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Gamification with the WordPress.com API

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December 05, 2015
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Gamification with the WordPress.com API

Talk given at the first WordCamp US in Philly

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Timmy Crawford

December 05, 2015

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Transcript

  1. PLAYER 1: TIMMY CRAWFORD GAMIFICATION WITH THE WORDPRESS.COM API

  2. INSIDE EVERY ADULT IS THE HEART OF A CHILD. WE

    JUST GRADUALLY CONVINCE OURSELVES TO ACT MORE LIKE ADULTS. Shigeru Miyamoto

  3. Shigeru Miyamoto

  4. Games

  5. Games are fun

  6. Games are fun and important

  7. Games are fun and important part of life

  8. None

  9. WHAT IS A GAME? LEVEL 1-1

  10. PLAYING A GAME IS THE VOLUNTARY ATTEMPT TO OVERCOME UNNECESSARY

    OBSTACLES. bernard suits
  11. None

  12. golf:

  13. golf: easier to just drop the ball in the hole.

  14. 1: GOAL 2: RULES 3: FEEDBACK SYSTEM 4: VOLUNTARY PARTICIPATION

    jane mcgonigal

  15. playground games Source: Bend La Pine School District

  16. GAMIFICATION LEVEL 1-2

  17. None
  18. None

  19. Source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/stevenljohnson/albums/72157631294980542

  20. GAMIFICATION IS THE CRAFT OF DERIVING FUN AND ENGAGING ELEMENTS

    FOUND TYPICALLY IN GAMES AND THOUGHTFULLY APPLYING THEM TO REAL-WORLD PRODUCTIVE ACTIVITIES yu-kai chou
  21. None

  22. 1 epic meaning 2 development / accomplishment 3 empowerment /

    creativity 4 ownership 5 social influence 6 scarcity / impatience 7 unpredictability / Curiosity 8 loss & avoidance SOURCE: YUKAICHOU.COM Source: http://www.mariouniverse.com/

  23. back to 2nd grade Source: Bend La Pine School District

  24. None

  25. I BET YOU CAN’T GUESS WHICH WORD I CHOSE FROM

    THE LIST… me gamifying writing

  26. DOGGFOOD GAME LEVEL 1-3

  27. None

  28. try to find me

  29. None

  30. WE NEED PEOPLE TO TEST THIS STUFF. editor team

  31. None

  32. obstacle: use beta editor

  33. goal: get points!

  34. rule: post 1pt

  35. rule: bug 2pts

  36. None

  37. play whenever

  38. THE DOGGFOOD GAME

  39. HOW TO BUILD? ▸ javascript! ▸ Node.js ▸ express ▸

    jade ▸ data persistence??

  40. tracking players

  41. None
  42. None

  43. THE DOGGFOOD GAME

  44. THE DOGGFOOD GAME!!

  45. THE DOGGFOOD GAME!!

  46. None
  47. None
  48. None
  49. None
  50. None

  51. insert token

  52. http://haiku2.com

  53. CODE / LIVE DEMO LEVEL 1-4

  54. None

  55. soundschewy.com

  56. None
  57. None
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  59. None
  60. None
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  62. None

  63. QUICK CODE WALK THROUGH YOUR REGULARLY SCHEDULED TALK WILL RESUME

    SHORTLY.
  64. None

  65. 260 PLAYERS

  66. 260 PLAYERS 65%

  67. 2,331 POSTS

  68. 506 ISSUES

  69. None

  70. GAMIFIED? ▸ doggfood allowed everyone to participate in a big

    project - epic meaning ▸ leaderboard provided instant accomplishment / feedback ▸ bug finding is a creative process ▸ prize curiosity ▸ an obstacle === fun!

  71. TODO ▸ Cache / optimize results locally ▸ Daily leaderboard

    to encourage daily “games” ▸ make it easy to startup a game for other projects

  72. IF YOU MAKE IT A GAME, GAMERS WILL PLAY IT

    NO MATTER WHAT YOUR MOTIVATION IS IN MAKING IT. jane mcgonigal

  73. [email protected] TWITTER: @TIMMYCRAWFORD GITHUB: TIMMYC HAIKU2.COM thanks for listening!