From game design elements to gamefulness: Defining "gamification"

Proceedings of the 15th International Academic MindTrek Conference: Envisioning Future Media Environments, MindTrek 2011

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 9-15

  Deterding, Sebastian ^a   Dixon, Dan ^b   Khaled, Rilla ^c   Nacke, Lennart ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^c IT UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ONTARIO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Canada)

Author keywords

alternate reality games; game based technologies; gameful design; gamefulness; games; gamification; pervasive games; play; playful design; playfulness; serious games

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATE REALITY GAMES; GAMEFULNESS; GAMES; GAMIFICATION; PERVASIVE GAME; PLAY; PLAYFULNESS; SERIOUS GAMES;

DESIGN; INTERACTIVE COMPUTER GRAPHICS;

HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION;

EID: 84860665893     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/2181037.2181040     Document Type: Conference Paper

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