The gamification process is gaining increasing interest in many different environments such as education, business, tourism, smart-cities management. In literature, many studies proposed approaches to transform a non- game activity into a game, but these methods are often too general to be effective (e.g., simple rules, incentive mechanisms such as scores or vague prizes). In a society where algorithms personalize everything, from search en- gine results, to news on social networks, it is anachronistic to think of a single gamification strategy suited to different categories of people (e.g., what might be motivating for digital natives, might not be for digital immigrants, and vice versa). In this paper, through a questionnaire filled by 226 people, we show that the game preferences (rules, mechanics, focus, motivations, and gaming environment) are age-dependent. These preferences can be used to customize the gamification process and therefore the study might be helpful to develop effective gamification strategies.
Entertainment for Serious Purposes: Customization of the Gamification Process / Furini, Marco; Mirri, Silvia; Montangero, Manuela. - (2018), pp. 22-26. (Intervento presentato al convegno IEEE International Symposium on Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications tenutosi a Bologna nel 9 Settembre 2018).
Entertainment for Serious Purposes: Customization of the Gamification Process
Marco Furini;Manuela Montangero
2018
Abstract
The gamification process is gaining increasing interest in many different environments such as education, business, tourism, smart-cities management. In literature, many studies proposed approaches to transform a non- game activity into a game, but these methods are often too general to be effective (e.g., simple rules, incentive mechanisms such as scores or vague prizes). In a society where algorithms personalize everything, from search en- gine results, to news on social networks, it is anachronistic to think of a single gamification strategy suited to different categories of people (e.g., what might be motivating for digital natives, might not be for digital immigrants, and vice versa). In this paper, through a questionnaire filled by 226 people, we show that the game preferences (rules, mechanics, focus, motivations, and gaming environment) are age-dependent. These preferences can be used to customize the gamification process and therefore the study might be helpful to develop effective gamification strategies.Pubblicazioni consigliate
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