Ask HN: Reports on adding Game Mechanics to websites

1 points by mikerhoads ↗ HN
Anyone know any good case studies or reports detailing the benefits (or lack there of) for content websites that add game mechanics (badges, rankings etc)?

1 comment

[ 0.36 ms ] story [ 8.6 ms ] thread
Hi, there is a book on this topic:

"Gamification by Design: Implementing Game Mechanics in Web and Mobile Apps", written by Zichermann and Cunnigham, from O'Reilly, August 2011.

The description on amazon mentiones case studies. I haven't read this book, I have just seen it in the book store, so I can't tell you if it is good or if it is what you are looking for. There are no customer reviews yet, but I hope that this information helps.