eSports, the competitive side of gaming, has grown more and more popular over the years. How can you incorporate game elements to video games?
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Virtual rewards indicate accomplishing a special feat, serve as a symbol of authority or as a means of identification. How then, should one go about designing badges or other virtual rewards? Don’t fret – we explore 5 easily-applicable ways to do so.
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We begin with a hard truth about gamification: success is highly dependent on design. Gartner reported that 80% of gamified apps will fail by the end of 2014. In fact, recent research showed that over US$50 billion was invested in Gamification programs in 2012, and most were unsuccessful due to the lack of use of
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Motivation is a fundamental factor of engagement and in turn, successful gamification. Previously we have briefly discussed and compared the various motivational theories out there. For this article, we will be zooming in on Daniel Pink’s theory on motivation. According to Pink, there are three intrinsically motivating factors: purpose, mastery and autonomy. Let’s take a look at how
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PRESS RELEASE: Gamification and Gametize-powered app increase engagement by 60% in SMU’s pilot group First SMU module gamified to increase engagement and interactions among students in a pilot implementation shows encouraging results. 94% of students want to see more modules gamified. The Gametize-powered app is designed by four students, facilitated by their professor, Dr Rani