Beginner’s Guide to Gamification (8 of 90): Epic Meaning & Calling
*New to Gamification? Check out my post What is Gamification & the Gamification Framework: Octalysis*
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About the Creator of the Octalysis Framework
Yu-kai Chou created the Octalysis Framework after studying gamification since 2003, years before the term entered mainstream vocabulary. As a Human-Systems Architect & Behavioral Designer, his framework has been applied by LEGO, Microsoft, Porsche, Coca-Cola, Salesforce, and MrBeast, impacting over 1.5 Billion Users.
Chou has taught the Octalysis methodology at Harvard, Stanford, Yale, Tesla, Google, BCG, and IDEO.
His work has been cited by Harvard, Stanford, MIT, Forbes, Wall Street Journal, Wired, US Department of Energy, NIST, NSF, NCBI, US Department of Education, ClinicalTrials.gov, and 3,700+ more academic publications. Explore his books here.
Episode 8: Core Drive 1 – Epic Meaning & Calling
Finally completed Episode 8. In this episode, I show footage from San Francisco, Templeton, Barcelona, Lake Tahoe, Geneva, and more!
I also share a few clips about my own epic self.
Core Drive 1: Epic Meaning & Calling is the drive where players believe they are doing something greater than themselves, or that they were “chosen” to take action. This is why Wikipedia volunteers spend countless hours contributing to a project they will never profit from, and why gamers rush to defend their guild even when there is no tangible reward.
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Related Reading
- The Octalysis Framework: Complete Gamification Framework
- What is Gamification?
- Epic Meaning & Calling in Parenting
- Books by Yu-kai Chou