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Gamification NewsJuly 1, 20161Comment

Octalysis Prime campaign exceeds $ 50k on funding

Gamification consultant and expert Yu-kai Chou has recently launched a Kickstarter campaign to fund his new initiative: Octalysis Prime. The campaign reached its $ 15,000 goal in 12 hours and ended in just 9 days with the amazing mark of $ 51,529 funded by 370 backers. Octalysis Prime will…

Gamification HCIApril 26, 20161Comment

An Introduction to Gamification in Human-Computer Interaction

Originally published on the ACM XRDS blog. User experience (UX) is a field within Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) that studies the whole experience of a user with a product, system, or service. UX focuses on issues such as usability, ergonomics, cognitive load, and affective…

Design Games GamificationApril 21, 20160Comments

Gameful Design Fundamentals: Challenge, Progression, Rewards

These slides are a summary of the post series focused on better understanding some of the most widely used gameful design elements. If you're interested in reading more, also check the original blog posts: Part 1: Challenge Accepted! The role of challenge for gameful design Part 2: I’m…

Design Games GamificationMarch 31, 20161Comment

Level Up! The role of progression for gameful design

Welcome to the final post in this series focused on better understanding some of the most widely used gameful design elements! This post will address progression, one of the basic design elements to help foster users’ intrinsic motivation from competence and mastery. If you…

Design Games GamificationMarch 9, 20162Comments

I’m in it for the prize! The role of rewards for gameful design

In my previous post, I talked about the important role of challenge as an element for gameful design. Today I will talk about rewards, a game element that is present in many gameful applications. But before you continue, if you did not read part…

Design Games GamificationFebruary 25, 20168Comments

Challenge Accepted! The role of challenge for gameful design

There are dozens of different game elements that can be employed for gameful design, from the most well-known points, badges, and leaderboards, to levels and progression, social interaction, competition, rewards, and many others. But there is one important game element that is perhaps underestimated: …

Games Gamification HCIFebruary 11, 20160Comments

Personalization in Serious Games and Gamified Applications

Personalization in serious games and gamified applications is a new and important research field with several questions that still need to be investigated. Results from initial research suggest that is very important to personalize serious games, but it is yet not clear how to do…

Games Gamification HealthJanuary 31, 20160Comments

4 Interesting Research Informed Games for Health

A profusion of gamified applications and games for health exist or are being developed every day. However, not all of them are informed by quality theoretical or practical research in order to establish the effectiveness of such applications in achieving the proposed goals. Last Fall I had the opportunity…

Gamification NewsDecember 22, 20150Comments

Gamification Highlights of 2015

This year brought us many interesting advancements on the field of Gamification! With so much happening, I will not try to compile a comprehensive list of the best news we had this year, but I would love to highlight some of the facts that were…

Book Review GamificationDecember 22, 20152Comments

Actionable Gamification: a guide to better design

In one of my previous book reviews, I argue that Gamification is becoming every day more common, however, many implementations are not as successful as others. I have seen many gamification projects that keep users engaged for a very little time, probably just…