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What is Gamification?

It is the use of game mechanics to motivate the user in non-game areas.

Overview

It is a method of adding game elements such as collecting points, leveling up, leaderboards or earning badges to daily applications so that people do not get bored while doing a task. The goal is to increase user loyalty.

Analogy: To get a child to eat vegetables, it is like giving shapes to his plate or sticking a star on him for every meal he finishes.

How it works

When the user completes a task, you trigger the reward mechanism in his brain by giving him a virtual reward.

Where it is used

It's very common in language learning apps, fitness trackers, and corporate training software.

Frequently asked questions

Can everything be gamified?

Technically yes, but if it is not constructed correctly, it may annoy the user instead of motivating him.

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