Leaderboards in Gameful Design: Their effects, types, and guidelines for their correct use, by Gustavo Tondello, Gameful Bits

Like the topic of my previous article (badges), leaderboards are also one of the most used elements in gameful design. But despite the prevalence of leaderboards in gamification, few sources explain…

Gamification User Types or Player Traits: When should I use each one of them?, by HCI Games Group, Human-Computer Interaction and Games Research

Gustavo TONDELLO, Software Engineer, Doctor of Philosophy, Google Inc., Mountain View, Google

PDF) Boss fights in lectures! - A longitudinal study on a gamified application for testing factual knowledge

Understanding Gamification Through Goal-Setting Theory

Publications - Gameful Bits

PDF) Gamification Guidelines to Prevent Negative Effects in Digital Education/Learning Systems

PDF) Gameful Design Heuristics: A Gamification Inspection Tool

Challenge Accepted! The role of challenge for gameful design, by HCI Games Group, Gameful Design

PDF) Elements of Gameful Design Emerging from User Preferences