How I Became a Spaceship Commander

promoting good practicies with gamification

commander graphic by Ivan Petracija

Tomasz Borowski

Player Profile

Javascript / Ruby On Rails Developer

Football PlayerLead Developer Runner

Spaceship Commander

collecting minerals for:

Improvements?

What to improve?

Motivation

Different Expectations

Motivation issues

Lack of appreciation

Motivation issues

Boredom

Motivation issues

What to improve?

Motivation and Communicationdifferent expectations

lack of appreciation

boredom

Big, untrackable tasks

Communication issues

Invoicing Module

TODO:

Not updated tasks

Communication issues

Some Task

Some Task

Backlog In Progress Done

Not updated tasks

Communication issues

Some Task

Some Task

Backlog In Progress Done

What to improve?

Motivation and Communicationdifferent expectations

lack of appreciation

boredom

big, untrackable tasks

not updated tasks

How can I improve?

Webdeveloper

Video Games Production

Gamelike Fitness Apps

Jesse Schelltalks

What to improve?

This calls for an

experiment!

Gamification!

The Plan

YouGame

+150exp

+95exp

Level 1: Mission Objectives

split big tasks into smaller ones, so they are trackable and have low complexity

keep your tasks updated to let others track your progress on the project

feel rewarded by collecting points for completed tasks

Level 1 completed!

Level 1 completed!

Level 1 completed!

Is that final?

Gamification Course

Feedback fromco-workers

Thinking

What to improve?

New Problems

What to improve?

Pointification

+150exp

+520exp

+330exp

+120exp

+480exp

+90exp

Who cares?

What to improve?

evaluations

You are on the bottom of the leaderboard!

What to improve?

competition vs collaboration

What to improve?

missing fun & progression

What to improve?

New Problems

pointification

evaluations

competition vs collaboration

missing fun & progression

How to improve?

Saving Mankind Theme

Game Rules Personalized Ranking

...4. Mike5. You6. Bob...

Level 2: Mission Objectives

share the same goal which progress can be easily measured

build your player profile which express your overall effort

advance in ranking to see who is on top… or do nothing to see the bottom

Level 2: Completed!

Level 2: Completed!

Level 2: Completed!

Level 2: Completed!

Is it final?

Share knowledge on what is happening

YouGame

tasks code reviews

automated tests

sharingknowledge

Promote other good practices

Mission Objectives

prepare weekly reports from organisation units based on projects

use API to grant points and achievements from external apps

Week Update

Recently Released

YouGame API

Recently Released

No ;-)

Is that final?

Features in Future?

integration with other trackers

side quests and challenges

random encounters

tv-friendly interface

personal goals

more achievements

statistics levels history involve hours worked

...

YouGame is open source!

https://github.com/miksturait/YouGame

More from Mikstura.IT

merit-money

How I became a Spaceship Commander?

I’ve collected 10’000 experience points in YouGame...

and I had fun while experimenting with gamification ;-)

Thank You!

@TomaszBorowski

TomaszBorowski.com

YouGameApp.com

Questions :-)?

Credits (images sources)

● http://leon8524.deviantart.com/art/Commander-Shepard-291881755● http://www.guymag.net/articles/fashion/finding-your-style-through-quality/● http://www.silentjourney.com/blog/204/● http://memegenerator.net/instance/38284492● http://www.lifeintheoffice.com/2006/06/23/office-olympics/● http://technabob.com/blog/2009/04/04/twirling-dali-wall-clock/● http://george0lteanu.wordpress.com/2013/06/15/in-to-the-future-or-gamification-2-0/● http://www.jetbrains.com/company/press/materials.html● http://morethanaminute.com/how-to-develop-5-critical-thinking-types● https://www.coursera.org/course/gamification● http://lnvsml.blogspot.ro/2012/12/november-unbookening-not-impressed.html● http://www.nguyenatlaw.com/blog/● http://kropmark.com/competition-versus-collaboration/● http://laughingsquid.com/tard-the-grumpy-cat-a-sour-faced-kitten-that-isnt-really-grumpy/● http://infosecnirvana.com/rules-rule-in-siem-kingdom/● http://gry.gadzetomania.pl/2011/07/07/czy-21-lipca-poznamy-szczegoly-ekranizacji-mass-effecta● http://niezatapialna-armada.blogspot.ro/2011/02/33.html