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Gamification Mechanic Monday: Random rewards If you have ever tried to surprise a friend, family member or person you love with a surprise bunch of flowers or a a gift, then you already fully understand the concept of random rewards. Now, the question is when…
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Gamification Mechanic Monday: Avatars Avatars can be powerful gamification mechanics for engagement, you can use them as a story teller, a brand ambassador representing your company and brand, like we do with the cartoon image GamificationNat, who also happens to be my helper on the…
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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: Absolute Rankings The top performers in any field will enjoy being listed in rankings when rankings are a clear reflection of performance such as in a sales environment or sports. For top performers this tends to be a motivator when on the…
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Gamification stuff we love: Growth Engineering Yesterday I attended the Gamifiers Meetup group hosted in the lovely IBM client centre. We learned from case studies from fellow industry experts, I saw an update on player types from Andrzej Marczweski, which made me look forward to his…
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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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In business gamification, adding game psychology and game mechanics to a work related process, typically and also advisably takes a bit of narrative. Especially for learning, the hero’s journey is often chosen as a a way of telling a story where your end-user can be the hero, whether they are…
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Gamification Mechanic Monday: advanced gameplay When designing gamification solutions, we tend to spend a lot of time designing the journey of attracting people in and then engaging them and making them experience fun and joy along the way. What I have found hard in most…
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Gamification Mechanic Monday: Navigation Navigation is key for all games and equally for enterprise software. Most games have an introductory tutorial with glowing choices and arrows to guide you through the next steps. Some consoles come with their own controllers and having the motor skills…
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Gamification Mechanic Monday: Lure With Pokemon Go continuing to capture the imagination and attention of many, one of the game mechanics can be an interesting tool for use in your business and attract more footfall. The “Lure” option can attract collectible Pokemon to the location…
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Gamification mechanic Monday: Fans Fans are a powerful resource in sports and often you will hear sports people and teams thanking the fans to be the extra player on the pitch. Whilst watching the European Cup in football, fans can also have a negative impact…
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Gamification Mechanic Monday: Risk If life was a game of chance every choice would entail a risk of potential gain, neutral return or loss. Game play is often built to set players up to take risk, from whether to appear from a dark corner in…
