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From game design elements to gamefulness: defining "gamification"

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Sebastian Deterding,

Lennart NackeAuthors Info & Claims

MindTrek '11: Proceedings of the 15th International Academic MindTrek Conference: Envisioning Future Media Environments

Pages 9 - 15

https://doi.org/10.1145/2181037.2181040

Published: 28 September 2011 Publication History

Abstract

Recent years have seen a rapid proliferation of mass-market consumer software that takes inspiration from video games. Usually summarized as "gamification", this trend connects to a sizeable body of existing concepts and research in human-computer interaction and game studies, such as serious games, pervasive games, alternate reality games, or playful design. However, it is not clear how "gamification" relates to these, whether it denotes a novel phenomenon, and how to define it. Thus, in this paper we investigate "gamification" and the historical origins of the term in relation to precursors and similar concepts. It is suggested that "gamified" applications provide insight into novel, gameful phenomena complementary to playful phenomena. Based on our research, we propose a definition of "gamification" as the use of game design elements in non-game contexts.

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