Gamifying Kickstarter: Bears vs Babies Case Study
This post was written by Contributing Writer Erik van Mechelen after Octalysis community member, Ivan Lee, notified Yu-kai about the story. An over-performing Kickstarter campaign What is Bears vs Babies? It’s a game. It was created by the same people who made Exploding Kittens: Elan Lee (XBox, ARGs) and Matthew Inman (The Oatmeal). The […]
Chapter-by-Chapter Takeaways of Yes! 50 Scientifically Proven Ways to Be Persuasive
Gamification and Persuasion Gamification is about understanding human motivation and engagement, and therefore a big part of it is psychological and behavioral studies. So on top of the countless tiring hours of playing games to…understand why they are fun, I read the book Titled Yes!: 50 Scientifically Proven Ways to Be Persuasive by Robert Cialdini (an […]
The Taiwanese Government has gamified Tax Collection since 1951!
Government Gamification on Tax Collection Taiwan is my home country and as I became more knowledgeable in gamification, I continue to be more impressed with the level of gamification that is implemented in its society and culture (without these innovations ever really being called gamification). One of the things I have been most impressed with […]
Collection of all Intrinsic vs Extrinsic Motivation Blog Posts
Left Brain vs Right Brain Core Drives, and how they related to Extrinsic vs Intrinsic Motivation There is a lot of literature out there on Extrinsic vs Intrinsic Motivation. Most people talk about how Intrinsic Motivation is better, but is that always the case? And even so, how to design for more intrinsic motivation? In […]
Affection Held Hostage – how my love for my wife got me duped in China
My Affection Held Hostage (Below is a snippet of Gamification Book: Actionable Gamification – Beyond Points, Badges, and Leaderboards. If you like this blog post, you will LOVE the book.) In early 2014, I was invited to the global conglomerate *Huawei* in Shenzhen, China to do a few workshops on gamification. During this trip, I had […]
Creating Intrinsic Motivation via Octalysis Gamification
How to Create Intrinsic Motivation via Octalysis Gamification (Below is a snippet of Gamification Book: Actionable Gamification – Beyond Points, Badges, and Leaderboards. If you like this blog post, you will LOVE the book.) Since this book is entitled Actionable Gamification, we want to make sure you have a set of steps and tools to help […]
How Extrinsic Rewards turn off our Social Brain
How Extrinsic Rewards turn off our Social Brain (Below is a snippet of Gamification Book: Actionable Gamification – Beyond Points, Badges, and Leaderboards. If you like this blog post, you will LOVE the book.) Giving people financial rewards through Core Drive 4: Ownership & Possession doesn’t simply reduce our intellectual curiosity (Core Drive 7) and our […]
