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Akin to the SCVNGR's Secret Game Mechanics Playdeck, we include a repository of classic game mechanics at…",{"value":55,"source":49,"evidence":56},"Open collaboration on game mechanic definitions, examples, best practices and metrics",[57],{"id":52,"by":11,"text":53},[59],{"value":60,"source":49,"evidence":61},"MediaWiki",[62,63],{"id":52,"by":11,"text":53},{"id":64,"by":11,"text":65},"1959029","We're evaluating with different CMS platforms. The good thing with MediaWiki is that the content is easily migratable :)","open_source","launched","unknown",{"praise":70,"objections":87,"requests":127,"questions":143,"alternatives":165},[71],{"value":72,"source":73,"evidence":74},"Useful resource with interesting ideas on motivation","commenter",[75,79,83],{"id":76,"by":77,"text":78},"1959340","gamediesel","I think this is a great resource. If integrated correctly (game layer) then I believe websites with decent traffic + communities built around them will be able retain users…",{"id":80,"by":81,"text":82},"1959667","Xurinos","To be fair, it looks like this page suggests a lot more than just adding points to things. I am reading it as a primer on human psychology. The real question in my mind is this:…",{"id":84,"by":85,"text":86},"1958972","simonsarris","This sounds wonderful. However the \"What is Gamification?\" is a much better first page than the home page is, with respect to explaining things.",[88,103,117],{"value":89,"source":73,"evidence":90},"Gamification term is buzzword; misunderstands games",[91,95,99],{"id":92,"by":93,"text":94},"1959451","fatso784","I'm a game designer. I can tell you that seeing the \"gamification\" movement makes my stomach churn. These are just a bunch of f*ing reward schemes. Web developers don't have a…",{"id":96,"by":97,"text":98},"1960014","bendotc","Fellow game developer here. I can't wait for \"gamification\" to die. It represents a fundamental misunderstanding of what games are and can be. To make it more annoying, in…",{"id":100,"by":101,"text":102},"1960496","ryanelkins","I agree. I think the adoption of the term \"gamification\" has caused a rift because really, this isn't about making things in to games or creating fun - it's about creating…",{"value":104,"source":73,"evidence":105},"Site layout unclear and ad-like; wiki looks dated",[106,110,114],{"id":107,"by":108,"text":109},"1958909","ErrantX","The site covers an interesting idea; but I found it intensely off putting because a lot of the language sounds like \"ad-speak\". It's also not clear to the un-initiated what on…",{"id":111,"by":112,"text":113},"1958997","krainboltgreene","I think you should move away from Wikimedia as a CMS platform. It's crusty, looks terrible, and is a trademarked for \"half-assed projects\" as far as I'm concerned. To be brutally…",{"id":115,"by":81,"text":116},"1959173","A mix of humor and thoughts on the site layout: I harbored a tiny hope that this website would give me a progress bar for reading through it and that I could earn achievements…",{"value":118,"source":73,"evidence":119},"Calling it open source is misleading",[120,123],{"id":121,"by":112,"text":122},"1958869","Just a small note: Game mechanics can't be protected per [FL-108](http:\u002F\u002Fwww.copyright.gov\u002Ffls\u002Ffl108.html) > Copyright does not protect the idea for a game, its name or title, or…",{"id":124,"by":125,"text":126},"1959034","jlees","I feel the term Open Source in this context refers to open sharing of closed (proprietary rather than copyrighted) information, not specific copyright\u002Fpatent-free work. Game…",[128,135,139],{"value":129,"source":73,"evidence":130},"Consolidate with existing game mechanic catalogues",[131],{"id":132,"by":133,"text":134},"1960207","_delirium","Though I like this idea, there are now several projects dedicated to cataloguing game mechanics. Is it possible to have some sort of consolidation of effort? Two others: * I…",{"value":136,"source":73,"evidence":137},"Replace MediaWiki with a lighter CMS",[138],{"id":111,"by":112,"text":113},{"value":140,"source":73,"evidence":141},"Add gamification to the site itself, such as progress or badges",[142],{"id":115,"by":81,"text":116},[144,151],{"value":145,"source":73,"evidence":146},"Is there a code library of game mechanics?",[147],{"id":148,"by":149,"text":150},"1959457","limist","From the title I thought this would link to code: some sort of OSS library\u002Fabstraction-layer for providing common game mechanics. Is there anything like that yet, in any language?",{"value":152,"source":73,"evidence":153},"Can game mechanics be patented?",[154,157,161],{"id":155,"by":112,"text":156},"1958958","While you can patent a game, or game materials, you can't patent a game mechanic.",{"id":158,"by":159,"text":160},"1959109","njharman","You certainly can't copyright a game mechanic. But, as long as software, algorithms and business processes are patentable so are game mechanics. Also, patents aren't so much…",{"id":162,"by":163,"text":164},"1959117","rprasad","You have that backwards. 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