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Game Mechanics
EST310/ISE340Fall 2011
Tony Scarlatos
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Player Life Cycle
How do you maintain player engagement over the long term?
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Jane McGonigal’s Motivators• Blissful Productivity
– Happy working hard doing what is perceived to be meaningful work.
• Social Fabric– Community that supports and relies
on the player, and rewards with status.
• Urgent Optimism– The desire to act immediately to
tackle an obstacle combined with the reasonable hope of success.
• Epic Meaning– Achievement that goes beyond the
player’s personal success, an achievement that is perceived to be significant globally.
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Intrinsic Motivators
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Collecting and Completing a Set
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Customization (self expression)
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Epic Meaning (altruism)
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Loss Aversion
In psychological studies, subjects consistently avoided loss more than gains were sought
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Extrinsic Motivators:Appointment Dynamics
“Feed Me, Seymore!”
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Extrinsic Motivators:Timed Interactions
“For a limited time only…” or “You have 10 seconds before the bomb blows up!”
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Rewards: Badges
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Rewards: System Points
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Rewards: Social Points
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Rewards: Leaderboard
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Rewards: Virtual Goods
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Reward Reinforcement Schedules
“How often?” is usually more important than “How much?”
Fixed Interval, Fixed Reward
Variable Interval,Fixed Reward
Fixed Reward,No Time Interval(activity- based)
Variable Reward, Variable Interval(Slot-Machine)