Gamified UK Gamification Consultancy is in Business

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I am excited to announce that as of today, Gamified UK is officially opening it’s doors as a gamification consultancy.

Offering services such as solution design, talks, training and software audits I plan to add more value to the gamification industry by doing what I love.

What does this mean for the site? Well, I will still be blogging my heart out and coming up with new and improved frameworks and advice for all of you. I intend to have more involvement with research now as well, with so exciting work being released soon on the User Types HEXAD in conjunction with Waterloo University and AIT. On top of that, I would love to be able to add case studies based on the work I am doing. Read More ...

When Should I Start Thinking About Gamification in My Product?

Question 1462352268 When Should I Start Thinking About Gamification in My Product

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A question I am often asked is “I am making a new product, when should I start looking at gamification?”

That is usually combined with “How much will it cost?”

The answer to the second is linked to the first, but the first is much easier to answer! Essentially, if you are considering gamification as part of your engagement strategy – build it into your plans at the very very start! As I have stated many times, adding gamification to a product when it is already built – ie patching an engagement issue – is never going to be effective. If you build it into the product and make it core, then it has a much higher chance of actually working. That doesn’t mean it is easier to do at this stage or that it will work – that leads us on to the second question. Will it be expensive? Read More ...