Today, games are more involved than just moving pieces across a board. With advances in technology, interactive digital games are finding new applications in the classroom, hospital, office, and social media arena to assist with learning and marketing. Gamification in business is a growing trend to attract attention, increase production, and motivate employees, students, and consumers. By transforming the mundane into a game with interactive design and technology, gamification makes achieving greatness within reach.
A gamified application includes game-like features where you normally wouldn’t see them. For instance, doctors learning a new life-saving technique can interact inside a virtual operating room and use a controller to manipulate the tools they’ll need once participating in the real procedure. A wrong move triggers an alert while correct moves are also indicated and may even result in points being tallied for final review. Gamified learning can translate in any classroom with any type of gamer, from an elementary school student learning division and a high school student studying biology to a college level astronomer or medical resident. Since gamification promotes engagement, there’s an increase in the motivation to learn and the retention of information.
Advances in Gamification Techniques
Gamification applications can be found on multiple platforms, such as gamified websites, for any company, organization, or social media outlet. With the computer gaming world becoming more and more true-to-life with the look and feel of the games being produced, it makes sense that more and more true-to-life experiences are transforming into games. The drive for these advances toward a more gamified way of life comes from the human need for achievement, the satisfaction of advancing to a new level, fulfilling a competitive urge, and the thrill of victory. Those who play to win need a game that’s up to the challenge, and so a company looking for an interactive way to get their message across needs a gamification developer who can deliver.
DDA Games is a division of DDA that specializes in providing companies with the technology needed to gamify an idea and turn it into an interactive way of marketing, teaching, and engaging their target audience. Contact DDA Games to learn more about how our gamification services can benefit your company or organization.
