing preventing a team from achieving its best Technology Level 1 score (i.e. Polycraft Dirt Houses) after it has already "teched up" to Technology Level 4. There is an exception to this rule. Your Challenge Score for Ages 1,2,3 and 4 will be final and memorialized at the end of your 6 weeks. This will represent your Round 1 Challenge Score. During Round 2, your team will ONLY score points for happy Villagers in Housing at Ages 5,6,7 and 8.

Ambience Score

Score Range = 0%-100%.

Ways to improve you Challenge Score: Make sure the inside and the front door of the home are well-lit. Add more windows, flowers (inside or outside), and paintings to the house.

Pro Tip 1: Cacti and other succulents are flowering plants.

Pro Tip 2: In lieu of clay, Flower Pots can be crafted from Flower Pot Sections. These are injection molded from Natural Rubber using a mold made in a Machining Mill.

Item	Score Range	# Needed for Maximum Score
Paintings	0.0 - 0.4	1 painting per Tech Level of the house (e.g., a Polexiglas house would need 4 paintings for a max score)
Flowers	0.0 - 0.4	1 flowers for every 10 blocks of structure footprint (floor + outer walls except for corners) (e.g., a 5x9 Polexiglas house would need 5 flowers for a max score)
Windows	0.0 - 0.4	1 window for every 3 blocks of structure footprint (floor + outer walls except for corners) (e.g., a 5x9 Polexiglas house would need 15 windows for a max score)
Lighting	-50% Modifier	If the internal lowest light value is too dark, or the doorway is not well lit at night time, lose 50% of the above amenity scores.
Maximum Ambience Score	Max = 1	If all of the above scores are perfect, the score will still max-out at 1, not 1.2.

Community Score

Score Range = 0%-100%.

Ways to improve the Challenge Score: Be close to the Bathrooms, but not too too close... Be close to other Community Buildings. The distance is calculated for each Village Beds, where the distance equals the straight line distance from the Village Beds block to the Key Item block inside a Community Building (i.e., Toilet block). Refugees also like to have options, sometimes the Toilet is occupied and you need a backup. Sometimes you want to eat in the same Dining Hall every night, and sometimes you want a change in scenery.

Your Villagers like to have options!: For each type of Community Building, 67% of its benefit comes from how close you are to the nearest building, and 33% comes from how close you are to the 2nd nearest building.

Tech Level	Community Building	Key Item Block	Optimal Distance from Village Beds to Closest Key Item for Maximum Points
1	Storeroom	Community Chest block	The Storeroom has no impact on Happiness. You can put it anywhere on the Village Plot you want without penalty.
1	Bathroom	Toilet block	Greater than 5 blocks away and less than 15. The farther outside of this optimum range, the worse the score. Really close stinks (for your Challenge Score).
2	Workshop	Machining Mill block	Anywhere within 15 blocks is worth full points. Any farther than 35 blocks is worth 0 points.
3	Laboratory	Chemical Processor block	Anywhere within 15 blocks is worth full points. Any farther than 35 blocks is worth 0 points.
4	Commissary	Dining Table block	Anywhere within 7 blocks is worth full points. Any farther than 25 blocks is worth 0 points.
5	Library	Bookcase block	Anywhere within 15 blocks is worth full points. Any farther than 35 blocks is worth 0 points.
6	School	Enchanting Table block	Anywhere within 15 blocks is worth full points. Any farther than 35 blocks is worth 0 points.
7	Clinic	Bioreactor block	Anywhere within 15 blocks is worth full points. Any farther than 35 blocks is worth 0 points.
8	Art Gallery	Painting block	Anywhere within 15 blocks is worth full points. Any farther than 35 blocks is worth 0 points.
Maximum Community Score	Challenge Score is accumulated from all buildings	0-1 range	50% of the Community Score comes from the Communal Buildings for your Village's current Tech Level. The remaining 50% comes from all previous Tech Levels.

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Useful Internal Links

Polycraft World Main Page | Refugee Crisis Challenge | Polycraft Island | Polycraft Village | Village Plot | Villagers | Housing | Community Buildings | Happiness | Population Capacity | 3D Printer | 3D Scanner | Challenge Score | Beds | Technology Level | Scavenger Hunt | 2023 Challenge cheat-sheet