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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…

6 min readJun 3, 2023

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Avoid These Fatal Gamification Mistakes At All Costs

Since 2012, I’ve helped dozens of clients make their products and processes more engaging. I’ve also seen companies struggle to understand…

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Why your health app should not be “designed by doctors”

For the most part, people trust doctors. After all, who knows more about human health?

4 min readApr 8, 2024

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Why your health app should not be “designed by doctors”

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What Makes The “Four Big” Social Apps Addictively Engaging For Teens?

The Core Motivators of TikTok, Instagram, YouTube, and Snapchat Explained

7 min readMar 24, 2024

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What Makes The “Four Big” Social Apps Addictively Engaging For Teens?

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Use Behavioral Design To Take The Pain Out Of Kids’ Chores

And Yours, Too

9 min readMar 18, 2024

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Use Behavioral Design To Take The Pain Out Of Kids’ Chores

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5 Lessons In Gamifying Mental Health

Responsibly, ethically, and effectively

10 min readMar 3, 2024

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5 Lessons In Gamifying Mental Health

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How Gamification Is Still F#$%&ing Up Our Elections

With democracy at stake, our leaders play a dangerous game

11 min readFeb 11, 2024

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How Gamification Is Still F#$%&ing Up Our Elections

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Why Crypto Games Will Never Be A Thing

Emerging technologies: VR/XR, Artificial Intelligence, Metaverse, Blockchain…

6 min readFeb 4, 2024

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Why Crypto Games Will Never Be A Thing

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Design smarter with The Razor Test

Whether you are a game designer, UX designer, or product professional (or all three as I sometimes am), you probably swear by testing. User…

8 min readJan 29, 2024

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Fast. Fun. Fair. How To Design Gamification For Kids

My recent work designing games to get my kids off the couch and out into the world led to many great design lessons. It also led me to the…

4 min readJan 15, 2024

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Fast. Fun. Fair. How To Design Gamification For Kids

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Sam Liberty

Sam Liberty

Lead Game Designer at Sidekick Health. Co-Founder of Extra Ludic; Designing and teaching serious games for social change and real-world impact

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