Creating a feeling of achievement
Gamification is often used to add feelings of achievement into an experience. Achievement is earned over time through completion of challenges or tasks. The effort the end-user has to put …
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Consistent and yet not getting the result you wanted?
Consistency is often the basis for success and results in most fields. Training regularly and consistently makes you a better athlete, doing a little practice every day will eventually lead …
Gamification design, game design, instructional design, it’s all easy, or?
There is a misconception that game design, gamification design, learning design, instructional design, user experience design is easy. Mastery in any of the types of design will make the craft seem …
Ebb, flow and breathing time in gamification design
Each game has moments where all the action takes place and then there are moments where it looks as if nothing is happening and it allows for breathing space and …
Feedback loops
Looking for feedback at the end of a project, as part of a development or at the end of a course, is something that isn’t yet common practice. In fact, …
Podcast 22: What can we learn from our environment for gamification design?
Welcome to this week’s Question of Gamification. My name is An Coppens. I am the Chief Game Changer at Gamification Nation, and this week’s question of gamification is one I …