Actionable Gamification: Beyond Points, Badges, and Leaderboards

through 1. Finding their game, 2. Analyzing their initial stats 3. Formulating their skill trees, 4. Connecting with allies, 5. Finding the

the game also gives you two options: ask your friends to give you a life (Social Treasure), or pay right now (Anchored Juxtaposition). See how all these game techniques work together to become a holistic motivational system towards Desired Actions?

deriving fun and engaging elements found typically in games and thoughtfully applying them to real-world or productive activities.

Internet, Big Data, pluggable frameworks, and stronger graphics,

accumulate wealth,

This is the power of Ownership & Possession - it not only has the ability to engage, it has the ability to comfort and instill a sense of well-being.

A product that makes users feel stupid, no matter how great the technology, is often a failing product. From my experience, if a user spends four seconds on an interface and can’t figure out what to do, they feel stupid and will start to disengage emotionally.

Jesse Schell, in his book The Art of Game Design - A Book of Lenses, introduces two Lenses: The Lens of Freedom and the Lens of Indirect Control

through 1. Finding their game, 2. Analyzing their initial stats 3. Formulating their skill trees, 4. Connecting with allies, 5. Finding the