Octalysis: Complete Gamification Framework. (This is the Gamification Framework that I am most known for. Within a year, it was translated into 9 different languages and became classic teaching literature in the gamification space in the US, Europe, Australia and South America.) Octalysis: Complete Gamification Framework Gamification is design that places the most emphasis on human motivation in the process. In essence, it is Human-Focused Design (as opposed to “function-focused design”). Most processes design around function and efficiency – they try to get the job done as quickly as possible. Games, however, have a sole focus of pleasing the “human” in the system.
Everything else is there just to engage and motivate the human. Even though many Gamification techniques were in use long before video games were around, games were one of the earliest examples of a holistic approach to implementing Human-Based Design – so now we call it Gamification. In the end, I came up with a system that I feel is instructive, useful, and elegant. The Beginner's Guide to Gamification (5 of 90): The 4 Experience Phases of a Game. Game in Society. Gamification. Game Mechanics. Definition of Gamification | Gamification.org | Gamification is the next big thing !