Your editor. Your adventure. Every keystroke counts.

Dev Legend turns your daily coding sessions into a persistent RPG experience — inspired by Old School RuneScape and Melvor Idle. Write code, fix bugs, make commits, and watch your character grow across 19 unique skills.

Features

19 RPG Skills — track distinct coding activities: writing, debugging, committing, testing, documenting, and more
OSRS XP Curve — early levels come fast; mastery (Lv. 99) requires real dedication
Per-Language Scribe Skills — TypeScript, Python, Rust, Go, Java, JavaScript, C/C++ each have their own skill
7 Character Classes — your dominant skill determines your class (The Wizard, The Bug Slayer, The Architect, etc.)
16 Tiered Achievements — bronze/silver/gold tiers with toast notifications and badge icons
Daily & Weekly Quests — 3 daily quests refreshed each day, 3 weekly quests refreshed each Monday
5 Quest Chains — multi-step narrative chains with lore and cosmetic/pet rewards
10 Pet Companions — unlocked at skill Lv.50 milestones and special conditions, equippable from the Character tab
7 Cosmetic Items — prestige capes, skill capes, blueprint hat, ink cloak — equip hat and cape slots
8 Unlockable Themes — dashboard colour themes unlocked via prestige, skill levels, and quest chains
Prestige System — reset 6 core skills to Lv.1 for a permanent +50% XP bonus (up to 3×)
Pomodoro Timer — 25-min focus sessions with +25% XP bonus during focus phase
Random Coding Events — timed challenges spawn on file save (5% chance, 1-hr cooldown) for bonus XP
Offline Focus XP — passive XP accrual capped at 8 hours while VS Code is closed
Profile Card Generator — generate a shareable pixel-art profile card; copy to clipboard or save as PNG
Share Text — compact social-media-friendly share string
Live Dashboard — pixel-art RPG dashboard with animated XP bars, character sprite, skill capes, heatmap, XP history
Status Bar — total level + session XP always visible; Pomodoro countdown overlay
Session History — last 30 sessions tracked with per-skill XP breakdowns
Import / Export / Reset — full data portability, VS Code Settings Sync compatible

Dashboard

The dashboard opens as a full VS Code panel tab via the ⚔️ Dev Legend: Open Dashboard command (or click the status bar item). It has six tabs:

Tab	Content
Character	Class sprite, total level, streak, prestige badges, pet/cosmetic inventory with equip buttons, active coding event
Skills	Live XP bars for all 19 skills, grouped by Core / Advanced / Language Scribes; milestone perk slots; skill cape icons
Quests	3 sub-tabs: Daily, Weekly, Chains — each with progress bars, tier colours, and step-by-step chain tracking
Achievements	Grid of achievement cards with tier badges (bronze/silver/gold), unlock dates, pop animation on new unlock
Stats	Total/session XP table, per-language bar chart, 52-week coding heatmap, session history, XP event log
Settings	Notification toggles, theme picker, XP multiplier slider, offline XP toggle, prestige, export/import/reset

How XP is Earned

Event	Skill	XP
Save file (per net line added, cap 500 lines)	Scribe + Scribe:<lang>	4 XP/line each
Save test file (`.test.`, `.spec.`)	Tester	6 XP/line
Error diagnostic resolved	Debugger	50 XP
Warning diagnostic resolved	Debugger	15 XP
New function/class/interface defined on save	Architect	75 XP each
Git commit detected	Git Knight	200 XP
Active coding minute (keypresses tracked)	Focus	10 XP/min
Offline passive (while VS Code closed, 8 hr cap)	Focus	2 XP/min
Net lines removed on save (refactoring)	Refactorer	2 XP/line (cap 1000)
Comment lines written on save	Documenter	3 XP/line (cap 600)
First time a new language is opened	Polyglot	25 XP
AI prompt interaction logged	Prompter	50 XP
Terminal command executed	Terminal Knight	10–20 XP
File/folder created	Workspace Architect	20–30 XP
Inline comments added	Reviewer	8 XP/comment (cap 200)

Anti-abuse: Scribe XP is capped at 2000 XP per save and only awards on net-positive line changes. Milestone perks raise caps and rates over time.

Skills

Core Skills

Skill	Tracks
Scribe	Total lines of code written
Debugger	Errors and warnings resolved
Architect	Functions, classes, interfaces defined
Git Knight	Git commits detected
Tester	Lines written in test files
Focus	Active coding minutes + offline time

Advanced Skills

Skill	Tracks
Polyglot	Unique programming languages used
Refactorer	Net lines of code removed (clean-up)
Documenter	Comment and docstring lines written
Prompter	AI prompt interactions logged
Terminal Knight	Commands executed in integrated terminal
Workspace Architect	Files/folders created; workspace config changed
Reviewer	Inline code comments added

Language Scribe Skills

Skill	Language
Scribe: TypeScript	`.ts`, `.tsx`
Scribe: JavaScript	`.js`, `.jsx`, `.mjs`
Scribe: Python	`.py`
Scribe: Rust	`.rs`
Scribe: Go	`.go`
Scribe: Java	`.java`
Scribe: C/C++	`.c`, `.cpp`, `.h`
Scribe: Other	All other languages

Character Classes

Your class is determined by your highest XP skill and updates on level-up:

Class	Dominant Skill
The Wizard (+ language variant)	Highest per-language Scribe XP
The Bug Slayer	Debugger
The Architect	Architect
The Git Knight	Git Knight
The Sage	Tester or Documenter
The Wanderer	Polyglot
The Monk	Focus

Quests & Chains

Daily Quests (3 per day)

Deterministic from date seed — same quests for everyone that day. Three difficulty tiers.

Weekly Quests (3 per week)

Refresh every Monday. Higher targets and bigger XP bonuses (3,000–20,000 XP).

Quest Chains (5 narrative chains)

Chain	Theme	Reward
The Debug Saga	Bug fixing	5,000 Debugger XP
The Architect's Journey	Symbol definition	Blueprint Hat cosmetic
The Git Legacy	Commits	5,000 Git Knight XP
The Polyglot Path	Language diversity	Polyglot Globe pet
The Scribe's Oath	Lines written	Ink Cloak cosmetic

Achievements

16 achievements with bronze/silver/gold tiers:

Achievement	Tiers
Hello World	First XP earned
First Blood	First bug resolved → 50 → 500 → 5000
Committed	First commit → 100 → 1000
The Grinder	10K → 100K → 1M lines written
Bug Slayer	50 → 500 → 5000 bugs fixed
Grandmaster	Level 50 → 99 → 120 in any skill
Night Owl	1 → 10 → 50 late-night sessions
Polyglot	3 → 7 → 15 languages used
Focus Master	1000 → 10K → 100K active minutes
Prompt Logger	1 → 100 → 1000 AI prompts
Level 10 Debugger	Debugger level 10
Quest Completionist	All 3 dailies in one day
Prestige I / II / III	Prestige 1× / 2× / 3×

Configuration

All settings are under devLegend.* in VS Code settings (or via the Settings tab in the dashboard):

Setting	Default	Description
`devLegend.enabled`	`true`	Enable/disable XP tracking entirely
`devLegend.xpMultiplier`	`1.0`	XP multiplier (0.1× – 5×)
`devLegend.showStatusBar`	`true`	Show the status bar item
`devLegend.notifyOnLevelUp`	`true`	Toast notification on level-up
`devLegend.notifyOnAchievement`	`true`	Toast notification on achievement unlock
`devLegend.offlineXPEnabled`	`true`	Passive Focus XP while VS Code is closed
`devLegend.trackedLanguages`	`[...]`	Languages tracked for per-language Scribe XP
`devLegend.theme`	`default`	Dashboard theme (default / osrs / melvor / cyberpunk)
`devLegend.pomodoroFocusDuration`	`25`	Focus session duration in minutes (5–90)
`devLegend.pomodoroRestDuration`	`5`	Break duration in minutes (1–30)
`devLegend.showFloatingXP`	`false`	Floating `+XP` decoration on file save
`devLegend.soundEnabled`	`false`	Sound effects for level-ups, achievements, etc.

Data & Privacy

All data is stored locally in VS Code's globalState — nothing leaves your machine. You can:

Export your data to a JSON file via the Settings tab
Import a previously exported JSON file to restore progress
Reset all data with double-confirmation via the Settings tab
Opt into VS Code Settings Sync to carry progress across machines

Requirements

VS Code 1.80.0 or later
The built-in vscode.git extension for Git Knight XP (enabled by default in VS Code)

Release Notes

See CHANGELOG.md for the full version history.

Contributing

Issues and pull requests are welcome. Please open a GitHub issue to discuss any significant change before submitting a PR.

Inspired by Old School RuneScape and Melvor Idle. Built with vanilla TypeScript + Vite + esbuild.

Development

npm install        # Install dependencies
npm run compile    # Build extension + webview
npm run watch      # Watch mode for development
npm run lint       # Run ESLint
npm run test       # Run unit tests

Dev Legend: Code RPG