These are the most high level conceptional elements in a game or gamified system. You can think about these as a grammar - the hidden structure.
Game elements are your toolbox for gamification. They are extracted from games and used in different ways to make business practices more game-like
Game mechanics are elements of the game or gamified system or various tools, that can be used to figure out how to move the action forward and to get players going from one state to another
Gamification examples in business. The practical side of gamification theories. 4 great gamification in business examples. You will find out how companies have used game design techniques to achieve their business goals.
Gamification is quite new as a business concept, but it's roots goes way back. A hundred years ago the Cracker Jack company started putting a Toy Surprise in every box. After this, countless companies have used games, toys and other kind of fun, as a way of selling products. They all have some kind...
I am going to show you how some of the techniques, that designers use in games like World of Warcraft , can be applied to problems in business, education, health and other fields. That's a technique what I call gamification.