The Right and Wrong of Game Mechanics in Gamification

Gamification Talk Radio

With Special Guest Victor Manrique - a Gamification designer ranked among the top gamification experts worldwide. Victor and I were scheduled to come to you LIVE this week - but instead ran into time zone challenges. I didn't want you to miss his brilliance - so I'm pulling one from the archives. Gamification and games are different. When designing gamified systems is that game mechanics have to be slightly revamped due to the lack of pure game play. In today's program we'll learn whether or not we can use game mechanics in Gamification, the most effective game mechanics to use in corporate training and development, and the the 3 most important factors to take into account before designing any mechanics Victor will give you real life case studies of the rights and wrongs of game mechanics in gamification. About Victor Manrique: Victor is a Gamification designer at PlayJugo, a spanish based startup focused on helping people to achieve their personal and professional goals by playing games. He teaches gamification at the IEBS School as an Associate Professor, is the author of epicwinblog.net, and is a key player in the design and delivery of the Iversity Gamification Design MOOC. Connect with Victor at www.epicwinblog.net About Your Host: A gamification keynote speaker and curriculum designer, Monica Cornetti is rated as the #1 Gamification Guru in the World by UK-Based Leaderboarded. She is the author of the book Totally Awesome Training Activity Guide: Put Gamification to Work for You. Monica’s niche is gamification used in the corporate environment. Connect with Monica (@monicacornetti) www.monicacornetti.com