Engaging Website Design Series (Part 1 of 3)
In a previous post, Yu-kai wrote about helping CaptainUp, a gamification platform and has created a 10-episode series…
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Guest Post: “Game Over” for Climate Change!
Author Credibility: Yu-kai Chou Yu-kai Chou created the Octalysis Framework after studying gamification since 2003 — years before…
How to Transition Between White Hat and Black Hat Gamification Without Losing Trust
You just got someone excited about your product. They feel good, empowered, like they’re part of something meaningful.…
Empowering Creativity Through Moral Choices
Table of Contents About Yu-kai Chou Creativity through Choices and Consequences What Is Meant By Moral Choices and…
Discovery Phase in Gamification: How to Design the Perfect First Impression (Beginner’s Guide 21 of 90)
The Discovery Phase is where everything begins — or ends. A user who never feels the pull of…
Bad Shifts: From White Hat to Black Hat Gamification
I have watched the same drift happen in client after client. A product launches with users who actually…
Why I am helping Captain Up as their Behavioral Scientist
I get asked a lot why I chose to work with one specific gamification platform instead of staying…