The Octalysis Framework - Is That Your Plan Back Then?

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In 2003, the Diablo 2 thing just made me start treating my own life like a game. And that was life changing and a game changer, no pun intended actually. But I didn't really think about actually studying game design and applying better game design to my life. It was more and I, you know, 2005, I started my first startup and that's and the startups kind of all had something to do with game vacation. So in 2012, that's when I said, all right, let me formulate a lot of my research, my work. That's when interesting,. that's when Diablo 3 came out, I think that those one or two years 2011 or 12. And

Yu-kai Chou is an Author and International Keynote Speaker on Gamification and Behavioral Design. He is the Founding Partner and Chief Creation Officer of the premium consulting/design firm The Octalysis Group, as well as the Original Creator of the Octalysis Framework, and the author of Actionable Gamification: Beyond Points, Badges, and Leaderboards.

We talked about why games are often more engaging than real life, The Octalysis Framework-Yu-Kai’s most substantial life work that breaks down all human motivation into eight core drives, why traditional schooling so boring, how to gamify your real life, flow theory as it relates to the Octaylsis, and Octalysis Prime-Yu-Kai’s online gamified learning platform.

Yu-Kai Chou Blog: https://yukaichou.com/

Octalysis Prime: https://island.octalysisprime.com/#!/

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