**NEW FEATURES:**
- Complete EXP system with Pokemon-style stat calculation
- Level-based stat growth and automatic HP restoration on level up
- Experience gain from catches and battle victories
- Visual level up notifications with stat increases
**EXPERIENCE SOURCES:**
- Successful catches: 5 EXP × caught pet level
- Wild battle victories: 10 EXP × defeated pet level
- Gym battle victories: 20 EXP × defeated pet level (2x multiplier)
**LEVELING MECHANICS:**
- Cubic growth formula: level³ × 4 - 12 (smooth progression)
- Level cap at 100
- Stats recalculated on level up using Pokemon formulas
- Full HP restoration on level up
- Real-time stat increase display
**EXPERIENCE DISPLAY:**
- \!team command now shows "EXP: X to next" for active pets
- Level up messages show exact stat gains
- Experience awarded immediately after catch/victory
**STAT CALCULATION:**
- HP: (2 × base + 31) × level / 100 + level + 10
- Other stats: (2 × base + 31) × level / 100 + 5
- Progressive growth ensures meaningful advancement
**BATTLE INTEGRATION:**
- EXP awarded after wild battles, gym individual battles, and catches
- Different multipliers for different victory types
- First active pet receives all experience
This creates proper RPG progression where pets grow stronger through gameplay,
encouraging both exploration (catches) and combat (battles) for advancement.
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🐛 Fixed Issues:
- "dragon's peak" now properly matches "Dragon's Peak" location
- "dragons peak" (without apostrophe) now works
- Added case-insensitive location name matching
- Added common variations mapping for all locations
🔧 Changes:
- modules/exploration.py: Enhanced \!travel command with location mappings
- Added support for variations like "dragons peak", "dragon peak", "dragons-peak"
- Maintains backward compatibility with existing location names
Now players can use various formats to travel to locations without worrying about exact capitalization or apostrophes.
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