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5 Lessons In Gamifying Health

I’ve been designing games and gamified apps that improve health and wellbeing for around a decade. When I first started designing in this…

Jun 3, 2023

5 Lessons In Gamifying Health

Jun 3, 2023

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I’m A Digital Healthcare Designer. Biden’s Cancer Diagnosis Is A Reminder Of Work Yet To Be Done

The news of former President Joe Biden’s prostate cancer diagnosis has dominated headlines this week. According to multiple reports, he has…

1d ago

I’m A Digital Healthcare Designer. Biden’s Cancer Diagnosis Is A Reminder Of Work Yet To Be Done

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Duolingo’s small UI switch that changes everything

Energy vs. hearts.

6d ago

Duolingo screenshots showing the new flow of energy. The user gains 3 energy by completing a lesson, Duo presents the energy and tells the user “energy is full,” user receives +15 energy for referring a friend

6d ago

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Paying the Price: The Ethical Crisis in Freemium Game Design

When Johnny Richardson landed a job as Lead UI Developer on a game featuring the hottest fantasy franchise in the world, he thought he’d…

May 11

Paying the Price: The Ethical Crisis in Freemium Game Design

May 11

Play: The Magic Bullet for Building Trust

(And Why It’s So Dangerous)

May 4

Play: The Magic Bullet for Building Trust

May 4

What Game Designers Don’t Know About Flow

Every year in my game design class at Northeastern, I teach Csíkszentmihályi’s concept of flow. It’s a standard part of the curriculum…

Apr 27

What Game Designers Don’t Know About Flow

Apr 27

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The Roblox’s creator illusion

How a platform claiming to empower kids actually extracts billions from them.

Apr 19

The Roblox’s creator illusion

Apr 19

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The ETHIC Framework: Designing Ethical Gamification That Actually Works

“It’s normal,” a student told me during class this semester, “for me to spend 10-to-20 hours a week playing [popular Gacha game] Genshin…

Apr 13

The ETHIC Framework: Designing Ethical Gamification That Actually Works

Apr 13

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Want to become a game designer? Start here.

The ultimate resource for aspiring game designers

Apr 6

Want to become a game designer? Start here.

Apr 6

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Why Your Child Can’t Stop Using That App (A Game Designer’s Warning)

Something mildly infuriating happened in my house last month.

Mar 31

Why Your Child Can’t Stop Using That App (A Game Designer’s Warning)

Mar 31

Sam Liberty

Sam Liberty

Consultant -- Applied Game Design. "The Gamification Professor." Clients include Click Therapeutics, Sidekick Health, and The World Bank.

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