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...
Author: Andrzej Marczewski
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 🙂
Review: Eating Robots by Stephen Oram
For openness, I was sent a copy of the book to review. A rare book review from me. Every now and again, thanks to previously running a review site, I get asked to review...
Her Story, Gone Home and Narrative Atoms
Last week I wrote about Narrative Atoms in some details. They are basically small nuggets of narrative that can stand on their own but together build the bigger story. Two obvious examples that I...
Narrative Atoms and The Soap Hero’s Journey
Narrative atoms are small units of narrative or story that can, within the context of the overall narrative, stand alone. That does not mean they need to be completely self-explanatory, just sit comfortably on...
School Grades Are The Wrong Way Around
I often hear people say that school is just a badly designed game. I have to agree. I also hear a lot that part of the problems is people chasing grades rather than mastery...
Gamification Design Framework Toolkit
Gamification Design Framework toolkit has been created as a way to help you design better gamified solutions. It is based on my Gamification Design Framework, a systematic way of building solutions that I have developed over the years.
Emotions and Gamification
You may have noticed in my newest design framework that I mention emotions for the first time (I think) as a full consideration in my design process. I am by no means the first...
The Paradox of Play
Play from the Start When we are born, we don’t have a set of predefined rules imprinted on us about what we should and shouldn’t do or how we should and shouldn’t do it!...
