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Social media is one of the reasons why more and more of us are becoming used to gamification in our applications. The likes and emoji are like a social ranking system, the daily prompts are calls to action, the endless scrolling feeding our curiosity, etc….
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Gamification Mechanic Monday: Point systems Point systems make a lot of games work and are essential in the work we do in gamification. They allow you first and foremost to give feedback to the player on how they are performing. From the game design perspective…
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Gamification mechanic Monday: Appointment dynamics In multi player online games having to come together at a set time to go and attack a rival tribe is an example of the appointment game dynamic. Usually you rely on everyone to show to have the best potential…
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Gamification Mechanic Monday: Dashboard In every game you will find a dashboard, which tracks your activities and progress. In business it is rare to see how we are doing and what the options are. Our progression on a career path is not usually tracked by…
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Gamification Mechanic Monday: To avatar or not to avatar Avatars are often a game mechanic to allow personalisation in a game, you can choose it’s gender in some cases and adapt it’s appearance, from skin and hair colour to dress code typically. When it comes…
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At a recent networking event, when people found out I worked on gamification, I kept getting the question on what were the best game mechanics for which scenario. It was great to hear a lot of the people there, had heard of gamification and wanted…
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Gamification stuff we love: Duolingo As a multi-lingual adult, I have tried quite a few language learning systems to add to the four languages I speak fluently. I have often attempted home study programs with combinations of CD’s and books, online systems and lately language…
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Gamification Mechanic Monday: Aura effect A game technique where the action of one player, has a rub off positive effect on another player by virtue of being around this player or in it’s energy field. This can generate additional points, boosters in terms of skills…
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Gamification Mechanic Monday: Crowd-creation A number of games are built on what the player creates, to name a few Minecraft, Lego, Sim city, Mario creator, etc. In the case of Mario, the came out with a creator kit after their already successful games, where the…
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Teleporting as a game mechanic can be used to move your character from one part in the game to another. Typically you have to reach a teleporting hole or acquire a super power to achieve it. In the transport app Citymapper, the app lists all…
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In games some enemies or objects can be killed or moved, a few however are un-killable and also unmovable. As I was playing the new Mario Run on iPad this weekend, I got grabbed by quite a few moveable enemies, but what usually killed me…
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Information overload in todays’ always on society, is not unusual. In games this technique is also used to increased the difficulty of a level, where the key skill is to recognise patterns or create a choice. Even casual games like bejewelled offer a range of…
