--- key: mechanic/progression-rewards--t245 type: mechanic id: progression-rewards--t245 lang: en title: 'Prestige, resets and renewed progression' summary: >- A voluntary reset trades some current progression for persistent changes to the next development cycle. updatedAt: '2026-10-22' status: active url: 'https://gamemechanics.pro/en/knowledge/mechanic/progression-rewards--t245/' jsonUrl: >- https://gamemechanics.pro/api/v1/knowledge/en/mechanic/progression-rewards--t245.json markdownUrl: >- https://gamemechanics.pro/content/knowledge/en/mechanic/progression-rewards--t245.md aliases: - Prestige and repeated progression tags: - 'Progression, rewards and retention' - Mechanics and variants sourceIds: - source-3817d420df0baa92 - source-826b752c6bb61205 sources: - id: source-3817d420df0baa92 title: 'Robert Nystrom: State' url: >- https://github.com/munificent/game-programming-patterns/blob/master/book/state.markdown verifiedAt: null - id: source-826b752c6bb61205 title: Realm Grinder url: 'https://store.steampowered.com/app/610080/' verifiedAt: null relations: - type: uses direction: outgoing label: Sources in the selection key: resource/state-pattern title: 'State: Game Programming Patterns' url: 'https://gamemechanics.pro/en/resources/#resource-state-pattern' jsonUrl: 'https://gamemechanics.pro/api/v1/knowledge/en/resource/state-pattern.json' markdownUrl: 'https://gamemechanics.pro/content/knowledge/en/resource/state-pattern.md' placements: - catalogId: progression-rewards id: t245 title: 'Progression, rewards and retention' url: 'https://gamemechanics.pro/en/mechanics/progression-rewards/#t245' categoryIds: - mechanics supersededBy: [] attributes: preview: updatedAt: '2026-10-22' title: Prestige and repeated progression description: >- A voluntary reset trades some current progression for persistent changes to the next development cycle. image: src: images/mechanics/priority-realm-grinder-12.webp width: 974 height: 638 game: Realm Grinder sourceUrl: 'https://store.steampowered.com/app/610080/' originalUrl: >- https://shared.akamai.steamstatic.com/store_item_assets/steam/apps/610080/ss_b3ca5b13f31f51bb8176f9d6dd025e1f1d51b297.1920x1080.jpg?t=1592248284 credit: Divine Games / Kongregate rights: >- Game imagery © its respective rights holders. Publisher-distributed Steam screenshot; all rights reserved. Excluded from MIT and CC BY 4.0. caption: Abdication offers a bonus for the next cycle alt: Abdication offers a bonus for the next cycle markers: - x: 23 'y': 4 label: Voluntary reset through Abdication - x: 39 'y': 96 label: Persistent progression resource tips: - List retained bonuses and lost progression before a reset. examples: - title: Realm Grinder url: 'https://store.steampowered.com/app/610080/' endsAt: null provenance: >- Original bilingual editorial overviews authored for gamemechanics.pro on 2026-10-20 and reviewed on 2026-10-21. Scenarios are hypothetical design examples; prototype checks describe work to perform, not completed playtests. Primary sources support the stated techniques and implementation context, not every proposed variant. license: CC-BY-4.0 codeLicense: MIT attribution: gamemechanics.pro contributors catalogKey: catalog/progression-rewards --- # Prestige, resets and renewed progression id: progression-rewards--t245 type: mechanic key: mechanic/progression-rewards--t245 lang: en status: active url: https://gamemechanics.pro/en/knowledge/mechanic/progression-rewards--t245/ A voluntary reset trades some current progression for persistent changes to the next development cycle. ## At a glance ![Abdication offers a bonus for the next cycle](https://gamemechanics.pro/images/mechanics/priority-realm-grinder-12.webp) [Realm Grinder](https://store.steampowered.com/app/610080/) · Game imagery © its respective rights holders. Publisher-distributed Steam screenshot; all rights reserved. Excluded from MIT and CC BY 4.0. 1. Voluntary reset through Abdication 2. Persistent progression resource - List retained bonuses and lost progression before a reset. - [Realm Grinder](https://store.steampowered.com/app/610080/) ## How it works A voluntary reset trades some current progression for persistent changes to the next development cycle. ## Variants ### Mechanic variants - Multipliers shorten already mastered growth stages. - New branches open another development route. - Partial resets preserve a chosen project. - Diminishing gains change the best restart timing. ## Design example Restarting a factory removes machines but preserves a blueprint for combining operations. Prototype check: Show losses and retained progress before confirmation; test for new decisions beyond waiting through another cycle. ## Context and limits Progression changes player options and goals; rewards should explain new decisions and preserve useful stopping points. Each overview separates player actions, state changes and alternative rules. Examples are hypothetical design scenarios, not claims about a named game. A prototype check states an observable question for the next iteration. Existing detailed references remain separately linked from the direction map. ## Connected materials - Sources in the selection: [State: Game Programming Patterns](https://gamemechanics.pro/en/resources/#resource-state-pattern) (key: resource/state-pattern) ## Sources and provenance Original bilingual editorial overviews authored for gamemechanics.pro on 2026-10-20 and reviewed on 2026-10-21. Scenarios are hypothetical design examples; prototype checks describe work to perform, not completed playtests. Primary sources support the stated techniques and implementation context, not every proposed variant. - [Robert Nystrom: State](https://github.com/munificent/game-programming-patterns/blob/master/book/state.markdown) (id: source-3817d420df0baa92) - [Realm Grinder](https://store.steampowered.com/app/610080/) (id: source-826b752c6bb61205) CC-BY-4.0 · gamemechanics.pro contributors