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...
Category: Education
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.
Gamification Element: Investment
I have just added a new element to the gamification periodic table, investment. Whilst I have Loss Aversion and a few other things that may seem similar, I have felt for some time that...
Some Gamification Videos and a bit of Fun
I’ve been busy making videos of late, here are the last few. Some tutorials, a few rants and a bit of fun 🙂 Player Types and User Types in Gamification Ethics in Gamification Failure...
Schools, Rewards and FFS
Chatting to my daughter today and she was telling me about the latest incentive/bribe scheme the school was running to get kids using RM Easimaths – a gamified maths app. The app, by the...
Focused Feedback and Attainable, Maintainable Goals
Don’t Mention Gamification I was challenged recently to talk about gamification without mentioning games or gamification! The reason is that many people have not got time to dive too deep into the meanings and...
Strategy: A missing component in Gamification
One of the more common questions I get about gamification is “what is the difference between games and gamification”. I have spent lots of time writing about that exact issue, the Game Thinking pieces...
Correcting the Misconceptions Around the Philanthropist User Type and Purpose
One of the things that happens when you create popular frameworks and the like, is that people like to interpret them to fit their needs. This is why I created the User Types Hexad...
Leaderboards: The Good, The Bad and The Ugly
Leaderboards have been a staple of gaming and gamification for as long as both have existed. From Space Invaders, to baseball, to your gamified CRM system – all have had leaderboards in there somewhere....
The Future of Gamification
Recently I was honoured to be asked to be part of a documentary about games, their history, and evolution. One of the questions that I was asked that really got me thinking was “What is...
Gamification User Types HEXAD Validation Study
I thought it would be good to finally show you all the research results from Austrian Institute of Technology and HCI Games Group, Games Institute, University of Waterloo and of course Gamified UK around...
