Concept Milestones

A milestone is the protagonist's progression through a competition class. A competition class is one tier on the scale below. The protagonist trains with the coach in that venue's mechanic until they qualify through the class volley record, then plays the round match against the coach. Winning the round match clears the milestone and unlocks the next venue.

Milestones consists of escalating scales:

• local community
• county
• city
• region
• country
• international
• world

Each class has its own volley record and its own lineage of past record-holders. For lower tiers the player faces the coach in the round match; the lineage of past champions sits off-screen as the structure the player is climbing through. The championship is the final milestone: reaching the world volley record qualifies the protagonist for the championship duel against the current world champion (Fern, the last in the lineage before the protagonist). Winning makes them champ.