Gamification Talk Radio

We have a super fun guest with us today. Jan Bidner and I met recently at the gamification world congress in Barcelona. We sat together at the first session I attended and became instant friends. In fact, we had the opportunity to participate in a Gamification Guru Panel, which you can listen to here: Gamification World Congress - Gurus Panel Part 1 Gamification World Congress - Gurus Panel Part 2 Of course we had a lot of discussion about gamification and gamification design. Gamification is an amplifier of the core activity. Which means you have to know what the core activity loops are. Which also mean that the if the core activity is crap you will amplify crap. It is the core experience that we are designing for.  That is why gamification won’t work if we use prefab game mechanics without knowing why people would engage with the activity.  On today’s program, Jan and I discuss what really motivates us and what can we do in our gamification design to engage our players in the core activity. About Jan Bidne