# Seasons & Leaderboards

Seasons are 10-day recurring events that track in-game actions and award points to Players. Points are equivalent to raffle tickets—at the end of each Season, prizes are drawn and distributed to winners, the points are reset, and a new Season begins.

The Leaderboard page tracks these points and provide information on the current Season.

<figure><img src="https://images.hive.blog/p/3RTd4iuWD6NUeJEn5AVrJUoyatFqBqfcCJi1N7UixR4g2KPKN7w8NpZL1YYNEueHGZNuFHGX3KS3QACtDdPNtGXydN3EP2PUZpMpiGiezHZzr8ryrznmnAUMBh19XNWFc234fJmkigTPEZ5pvMbEThGHBMFNDsda921djCqeF4SR58?format=match&#x26;mode=fit" alt=""><figcaption><p>Screenshot of the early Season 1 leaderboard</p></figcaption></figure>

## Earning points / tickets

Points are earned by completing in-game actions.

### Points for making [games](https://rulebook.riseofthepixels.com/gameplay/games "mention")

* Earn `0.5` points for every 3 hour game created
* Earn `1.0` point for every 6 hour game created
* Earn `2.0` points for every 12 hour game created
* Earn `4.0` points for every 24 hour game created

Essentially, 0.5 points per 3 hours spent making games. We will refer to this ratio if the game length options ever change.

The Best Game of the Day in both the Solo and Small [reward-pools](https://rulebook.riseofthepixels.com/economics/game-rewards/reward-pools "mention") will earn `5.0` points towards the Season Leaderboard.

### Points for completing [research-and-development](https://rulebook.riseofthepixels.com/gameplay/research-and-development "mention")

* Earn `0.5` points for researching Mark 1 technology
* Earn `1.0` point for researching Mark 2 technology
* Earn `2.0` points for researching Mark 3 or above technology

### Points for [training](https://rulebook.riseofthepixels.com/gameplay/training "mention")

Earn `0.5` points per Training session.

### Points for "Best Game of the Day"

Every day one game is selected as the Best  of the Day for each [project-categories](https://rulebook.riseofthepixels.com/gameplay/games/project-categories "mention"). The "Best of the Day" award is worth `5.0` points.

### Points for referring users

You earn `10.0` points if someone joins Rise of the Pixels using your referral code AND purchases a [game-dev-studio](https://rulebook.riseofthepixels.com/gameplay/game-dev-studio "mention") License.

## Prizing

Prizes will vary from Season to Season. Typically, some kind of NFT, openable pack, and/or $PXL tokens can be expected as prizes.

**Winners are unique:** once a name is drawn it is removed from the raffle.