Help me come up with 5 different level names for my Sudoku game.

November 21, 2010 8:47 AM

Help me come up with 5 different level names for my Sudoku game.

I'm developing a Sudoku game where players can advance to different levels.

I'd like to use unique names for each of the 5 levels and something a little more interesting than just 'beginner' to 'advanced'. Ideally, users would feel motivated to unlock the next level.

Any and all ideas welcome!

posted by Gomez_in_the_South to Writing & Language (11 answers total)

At our university, the school paper uses Frosh, Soph, Senior, Grad for the levels of difficulty. (Yeah, that's only 4, but you could come up with a fifth one to go with them). This would probably really only work well if your target audience was made up of students.
posted by Proginoskes at 9:11 AM on November 21, 2010

'Junior' would be the level between Soph and Senior
posted by motorcycles are jets at 9:18 AM on November 21, 2010 [1 favorite]

Hardest to easiest:

Sue > Blinky > Pinky > Inky > Clyde
posted by mintcake! at 9:27 AM on November 21, 2010 [1 favorite]

Apprentice, Easy, Intermediate, Outrageous, Ultimate. If you can fit a "sometimes y" in there, you will be set
posted by GenjiandProust at 9:54 AM on November 21, 2010 [1 favorite]

Response by poster: If it helps, the majority of the users are aged 15 to 23, and are in various countries.
posted by Gomez_in_the_South at 10:31 AM on November 21, 2010

Pick five number-related songs, or five phrases from a book. Five kinds of fruit. Forest, understory, canopy, emergent, sky (for "rainforest" sudoku). You could have an interrobang level. Try flipping open a dictionary and work from there.
posted by aniola at 10:40 AM on November 21, 2010

Beginner, Simple, Trivial, Easy, Nightmare.

I like learning curves to have vertical sections.
posted by It's Never Lurgi at 11:20 AM on November 21, 2010

Pawn, knight, bishop, rook, queen?
posted by foursentences at 11:39 AM on November 21, 2010

Gilligan, Ginger, Maryanne, Skipper, Professor
Kris Kross, Li'l' Wayne, Mobb Deep, Talib Kweli, Dr. Dre
Alhazred, Shoggoth, Nyarlathotep, Azathoth, Cthulhu
Sam, Elmer, Sylvester, Wiley, Marvin*
Pete, Ringo, George, Paul, John
Goomba, Koopa, Bobomb, Lakitu, Bowser
Vanilla, Cookies and Creme, Rocky Road, Chocolate Chocolate Chip, Quadruple Fudge Supreme

(*that would be Yosemite Sam, Elmer Fudd, Sylvester Pussycat, Wile E. Coyote, and Marvin the Martian)
posted by foursentences at 12:11 PM on November 21, 2010

Could you use medals, with Steel, Bronze, Silver, Gold and Platinum?
posted by lucidium at 6:59 PM on November 21, 2010

Response by poster: It should be clear from the names alone which one is better than the previous one.

I particularly like the Metals and Forest sequences suggested, but you've all given me some more ideas to work from - thanks.
posted by Gomez_in_the_South at 9:36 PM on November 21, 2010