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Streams

From the WaveFern Wiki

Every released song earns streams every day. Streams build up through the day (twice as fast at night) and are paid the next morning at $0.05 per stream, minus any label cut.[1]

Daily streams

daily = quality × 0.36 × random(0.75-1.25) × genre hype (×0.8-1.3, rerolled daily) × age decay (0.86^days + 0.015) × fame 1.5^fame tier × (1 + min(1, √listeners ÷ 200)) × interest 0.3 + 0.7 × interest × reach 1 + promo×0.3 + decks×0.2 + content kit + home×0.1 × quality clamp((quality ÷ 50)^0.8, 0.45, 2.5) × collab (feature)² × (1 + 0.5 × min(1.5, quality ÷ 100)) × focus genre focus (see Genres) × 1.5 on release day

On top of that, a collab brings the featured artist's fans: about 1% of their monthly listeners a day, decaying the same way.

Other boosts that stack on top: Promotions, album tracks, the catalogue halo, your Gphone model and Radio and TV slots.

Interest

Interest is a 0-100% measure of how much people are talking about you. Each morning it drops by 10%, then gains 6% for every song you released yesterday. Albums, radio and diss tracks also move it. Releasing steadily keeps it high.

Whether a song is a hit, goes viral or is normal is rolled once, on its release day.

Hits

hit chance = 0.08 × clamp(quality ÷ 60, 0.5, 1.6) a hit streams ×3-6

Going viral

viral chance = 0.0003 × min(1, quality ÷ 90)^3 a viral song gets 5M + listeners × 20-50 extra streams over 14 days

The cap

So one song can't run away forever, daily streams are capped:

cap = quality² × 25 × 1.5^fame tier × hit multiplier

Payouts

Each morning you're paid yesterday's streams × $0.05. If you're signed, the label keeps its cut first. Earnings show on the morning summary and in Spotifly › Stats.

Tips

  • Release often. Interest fades every day you do not put something out.
  • A song does most of its streaming in its first few weeks, so a steady flow beats one big drop.
  • Quality lifts everything else in the formula, so it is the best place to spend effort.

See also

References

  1. ^ 29-v26.js. WaveFern Records source code, game v47.9.0.
  2. ^ 02-data.js. WaveFern Records source code, game v47.9.0.
  3. ^ 166-genre-focus.js. WaveFern Records source code, game v47.9.0.
Category: Music