Final Fight and Relative Progress Bars
Progress bars During lockdown and thanks to our newish dog, I’ve been playing a lot of Xbox in the early mornings. I try to play games when I can, but until recently have not...
Author: Andrzej Marczewski
Why “undo” is critical to ludic design
Ludic, or playful design, involves designing products or experiences through the lens of play. How do you make people feel safe to explore, encourage experimentation and even add some fun? A while back I...
The Engagement Channel Model
In gamification, you will hear a lot about Flow. I myself have spoken about it many times. In games and gamification, we use it as a way to describe the moment that you get...
Animal Farm the Game OR How to use games to introduce the classics to new audiences
Well, happy new year everyone. I wanted to start 2021 off by talking about an incredibly satisfying gaming experience I had over Christmas. Playing Animal Farm on my phone. For those that don’t know,...
The Importance of Disruptors
If you have looked at my User Types HEXAD or read any of my work (hey, Even Ninja Monkeys Like to Play is a great Christmas present to yourself or anyone you love….), you...
Amazing Interactive Mind Map For The User Type Hexad
This is really cool. I didn’t make it either, Sinan Sensivas did. It is an interactive mind map of my Hexad and game mechanics. It’s really fun and an interesting way to learn it...
What Would Mario Do – A Simple Decision Tool!
Super Mario Bros on the NES has been around for a very long time now, yet still, it exudes class and is a masterclass in game design. One of the reasons for that, in...
How would you change current behaviours on scale?
After the success of last week’s question to you all, I wanted to try it again – and say thanks for the advice! As I sit here, the rate of infection in the UK...
A Request For Your Expertise to Help Me Lose Weight!
How do all? So, rather than me offering my view on things, I want to put the ball in your court. I have been reminded that I need to lose some weight and get...
The “Less Bad” Lens – Making a Small Difference with Gamification
How big a difference does gamification have to make to be of value to an organisation? When I first started, I used to see some staggering statistics of how gamification had improved a process....
But What If They Get Addicted To Your Gamified System?
Amazingly the question “But what if people get addicted to the solution and stop working” has come up in more than one conversation with clients over the years. It’s an interesting question, that is...
How Are You?
This is from my guitar related channel, but I thought it was important to share it here as well (as I have not been sharing much here of late). How are you? Let me...
UK Games Industry Aims to Tackle Loneliness in the Uk With Play & Talk Weekend
I don’t often share press releases here, but this seemed to be a very important and timely announcement from UKIE! 17th June 2020: This weekend, 20th–21st June, the UK games industry is calling on the British...
Gamification can be so much more than points if we let it.
Just a short plea to the games based solution industry, be it gamification, serious games, VR whatever. If you are going to use gamification as a selling point, please (please please please) don’t use...
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