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Actionable Gamification: Beyond Points, Badges, and Leaderboards

Actionable Gamification: Beyond Points, Badges, and Leaderboards

by Yu-kai Chou

Playing games is something that we don’t have to do at all. We play only because we like to. Even though it is completely unnecessary, humans spend so much time playing games!

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Actions to take

Focus on user experience, not on functionality.
Focus on user experience, not on functionality.
Designing Skills
Put meaning into all elements of the product.
Put meaning into all elements of the product.
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Add elements of epic meaning and calling to your product.
Add elements of epic meaning and calling to your product.
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Add elements of development and accomplishment to your product.
Add elements of development and accomplishment to your product.
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Add elements of empowerment of creativity and feedback.
Add elements of empowerment of creativity and feedback.
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Add elements of ownership and possession.
Add elements of ownership and possession.
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Add elements of social influence and relatedness to your product.
Add elements of social influence and relatedness to your product.
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Add elements of scarcity and impatience to your product.
Add elements of scarcity and impatience to your product.
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Add elements of unpredictability and curiosity.
Add elements of unpredictability and curiosity.
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Add elements of loss and avoidance to your product.
Add elements of loss and avoidance to your product.
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Make a product that will start to motivate extrinsically and switch to motivating intrinsically.
Make a product that will start to motivate extrinsically and switch to motivating intrinsically.
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