Game Techniques within Scarcity & Impatience
You have learned more about the motivational and psychological nature of Core Drive 6: Scarcity & Impatience. To make it more actionable, I’ve included some Game Techniques below that heavily utilize this Core Drive to engage users.
Dangling (Game Technique #44) and Anchored Juxtaposition (Game Technique #69)
Many social and mobile games utilize game design techniques within Core Drive 6: Scarcity & Impatience to heavily monetize on their users. One of the more popular combinations among games are what I call Anchored Juxtaposition (Game Technique #69) and Dangling (Game Technique #44).
For instance, when you go on Farmville, you initially may think, “This game is somewhat fun, but I would never pay real money for a stupid game like this.” Then Farmville deploys their Dangling techniques and regularly shows you an appealing mansion that you want but can’t have. The first few times, you just dismiss...