This post is part of a series. If you had to guess what the top two sources of revenue are for games, what would you guess? Here’s a list of the many ways to monetize your game or gamified software. Subscription. The easiest model, where...
My friend Chris Date, who currently is on the fence between egalitarianism and complementarianism, has a bevy of informative interviews on his Theopologetics podcast. If you are interested, check them out: Episode 120: More Than A Woman – Interview with Dr. Jamin Hübner (May 20, 2015)...
The argument over the role of women in the Church and home, and whether or not women should not have authority over men (in some fashion) is an ongoing and important discussion in Christendom. I continue to look into this subject, but I am at...
This post is part of a series. Gamifying a system involves high level conceptual work, and one model which can help you go from general to specific is Ward’s three levels of design abstraction. The three levels discussed Werbach and Hunter’s For the Win are dynamics, mechanics,...
This series is made up of the following posts: Gamification: The Three Levels of Design Abstraction 01 – Dynamics Gamification: The Three Levels of Design Abstraction 02 – Mechanics Gamification: The Three Levels of Design Abstraction 03 – Components Gamification: The Three Intrinsic Motivations Gamification:...
This post is part of a series. When designing a gamified system, which is essentially a system for motivating users to continue using your software or process, one good model to use is the Self Determination Theory. This theory states that there are three primary...
This post is part of a series. So, you understand game mechanics and components, and are ready to actually develop your new system? You need a process. Werbach and Hunter have devised the following 6 step process (you should buy their book for full details,...
Having returned from the Annual Far West Conference of the Evangelical Theological Society, I have some reflections on some best practices, some of which were glaringly missing from this conference. I also have to say that last year’s Rethinking Hell Conference was run better, and...
