A few days ago on the awesome Facebook group Gamification Hub – I posed the following question. Andrzej Marczewski If the word gamification was banned from all usage – what would you replace it...
To go alone with the recent update to my User Types pages, I thought it would be nice to give you a list of mechanics, elements and ideas that can be used to support...
Sometimes, even the best people need to be pointed in the right direction. Signpost next actions to help smooth early stages of a journey. Use “just in time” cues to help users who are...
Another day another framework. This time I can’t really lay claim to it though. This is my interpretation of Design Thinking – a very well know framework! I have mixed it with a few...
As I read more and more about what makes a game a game, it becomes more and more clear where things with gamification can and do go wrong. I am not trying to say...
Now, before you get excited – this is nothing to do with chocolate! Easter eggs in this case refer to hidden surprises and extras (just like an Easter egg hunt when you were a...
There has always been this common thought that if you have to work harder for something or you have to wait for it, the reward will be all the greater in your mind. Now...
Now that I have redone the User Types, I wanted to run a small series of how elements from games can be used with gamification. If you remember, I look at Game Thinking rather...
To finish off my little look at the sub-types from my User Types, I want to take a new look at the Player User Type. I have done a deep dive on this before,...
I was recently contacted by the guys from CaptainUp (www.captainup.com). For those that don’t know, this is a free / affordable platform for gamifying websites and until recently I had been using it for...
I love superheroes, I make no apology for that! A while back I did a post that compared my User Types to various superheroes and super-villains. I thought it would be fun to do...
As time passes and I learn more, I often re-evaluate my past blogs and ideas – none more-so than my User Types! Now, don’t panic, I am not about to release version 3 –...
Well, here we are in 2015 and I thought I would start with a heavy post, so strap in! In gamification there is often a lot of mention of things like “Neuroscience”, “Neurochemistry”, “Neurotransmitters”...
Well, Happy New Year everyone. 2014 was a good year for gamification, but 2015 is where we will come of age I feel. Below are a couple of top 10’s for my blog. The...
Wow, nearly 90 posts this year! 2014 saw some fantastic speaking opportunities, a new deck of cards, a new theory around fun (that I really need to finish soon!). Massive thanks to all of...
Help needed with my What is Fun? survey.
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