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Quick update from the owl’s nest on what’s new in Sage Quest and where we’re headed next.

Hall of Fame hiscores. We now have a dedicated Hall of Fame page that shows three leaderboards: highest level, most games completed, and most coins earned. It pulls directly from real user data, so if you’ve been grinding quests you might already see your name there.

Guest play for Reddit visitors. A lot of you are discovering Sage Quest from Reddit, so we added a way to try a quest without signing in. On any course page you’ll see a “Try this quest — no sign-in” button that opens a guest run. When you finish, you’ll get a prompt to sign in if you want to save progress and start earning XP and coins.

Generated exams for hundreds of WGU courses. Behind the scenes we wired up exam-style games for almost every WGU course using the official competencies. The original D080 exam is still the “gold standard”, but now there’s at least some content for nearly every course while we continue to improve question quality and explanations.

Fairer exams: no more “always B”. We fixed a nasty bug in the exam generator and game engine that made the correct answer show up as B way too often. All exam games now shuffle answer options properly, and Dev Lab–published quests get the same fix at load time.

Better analytics & engagement tracking. We’ve hooked gameplay into Firebase Analytics so long study sessions actually register as engagement instead of looking like a 2‑minute visit. That helps us understand which courses and game modes are engaging and where to focus polish.

Growing community. We’re up to — registered users so far. Most traffic is still coming from Reddit and word-of-mouth, so every share genuinely helps.

Next up: quality passes and polish. Short‑term, the focus is on improving question quality (especially for the auto‑generated exams), adding more “explain like I’m 5” style explanations, and tightening UI/UX around course pages and progress. Longer term we’ll keep expanding coverage beyond WGU and explore smarter AI‑generated practice that’s grounded in official competencies.

As always, if you hit a bad question, broken game, or just have an idea, drop a note through the contact form. Every bit of feedback helps make Sage Quest better for the next student.

Here’s a short roundup of what we’ve shipped lately so you know what to expect when you’re on the site.

Ads only for free scholars. If you’re on the free tier, you’ll see ads in a few non-intrusive spots: below the course grid on the dashboard, on the “Quest Complete” screen, and in the daily limit modal. Premium members don’t see any ads—ever.

Cleaner header when you’re logged in. For signed-in users we collapsed the four path links (Business, Health, Technology, Education) into a single “Sage Paths” button that expands on hover, so the course search bar has more room. New visitors still see all four paths right in the nav so they can browse by school right away.

Easier subscription and refresh. We removed the “Refresh status” button from the header. On the dashboard, if you just subscribed or want to upgrade, you’ll see “Just Subscribed? Refresh Premium Status or Subscribe today!”—both links do what they say. In your profile (click your name/avatar), we added a “Manage Your Subscription” link that takes you straight to the Stripe billing portal so you can update payment or cancel anytime.

Supported schools: WGU live, more coming soon. On the main site we updated the Supported Schools section so only WGU is shown as live. SNHU, UoPX, ASU Online, Liberty, GCU, UF Online, Purdue Global, CSU Global, and Capella are listed with “(Coming Soon)” so it’s clear we’re building toward them. Don’t see your school? Request it here.

As always, if something’s broken or you have an idea, hit us up via the contact form. Happy questing.

We've been shipping a lot lately. Here's a quick rundown of what's live on Sage Quest so you can get the most out of your study time.

Free tier: Sign in with Google, pick your school and degree, and jump into courses. You get 90 minutes of gameplay per day across all quest types—vocabulary blitz, logic challenges, multiple choice, and full practice exams. Progress (XP, level, streak) is saved so you can pick up where you left off.

Premium: Unlock unlimited play, Boss Mode (full-length practice exams), weak-spot analytics, and priority course requests. Subscriptions are handled securely via Stripe; we check your status on login so cancellations are reflected quickly.

Legal & trust: We added a full Privacy Policy, Terms of Service, and Refund Policy (all sales final—try free first). New users accept terms when they complete their profile; existing users see a one-time acceptance modal. Our About page explains our mission and that we're a small indie team pushing updates as fast as we can.

Support: Contact us at our contact form. Want a course we don't have? Request it here.

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