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User Engagement and Expert Intuition (with Rob Haisfield)

Jun 9, 2021

01:11:20

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Learning From Games

00:30

The Benefits of a Streak Counter

00:30

The Difference Between Upfront and Continuous Onboarding

00:30

The Border Condition of Gamification

00:30

Introduction

3min

Hollow Knight's Strike Counter

2min

The Negative Second Order Effect of Losing a Streak

2min

How to Design for Failure

2min

How to Design for the Failure of Users

3min

The Power of Adaptive Difficulty Level

3min

The Benefits of a High Score in Sonic the Hedgehog

3min

How to Improve Your Programming Skills With Guided Track

2min

The Importance of Continuous Onboarding

2min

10.

The Importance of Continuous Onboarding

3min

11.

How to Make Guided-Track More Learnable

3min

12.

How to Use a Search Bar to Find What You're Looking For

2min

13.

The Importance of Continuous Onboarding in Game Design

3min

14.

The Importance of Ratings and Reviews on the Podcast

3min

15.

The Importance of Gamification in Games

2min

16.

The Four Square Genre of Gamification

2min

17.

The Four-Square Genre of Gamification

2min

18.

How to Deal With Different Sorts of Errors

3min

19.

The Role of Games in Behavior Change

3min

20.

The Power of Individuality in Fortnite

2min

21.

The Effects of Choice Architecture 2.0 on Organ Donation

3min

22.

How to Develop Expert Intuition

5min

23.

How to Improve Your Intuition

3min

24.

The Importance of Variation in Practice

2min

25.

How to Use Different Experiences to Develop Intuition

2min

26.

How to Build a Prototype in Your Head

2min

27.

How to Improve Your Intuition

4min

Read the full transcript here.

How do you design a product to handle user failure? How do you keep users motivated even when they fail? How do you successfully onboard new users? What are some different kinds of search behavior? How and when does gamifying a product increase user engagement and success? What psychological components do games attempt to engage with? How do we develop expert intuition in a domain?

Rob Haisfield is a behavioral product strategy and gameful design consultant. He applies behavioral science and game design principles to products to influence user behavior. This is based on the thesis that when people use tools in ways that allow them to more effectively accomplish their goals, they gain more value. He also works as a behavioral product strategist for Spark Wave and its various portfolio companies, recently focusing on the onboarding for GuidedTrack. You can learn more about him at robhaisfield.com, follow him on Twitter at @RobertHaisfield, or email him at rob@influenceinsights.io.

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