Game Techniques within Development & Accomplishment

You have learned more about the motivational and psychological nature of Core Drive 2: Development & Accomplishment. To make it more actionable, I’ve included some Game Techniques below that heavily utilize this Core Drive to engage users.

Progress Bars (Game Technique #4)

One of the simplest and best known examples of Development & Accomplishment is the LinkedIn Progress Bar. As the largest professional social network in the world, LinkedIn realized that its value is only as good as the information people choose to input into the system. But inputting one’s profile and job history on LinkedIn is tedious, and users quickly drop out early in the onboarding process.

LinkedIn realizes that simply making the interface easier for users to maneuver was not enough. They needed to make the interface more motivating. As a result LinkedIn introduced a little Progress Bar (Game Technique #4) on the side of user profiles...