The Intrinsic Motivation Fallacy
“All you need is autonomy to be happy in work” This is a quote I have heard on more than one occasion in my life as a gamification consultant. I have even had a...
Author: Andrzej Marczewski
#Gamification: Voting Mechanics
Balancing systems is a time consuming but highly important part of any gamified design. Getting the points per action right, knowing how to reward each activity. Ensuring the narrative is well rounded and keeps...
The Game Thinking Spectrum
A quick thought around my original Game Thinking content from a few years back. I often listen to others talking about gamification, serious games and the like, as if they had no relationship to...
Behaviour and Behaviour Change
One of the things you often hear around talk of gamification is the term “Behaviour Change”. At one time, gamification experts and platform providers began to get nervous of the word gamification and started...
Contextual Relevance in Gamification
People often say that “Content is King”. I have always maintained that whilst that is true, “Context is Queen”, and we all know who really wears the pants in a relationship! When you create...
Gamification: When Badges are Better than Badgers
Many years ago, I made a typo in a tweet when I mentioned badgers instead of badges. I even turned it into a blog, “Adding badgers would be more gamification than badges.” It was...
Cognitive Dissonance and Gamification
A few years ago, I was sat in a talk by a chap by the name of Mark Sorrell. He was discussing gamification and some of the issues with it. He himself worked in...
Forced to have Fun
Every office I have worked in has, at some point, tried to do something “fun” with their employees – usually whether the employees want it or not and often with the best of intentions! A...
Keeping Children Safe in the Internet Age
The world children are growing up in now is very different to the world their parents grew up in. Whilst many of the dangers may have stayed the same, the way they present themselves...
Motivait in the Raconteur and Other Cool Things
Happy Monday all! No proper blog post today, head down on client work at the moment and trying to finish the updated chapters for the Even Ninja Monkeys Like to Play Second Edition (looking...
Relatedness in Single Player Experiences
I love multiplayer games. Very little beats the feeling of taking on real people and working with real people in a game. People provide much less predictable challenges than computer driven opponents. One thing that...
User Type HEXAD Lenses
One of the cool things about working at Motivait, is having access to some very cool and very intelligent people! One of those is a chap by the name of Carl Eacott. We met...
4 Simple Questions To Transform Your Gamification Implementation
It is simple to jump to solutioneering as soon as you feel you have a problem that needs fixing. However, taking a step back and asking 4 simple questions can save you time and...
A couple of short stories
I thought I would share a couple of “Near Future” short stories I have written recently with you. Hope you enjoy them 🙂
