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Degamification of Online Dating
An investigation into how dating platforms exploit reward systems and competitive mechanics—and how dismantling them might lead to deeper, healthier connection.
Read more...Why Ray’s Game Is the Antidote to Shallow Gamification
Most gamified habit-building apps rely on surface-level rewards. Ray takes a radically different approach—one that centers emotional connection, internal motivation, and psychological depth.
Read more...Game Design Document Preview: Pawn Shop (with a twist)
An ambitious simulation where players scan or generate 3D items, negotiate with AI and real traders, and manage their own pawn shop in a dynamic, player-driven market.
Read more...Why I Canceled My App “mymasal”
A critical reflection on the unintended social and ethical consequences of personalized storytelling for children—and why I chose to cancel an AI-powered app I had passionately built.
Read more...Dave the Diver and Split Fiction Are the Same Game!
A surprising exploration of how two seemingly unrelated games—Dave the Diver and Split Fiction—reveal a major design shift in the age of attention fragmentation and genre fluidity.
Read more...Gamification or TikTokification?
A deep dive into how behavioral design is evolving: from goal-driven gamification to flow-based TikTokification—and what this means for attention, engagement, and digital experience design.
Read more...Game Design Document Preview: Ray's Midnight Routes
A mobile game that blends real-life sleep tracking, story-driven gameplay, and meditative night drives—offering players both meaningful progress and a unique interactive routine.
Read more...Game Design Document Preview: MAKE GAMES NOT WAR
A satirical, multiplayer political strategy game where teams resolve Cold War tensions not with weapons, but by competing in fast-paced, legendary mini-games inspired by the history of gaming.
Read more...What Was Right About Wordle?
An exploration into how deceptively simple game design—guided by psychological principles, habit loops, and social mechanics—created one of the most viral word games in recent memory.
Read more...Tycoon Games → Simulator Games → What's Next?
An exploration into how simulation games evolved from capitalist fantasies to therapeutic rituals, and what radical transformations lie ahead for the genre.
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