Gamification by Design: Implementing Game Mechanics in Web and Mobile Apps
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Gamification by Design: Implementing Game Mechanics in Web and Mobile Apps

What do Foursquare, Zynga, Nike+, and Groupon have in common? These and many other brands use gamification to deliver a sticky, viral, and engaging experience to their customers. This book provides the design strategy and tactics you need to integrate game mechanics into any kind of consumer-facing website or mobile app. Learn how to use core game concepts, design patterns, and meaningful code samples to a create fun and captivating social environment.

Whether you're an executive, developer, producer, or product specialist, Gamification by Design will show you how game mechanics can help you build customer loyalty.

  • Discover the motivational framework game designers use to segment and engage consumers
  • Understand core game mechanics such as points, badges, levels, challenges, and leaderboards
  • Engage your consumers with reward structures, positive reinforcement, and feedback loops
  • Combine game mechanics with social interaction for activities such as collecting, gifting, heroism, and status
  • Dive into case studies on Nike and Yahoo!, and analyze interactions at Google, Facebook, and Zynga
  • Get the architecture and code to gamify a basic consumer site, and learn how to use mainstream gamification APIs from Badgeville

"Turning applications into games is a huge trend. This book does a great job of identifying the core lasting principals you need to inspire your users to visit again and again."
€"Adam Loving
Freelance Social Game Developer and founder of Twibes Twitter Groups

  • TitleGamification by Design: Implementing Game Mechanics in Web and Mobile Apps
  • ManufacturerO'Reilly Media
  • BindingPaperback
  • ProductGroupBook
  • ItemPartNumber978-1-4493-9767-8
  • UnitCount1
  • EANs9781449397678