Intro to GamificationYuandra Ismiraldi | @iniandra

You might have played these..

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What is a game ?

• Have rules

• Lusory attitude

• Goals

• “The magic circle”

Bernard Suits , The grasshoper, Games, Life, and Utopia

J Huizinga, Homo Ludens

• A game is a series of meaningful choices - Sid Meier

• A game is a problem solving activity, approached with a playful attitude - Jesse Schell

Started to evolve

Gamification• The use of game elements and game design

techniques in non game context - Kevin Werbach

• To motivate a certain behaviour

• Things to think about :

• Motivation | Meaningful Choices | Structured | Potential Conflicts

Exhibit A

Game Design

• Become a game designer

• Put the player in the center

• Make journey : Onboarding, Scaffolding, Pathways to mastery

• Focus on experience

Game Elements

The PBL Triad• Point, Badges, and Leaderboards

Encourage motivation• Give feedbacks loops

• Reinforcements

• Give rewards

• scheduled

• expected | unexpected

Exhibit B

Gamification + working with data

Exhibit C• Microsoft’s language quality game

Exhibit D• Collect data by playing games

Exhibit E• Icebreaking : “If data is an animal, what animal is it ?”

• Putting games in the nametag

Ideas

• Crowdsourcing data campaign for geotagging public facilities

• People that tag the most will be rewarded

• Use points, badges, and leaderboards

References

• [1] Photos by Katie Walker. Flickr. https://www.flickr.com/photos/eilonwy77/6270262038

• Kevin Werbach & Dan Hunter. For The Win.

• Kevin Werbach. University of Pennsylvania Gamification Course, Coursera.

Thank you :)