Posts Tagged "badgeville"

No Longer An Awkward Teenager? Gamification Grows Up

No Longer An Awkward Teenager? Gamification Grows Up

Over the last year, you may have noticed that a once-niche trend not only crept into the mainstream, but is starting to really make a big splash. Gamification has become one of the hottest buzz words in the industry and is probably in the process of taking over a website or user experience near you. For the uninitiated, gamification, said simply, is the use of game design techniques and mechanics...

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Leveling Up – JPUOPOLO.COM has been Gamified – Experiments With Gamification

Leveling Up – JPUOPOLO.COM has been Gamified – Experiments With Gamification

Ever since game dynamics really took center stage with things like Foursquare, I have become very interested in how people become so quickly enticed in to getting badges and earning points. There are have been other companies who have taken gamification to websites. Two companies, specifically Badgeville and Bigdoor, have caught my attention. I will be writing a detailed article on both. In the...

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