Game Design Checklist
Any productivity game should accomplish the following:
Get players to be more productive (and have data to prove it)
Be easy for people to play and compete
Have well-thought-out rules and scoring
Be competitive and/or fun
Keep players engaged and looking at their scores
Keep a history of player activity
Let players play at their own pace
Let players compete against themselves
Be tested with a small group first
Evolve and be refined over time
Be careful with games that overlap existing work.
A great resource on the use of games for productivity and to change behavior is the Serious Games Initiative (www.seriousgames.org). This organization helps to connect game designers and organizations using games for health care, social change, ...
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