Ok… Juniper will nap from 9:30am to 10:30am. When she wakes up, I’ll feed her and then we’ll quickly jump in the car and drive to story time at 11:15am. After story time, we’ll head back home for lunch and then playtime until her next nap. During that nap, we’ll unload the dishwasher, organize the laundry, and clean up the apartment. Once she wakes up, we’ll all take a walk to Boba Guys and do playtime at Dolores Park. We should get home by 5pm, give her a bath, and then have her in bed by 6:30pm. Ready?!?!… Let’s do this!
The Octalysis Group loves putting design challenges to our larger gamification community because we know a movement is growing around Human-Focused Design and we want to tap into the potential of many designers and thinkers in this community. After the success of the Food Heroes Octalysis Design Challenge, there will surely be more design challenges on the near horizon.
The design challenge was arguably the hardest The Octalysis Group has designed yet. Entrants were required to show demonstration of Octalysis Gamification as well as submit a Strategy Dashboard, Octalysis Ideation/Brainstorming, and visual deliverables such as Concept Wireframes/Storyboarding.
Mayur Kapur was drawn to the challenge after being a fan of Yu-kai Chou’s work for several years. He saw the past work The Octalysis Group did with Food Heroes and JUCCCE and also saw the promise in future work with the Food Heroes program in China. The Food Heroes mission is both about sustainability and making the planet a better place, but also in creating agents for that change in the children we are raising today. And it all starts with the food they eat, and the food their parents eat. The idea is simple but powerful, educating children to take responsibility for what they eat and also for their bodies and health will make the world a better place in the present and in the future.
Mayur learned from previous entries to the Habitica Design Challenge (see Ivan Milev’s Habitica Design Challenge submission) as well as the SuperBetter Design Challenge to ensure his design proposal fit the needs and quality required by The Octalysis Group but also by the Food Heroes team. The Food Heroes team provided several informational interviews to give background on their extensive goals, including specific obstacles to overcome. After all, the winner of the challenge would be able to contribute to the Food Heroes continuing goals of implementing 1) Teacher training to millions of teachers; 2) A 12-month subscription box with food education elements.
The potential impact of such a design challenge was also something Mayur was eager to contribute to, and his expression of this desire was a great start to the interview call with the Food Heroes team. Mayur clearly wanted to win the challenge, and had passionate responses to all questions which showed the depth of his 30+ slide presentation and design but also the detailed and methodical nature of his thought process.
The Octalysis community was not short on great proposals. The other finalists, Simón Duque and Ulric Kenji Kurashige submitted excellent proposals, making it a tough decision.
But Mayur stood out. And it is a pleasure to announce him the Winner of The Octalysis Group’s Food Heroes Design Challenge with Food Heroes and JUCCCE!
So you don’t miss future design challenges, join Octalysis Prime to be the first to know about our next challenge!
Thank you to all participants! And see you next time for another exciting challenge and a chance to showcase your Octalysis Gamification knowledge to the world!
There is so much great free content out there, but the majority of it is for beginners. If you’re ready to take the next step in your journey and truly transform your life with a passionate community, Octalysis Prime is the ultimate place to be.
If you have been wondering why Yu-kai himself hasn’t been sharing more advanced content here on this blog in the past 6 months, it is because he has been dedicating all his time preparing for today’s launch for his ultimate Gamified Learning Platform: Octalysis Prime.
For today’s launch, Yu-kai has already created over 300 exclusive educational videos, a gamified platform that tracks your Core Drives growth while unlocking new powers, and a direct way to connect with him via regular Office Hours.
Everything Yu-kai Chou has Learned
Since Yu-kai’s goal is to pass on the entirety of his knowledge via a Gamified Platform, Yu-kai will cover everything from the most advanced knowledge in Gamification Design (he was elected #1 Gamification Guru by top organizations multiple times), Behavioral Science (the backing of his Octalysis Framework), Entrepreneurship (Yu-kai has started many companies with industry-recognized successes), and living life effectively (Gamifying Productivity, Wellness, Education).
Exclusive educational videos not available anywhere else
Watch hundreds of educational videos developed by Yu-kai Chou at your own time and pace. As you watch the videos, various Core Drives will grow and unlock new powers within Octalysis Prime (ranging from Leveling Up Faster, Opening the Daily Chest more than once a day, to lowering your monthly payments by 40%!)
Connect personally with Yu-kai Chou
Companies pay tens of thousands of dollars to invite Yu-kai to speak to their employees and get their questions answered. When you join Octalysis Prime, you’ll get to connect with Yu-kai during live Office Hours or in the Slack community.
Live Office Hours with Yu-kai Chou
Got a question or need advice? Then join the Office Hours with Yu-kai Chou that are held multiple times a month during convenient times for members located all over the world.
During Office Hours, Yu-kai answers personal questions of his past and lessons learned, gives advice on member work or personal project/decisions, looks at designs and interfaces while sharing how to improve the user experience. Everything corporate clients get during Paid Consulting would be covered in Office Hours.
Slack Yu-kai Chou some questions
Prefer chat over video? Slack Yu-kai Chou a message at any time and he’ll respond back with an answer. Of course, unless the passionate community of Octalysis Prime charter members don’t beat him to it.
You’ll absolutely love the community, and I trust that you will become an inherent part of why others would love it too!
Octalysis Prime has been my most important project, allowing me to share the entirety of my knowledge (in gamification, behavioral design, entrepreneurship and life in general), while showing the world how a good CD3 gamification platform can be done.
Of course, it is still in the preliminary days, and right now this is an MVP (Minimum Viable Product). However, we already have 200 vibrant members in the community with over 300 educational videos created (I put A LOT of time into this…and I’m still creating 2-3 videos a week!).
Many members have even found dream jobs (working at The Octalysis Group, Music Educational Company, Accenture, and more) with the support of Octalysis Prime.
I want this to be a truly transformative experience – so every member can look back at their Pre-OP days and wonder how they managed to get by without the knowledge, skills and connections (not to mention passion) that they now take for granted.
And none of this is possible without you.
You are the reason why I could do this. With you on board, we are literally making history in the Gamification and Education Platform Industries. Lives will become better and societies improved because of it (I am not using a hyperbole – I’ve already seen it happen!) For this, my entire team and I thank you for it.
Even though Octalysis Prime is a $50/mo experience (MUCH lower than tuition for any college course but potentially much more impactful), I believe it will be a transformative investment for you. Out of all the investments available (including Bitcoin!), investing in YOURSELF is the only way to guarantee Lifelong Returns and Dividends. (For instance, there are a few books that I read that helped me or my company make AT LEAST $100K – $200K more…and that knowledge will keep on applying for the next 50 years!)
So here is my invitation to enjoy the Island experience. Learn as much as you can from my educational videos. Bond with as many members as you can in the Slack Community, and see your life transformed into breakaway success.
I hope you have the Most Epic 2018 Imaginable. With Octalysis Prime, I will be there alongside your journey. Prime On!!
Start your Gamified Transformation today
Join the community of hundreds of dedicated, passionate professionals and learn how to use Octalysis, Gamification, and behavioral design to improve your personal and professional life.
Exciting news! 9 members of Octalysis Prime made the Top 100, with Yu-kai taking #1.
Members include Ercan Altug Yilmaz, An Coppens, Rob Alvarez Bucholska, Joris Beerda, Sabrina Bruehwiler, Albert Van Der Meer, Tiago Marinho Sizenando, and Mike Finney!
Many challenges are reserved for Octalysis Prime members only, but this challenge is open to the public since we want to maximize our impact on social good.
The design challenge will be about Food Heroes, motivating kids in China to eat healthily and sustainably. The Octalysis Group has already designed an engaging 7 Week Kindergarten program to engage the kids.
However, Food Heroes needs to figure out how to engage and train the teachers to run the 7 Week Program. They also need to create a follow-on online subscription box to make sure the kids are still eating healthily and engaged with the brand for the next 12 months.
Your job as a Octalysis Gamification Designer is to either (1) Help them create a gamified training program for the teachers, or (2) Design the 12 Month Subscription Box that the parents will order for their kids and play as a family.
Prizes for Winning
Option 1: Four Days of Food Heroes in China
JUCCCE will pay for economy class, non-refundable, non-changeable ticket to Shanghai and work with the JUCCCE team to see the Food Hero Program in action and eat the food. JUCCCE will sponsor 5 nights of housing for this visit.
Option 2: Spend a day with Yu-kai Chou in California
JUCCCE will pay for economy class, non-refundable, non-changeable ticket to California to hangout with Yu-kai for a day. The winner can shadow Yu-kai on his work and discuss anything interesting. Two nights of lodging will be provided in California by Yu-kai Chou in either Fremont or Milpitas.
Other Finalist Prizes
–Gain exposure and bragging status in the Octalysis/Gamification community -Finalists will receive a Level II Octalysis Certificate by The Octalysis Group –Immortalize your design by becoming a standard Octalysis Prime design case study (through video conferencing with Yu-kai Chou) -Potential qualification to interview Octalysis Group for Consulting Career
Please Submit your work and design to Erik@ChouForce.com by December 20, 2017.
Look forward to discover the next Octalysis Gamification Master in the community and change the sustainable future of our next generation!
My Gamification TEDx speech in Switzerland reach 100K!
A few years ago, I went to Lausanne Switzerland to do a TEDx speech on my framework OctalysisGamification. It was my first time visiting Europe, and it was a huge blast.
It was a pretty difficult speech to do, since originally this talk was a 5-hour workshop, and I had to shrink it to a 17 minute talk. Not only that, I had to include a bunch of videos and fun things to share to make it dynamic. Of course, a TEDx talk is more like a brochure instead of a manual. The goal of a brochure is to get people to want to learn more. Therefore, a lot of the deeper knowledge, including Level II and Level III Octalysis couldn’t be covered, but I had to make it fun.
Little known fact – I said the first sentence incorrectly, and for the first minute I was simply trying to recover from that. Usually I just intuitively do my talks with my slides, but TEDx asked me to memorize my lines and rehearse with them a few times. I was all ready to go, but then when I was onstage, the lighting was MUCH stronger than I expected. It threw me off and I uttered the sentence wrong. It was supposed to be, “Imagine a world where WORK is obsolete – where LABOR is a thing of a past.” I said, “Imagine a world where LABOR is…” and then I felt sad. It took me 1-2 minutes to pick myself back up again and be on my flow again. I always wonder if the talk would have been more successful if I maintained strong energy from the very beginning. Of course, we would never know.
Successes in Gamification after the Gamification TEDx Talk
Since then, I published my book Actionable Gamification, and have won two Gamification Guru of the Year awards by the Gamification World Congress. Many fans, book readers, and clients have contacted me after watching that talk. I am grateful how much this talk has contributed to my accomplishments today.
Thank you TEDx, thank you Lausanne, and thank you Switzerland.
My company The Octalysis Group is recruiting a new part-time or full-time (remote) Trainee to help our efforts in designing engaging gamified solutions for clients around the world.
For that we launched the Octalysis Design Challenge 2017.
What you get as the top gamification designer
– the opportunity to work with the world’s leading experts in Gamification and Behavioral Design – a great team with fun people, where only merit counts – full transparency and full autonomy – work from wherever you are in the world – a full time position with a base pay and excellent bonus prospects (semi part-time openings available as well)
How to apply for the Challenge?
The challenge is to create a better and more engaging experience for the successful Habitica app using the Octalysis Framework.
