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July 28, 2014

#nwplyng Gamified Music Sharing Mobile App

Ivan Kuo04 mins

Gamification in mobile apps continues to rise each day. #nwplyng joined the music app industry this past summer. #nwplyng offers a new way for mobile customers to engage in music sharing with a gamification angle added on. #nwplyng was founded by Utsav Agarwal, who combined his love of music with his interest in products that produce conversation and sharing into this…

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Making Agile Development Fun with FIEA’s Scrum Hero

Heong Weng Mak01 mins
Last time, we featured Florida Interactive Entertainment Academy’s (FIEA) head of marketing, Todd Deery (@FIEA) to discuss how he and former student Derrick Barra remodeled a game development curriculum by merging Scrum processes (Agile software development practices) with gamification elements.
Watch the full interview below to learn about:
  • How Scrum Hero was originally conceived and subsequently iterated.
  • The impact of emergent gameplay and how it was rectified.
  • Lessons drawn from building the two previous versions of Scrum Hero.
  • How to bring gamification concepts into the non-game design education realm.
  • FIEA past experiences working with external organizations on gamification projects.
  • How to connect teaching game development skills while building awareness for cross industry application.
Watch the video below and be sure to catch our next episode of the Gamification Revolution.



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