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...
Category: Education
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...
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,...
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...
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...
Free Printable Games
Hi all. In this crazy time, I thought I would share a few games that I have made over the last couple of years to either entertain myself or the kids! They are all...
Using RAMP to keep kids learning during lockdown
This week Motivait published a blog I wrote all about using RAMP to help managers keep employees engage and motivated during these odd times of forced home working. (Click here as you may find...
If You Love Gamification You Should Love This from Gustavo Tondello!
I don’t often promote other people, I’m a selfish git like that. However, the work of Gustavo Tondello at Gameful Bits is some of my favourite in the industry. His PhD research is some...
Does It Have To Look Good?
Often in conversations with gamification muggles, I hear comparisons with games and gamification that make me a little twitchy. We have all seen video games and how far they have come on since the...
What I am Learning from Playing Fortnite with my Daughter
I have finally caved and given Fortnite some proper time. It all started when my 12-year-old daughter noticed it was on my PC. I had downloaded when it first came out, but after one...
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