Questions tagged [gamification]
Making serious applications more engaging by increasing feedback to stimulate action, through the application of principles of Cognitive Psychology and Behaviorism.
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Deliberately making "break a streak" as an achievement
We're working on a habit-related app — as usual, there would be a streak mechanism. This mechanism, however, has not been far from causing stress on users. With our app, we'd like to try a softer ...
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Gamification in university web app
I'm working on a web app that's intended to be used in a university setting. The app consists of two modules: exams module: teachers are able to add exercises (multiple choice questions, open answer ...
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How should streak badges be awarded in edge cases (like StackOverflow badges)?
I am brainstorming how to create streak badges like StackOverflow badges. For example, (I will just make some up), if you vote 30 times a day for 5 days straight, you get a vote30x5day badge, or if ...
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Is there a list of game elements that have neutral impact of trustworthiness?
In the article Gamification - A good idea for a serious topic like financial services?, the author says: Although gamification is one of the most powerful methods of motivating people and can have ...
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In terms of levels and gamification what would be the best option between infinite points and scaled levels?
Infinite points or Scaled levels I'm wondering what would be the best option UX-wise in terms of user levels and gamification for a contribution app : Are the users more sensible about a goal that ...
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What's the name and purpose for inclusion of secret elements?
I really don't know how to better enunciate this question. The best way is to go to your profile and see the "hats". This is something StackExchange does at the end of the year. And it's ...
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Animation and gamification
I'm trying to add a few animations to my application targeted towards teens, specifically animations that increase user engagement. Similar to how twitter introduced the heart animation.. it's ...
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Crafting a behaviour of creating (writing) rather than consuming (reading)
Imagine a forum-like community, eager to read but reluctant to write content. Please give a sample of what you saw recently and treat as a good user experience to foster the behaviour of creating ...
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Continuous Points vs Levels - Which one is more motivating?
I've stumbled upon this older question about Karma Points vs Numeric Levels The answer there is claiming that a points system is better, one of the main reasons being Points naturally give rise to ...
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Is a points & level-up system effective without a community?
It's probably the one most used gamification/persuasion element across all kinds of UIs, especially apps. But in most cases it is tied to a social leaderboard of some sorts. I've been reading this ...
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Would persuasive design elements (spec. gamification) look "stupid" in a meaningful app?
A lot of apps use some form of gamification to keep the users on track and motivated. For example see this screenshot of a language learning app (Memrise). You have some bars being filled, some stars ...
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Using virtual-reality as user interface
I want to know about how to use a virtual-reality as user interface. Examples of virtual-reality interfaces are modern time AAA role playing games, like "The Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrim", "The Witcher 3" ...
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UX Gamification: Achievements, Medals, Badges, or Trophies?
I am a developer in an upcoming Social Media App project, and within my application, I have incorporated a points and reward system to increase user retention and engagement. I'm stuck between these ...
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How to gamify security page? [closed]
I need some idea to gamify security page in my account section to urge user to make use of all products that are offer to them such as 2 pin verification, password strength and others. It will ...
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Color coding vs default buttons colors
Context: web project around social research with gamification. We've got 7 major project modules (polls, analytics, games etc) each with corresponding color. That color used in backgrounds, widgets, ...
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