This week's article brings a detailed review of some of the research about points and rewards in gamification. I started by thinking about points, but then I found it hard to separate them totally from rewards as they are often presented as a form…
Last time, I have written about the results of a research study showing that non-personalized goals and competition in fitness trackers can harm teenagers' intrinsic motivation to do physical activity. Reinforcing this fact, another recent study demonstrates that adaptive goals outperform static goals when encouraging…
These slides are a summary of the post series focused on better understanding some of the most widely used gameful design elements.
If you're interested in reading more, also check the original blog posts:
Part 1: Challenge Accepted! The role of challenge for gameful design
Part 2: I’m…
In my previous post, I talked about the important role of challenge as an element for gameful design. Today I will talk about rewards, a game element that is present in many gameful applications. But before you continue, if you did not read part…