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A presentation that describes the concept of gamification, it's roots, design and application. Minimal words, lots of pics and lots of fun to present. :) Make sure to sign up to my weekly gamification newsletter: http://gamificationweekly.com
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Gamification - defining, designing and using itZachary Fitz-Walter Mobile Innovation Lab, QUT
http://www.flickr.com/people/8473570@N02
http://zefcan.com
Today’s missions >>
1. What is gamification?
2. Designing gamification
http://www.!ickr.com/photos/ramblingtraveler/3544734138/
Let’s say you caught the train this morning to work...
http://www.!ickr.com/photos/walkingsf/5463240793/
...and you know you should take the stairs, but the escalator is just so much easier.
How can we encourage people to take the stairs and get a little more exercise?
Odenplan, Stockholm, Sweden
http://www.thefuntheory.com/piano-staircase
Here’s an interesting idea...
Piano Stairs
http://www.thefuntheory.com/piano-staircase
Turn them into a piano?
Using play to motivate
http://www.thefuntheory.com/piano-staircase
Gamification
http://www.thefuntheory.com/piano-staircase
Gamification is similar...
Gamification
http://www.forbes.com/sites/danieltack/2013/01/02/world-of-warcraft-gearing-up-at-level-90/
...but it draws more specifically on video games rather than just play.
1. What is gamification?
Gamification is a special word
It hasn’t been around for very long...
2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
Web search interest in gamification
trends.google.com
Foursquare really took off in 2011...
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...and was well known for the game elements it added
“By 2015, More than 50 percent of organizations that manage innovation processes will gamify those processes”
Gartner Press Release - 2011http://www.gartner.com/it/page.jsp?id=1629214
Gartner released this statement in 2011
Gamification became a buzzword
http://www.bogost.com/blog/gamification_is_bullshit.shtml
And it’s made a bit of a name for itself both good... and not so good.
http://www.flickr.com/people/14516334@N00
It’s become a bit of a cure all for engagement problems...
“80 Percent of Current Gamified Applications Will Fail to Meet Business Objectives Primarily Due to Poor Design”
Gartner Press Release - 2012http://www.gartner.com/newsroom/id/2251015
And then Gartner released this statement...
http://www.redherring.com/internet/gamification-platform-badgeville-raises-25m/
Yet still there is a lot of money in it...
Mixed Messages?
Gamification
To understand it...
Games
...we have to go back to it’s roots.
http://laportecreative.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/nerdyrevenge.jpg
The average gamer?
Is a young, nerdy male who plays video games (often violent) all by themselves right?
Not really...
Video games have become mainstream
92% of Australians live in a household with at least one device used for playing games
Interactive Games & Entertainment Association, 2012http://www.igea.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/DA12FinalLinkVideo.pdf
The average age of a gamer is 32
Interactive Games & Entertainment Association, 2012http://www.igea.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/DA12FinalLinkVideo.pdf
(And 43% of people aged 51 or older are also gamers)
Genderof Australian gamers
53%Male
47%Female
Interactive Games & Entertainment Association, 2012http://www.igea.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/DA12FinalLinkVideo.pdf
Video games have become big business
The video game industry in Australia netted $1.161 billion in revenue last year
Interactive Games & Entertainment Association, 2012http://www.igea.net
In the US consumers spent $24.75 billion on video games, hardware and accessories in 2011.
Entertainment Software Association, 2011 - http://www.theesa.com/facts/index.aspThe Numbers, 2011 - http://www.the-numbers.com/market/
Video games have become mobile
Mobile phones are used to play games in 43% of game households, tablet computers in 13%
Interactive Games & Entertainment Association, 2012http://www.igea.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/DA12FinalLinkVideo.pdf
Video games have become social
1 in 5 gamers play social network games1 in 10 play massively multiplayer games
Interactive Games & Entertainment Association, 2012http://www.igea.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/DA12FinalLinkVideo.pdf
Games are incredibly engaging
World of Warcraft
One of the most engaging games out there is this one.
You create a character...
...and then embark on quests and adventures in the world with other players.
You get quests.
Kill 3 boars
Like this one.
You go off and complete them.
And then get a reward.
Wait... this is just like work
After playing for 8 hours straight it hit me...
But it was really fun work
12 million subscribers in 2010
Others think it’s fun as well, even many years after it was released.
So what is a game?
Most games boil down to solving a problem...
• Find a way to kill 3 boars
• Find a way to get more points than the other team
• Find a way to get to the finish line before the other players
• Find a way to complete this level
• Find a way to destroy the other player before they destroy you
Last four examples are from The Art of Game Design, Jesse Schell, 2008
It’s how this activity is presented that plays an important part in creating a fun experience
"Fun from games arises out of mastery. It arises out of comprehension. It is the act of solving puzzles that makes games fun. In other words, with games, learning is the drug”
- Raph KosterA Theory of Fun, 2005
Hang on, if games are so engaging...
...could we use them to make other things engaging?
Gamification
Now we’re seeing where this concept of gamification comes from...
Serious games
...but wait, the concept of serious games has been around long before gamification.
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/photos/uncategorized/2009/02/09/oregontrail.jpg
Oregon Trail - 1971
http://www.whatisthe2gs.apple2.org.za/files/ReaderRabbit/ScreenGrab_1/reader_rabbit_shot.gif
Reader Rabbit - 1986
Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego
http://www.abandonia.com/games/13
Why gamification? Why now?
First, video games have become really popular...
...and second there has been a change in technology like no other. In particular mobile devices, constant connection and sensors.
With our powers combined...
The world is our playground
Gamification
Framing real life activities like a video game, in order to make these activities more engaging
Gamification
Sustainability - Nissan My Leaf
Sustainability Nissan CARWINGS
Sustainability - Nissan My Leaf
Sustainability Nissan CARWINGS
Exercise Nike+
Exercise Nike+
Lifestyle Health Month
Lifestyle Health Month
Education Khan Academy
Education Khan Academy
Finance Mint
Finance Mint
Productivity Epic Win
Google Glass
If technology continues to evolve...
http://pctechmag.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/google-glasses.jpeg
Eran May-raz and Daniel Lazo, 2012, https://vimeo.com/46304267
But can it actually work?
2. Designing Gamification
Gamification Blueprint
•Points•Badges•Leaderboards•Levels
Became popular with Foursquare
•Points•Badges•Leaderboards•Levels
•Points•Badges•Leaderboards•Levels
= Rewards}
Behaviour + Rewards = Fun!
Behaviour + Rewards = Fun!Behaviour + Rewards = Fun!
progresswars.com
Otherwise this would be the best game out there...
So what’s missing?
"Fun from games arises out of mastery. It arises out of comprehension. It is the act of solving puzzles that makes games fun. In other words, with games, learning is the drug”
- Raph KosterA Theory of Fun, 2005
Where’s the puzzle? Where’s the challenge?
So how can we design engaging gamification experiences?
Motivation
There are two types...
Extrinsic Motivation
http://2bgr8stock.deviantart.com/art/Money-Cash-113445826
Motivation for an external reward
Behaviour + Rewards = ExtrinsicMotivation
Intrinsic Motivation
Tim Pierce http://www.!ickr.com/photos/48439369@N00
When an activity is performed for the internal satisfaction of under the activity itself
Intrinsic Motivation
http://www.flickr.com/photos/allisonjohnstonn/6332963681/
The act of playing a game is generally considered an intrinsically satisfying activity
So what makes a game motivating to play?
• Autonomy - choice to play and choice over actions
• Competence - ability to optimally challenge players
• Relatedness - connection with others
(Ryan, Rigby, and Przybylski, 2006)http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11031-006-9051-8
Flow
http://www.flickr.com/photos/allisonjohnstonn/6332963681/
Proposed by Csíkszentmihályi
• Intense and focused concentration
• Merging of action and awareness
• A loss of reflective self-consciousness
• A sense control or agency over the activity
• A distortion of time
• Experience of the activity as being intrinsically rewarding
Nakamura, J., & Csikszentmihalyi, M. (2009). Flow theory and research. In C. R. Snyder & S. J. Lopez (Eds.), Handbook of positive psychology (pp. 195-206). Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Factors of a flow experience
• A clear goal
• Clear progress
• Clear and immediate feedback
• Balance of challenge and skill
Conditions for flow
Based off a graph proposed by Csíkszentmihályi
These are important factors to consider when trying to design a game.
These are important factors to consider when trying to design gamification.
Designing gamification
Start with an activity
http://www.flickr.com/photos/hoteldelapaixgeneve/5726470040/
Ask, do you really need gamification?
• Have you got an engagement or motivation problem, or is it something else? E.g., Usability
• Ask yourself is this a problem that can’t be improved in any other way?
• If motivation is lacking... looking towards game elements and theory might be worthwhile.
Ask why is this activity boring? What’s missing?
• Clear and interesting goals?
• Feedback?
• Interesting and playful mechanics?
• Challenge?
• Progression and Mastery?
Determine the goals
The goals of the activity you’re trying to encourage (e.g., getting fit)
Derive goal metrics
Work out how you can measure these goals
Sensors?
http://www.wired.com/reviews/2012/10/fitbit-zip/
People
http://gamingtheclassroom.wordpress.com/syllabus/
Design the gamification
Design like a game
http://www.flickr.com/people/8473570@N02
Think of the player
http://www.flickr.com/photos/allisonjohnstonn/6332963681/
What are their demographics? What do they like playing?
http://bizfest.files.wordpress.com/2013/01/bartle.png
Test and playtest!
http://www.flickr.com/people/8473570@N02
Dangers of Gamification
Games get boring
What happens after your user gets bored of the gamification? Will they keep using it?
Cheating
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cheating.JPG
People cheat, it’s a challenge. How will cheating affect your underlying activity?
Cheating
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cheating.JPG
Real life dangers
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellenm1/6050529448/
In games you get many lives... however in real life you only get one. Gamify carefully.
A good example...
• Clear and interesting goals
• Feedback
• Interesting and playful mechanics
• Challenge
• Progression and Mastery
• Aesthetics and Narrative
•Handles potential dangers
Billie Weiss, Original uploader Rschuman at en.wikipedia http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Zombie_Chase.jpg
Wrapping it all up
Gamification is more than just badges
Design it like a good game
It’s easy, so start trying it!
•Name: Zac Fitz-Walter
• Class: PhD Candidate from QUT
• Abilities: Research, Teaching, iPhone Development
•Weaknesses: Cats and Mangoes
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