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 or weapons allowed in the game. In an enterprise setting, having a team benefit based …
Boosters are upgrades inside (usually game) systems that allow a user to either move quicker, have additional power or skip forward through barriers in the system. Most of the time these boosters are use to keep individuals motivated and encourage them to continue through the system. For example in physical world, a Monday morning booster …
Gamification is the application of typical elements of game playing (e.g., point scoring, competition with others, rules of play) to other areas of activity, typically as a technique to encourage engagement with a product or service.
The hook canvas is a model/framework created by author/psychologist Nir Eyal that forms the basis of how engagements in an experience must adhere to cause a habit to be formed whether positive or negative. A – Hook has 4 parts: T – rigger A – ction R – eward I – nvestment
Badges and trophies are virtual identifiers for users who accomplish certain tasks or set certain preferences within the system.
Games like Minecraft let players create their own environment and build new structures with the building blocks provided by the game designers. It’s free-flowing structure has sparked a lot of creativity and also players deciding to educate other players in eve new use of the source material. Games like Sim City let you build up …
An easter egg is an intentional inside joke, hidden message, or feature in an interactive work such as a computer program, video game or DVD menu screen. The name has been said to evoke the idea of a traditional Easter egg hunt.[1]
Shows achievement inside of a system for a specific user, usually in the forms of numbered experience levels and using points collected through actions taken to level up. Leveling creates competition and motivates users to reach for more.
Are opposite of boosters, they level set players in the system to be easier to compete against and also provides an additional level of challenge.
A quest by definition is a journey or expedition where challenges are overcome and in gamification we want this to result in a reward. Users may need to complete a mission or series of missions before they can progress to the next stages of the system. In other environments, a user may have to fulfill …