Affectiva already has pilots in gaming (the game dynamics change based on the player's emotional response), and movies that have different endings based on the viewer's emotional profile.
(Su & Cheng, 2015) Unclear measurements for the motivational outcomes (Tu et al., 2015) Results do not support the predictive relationship between gaming personality and game dynamics (Utomo & Santoso, 2015) Small population size (31 students); Short period of study (1 week).
According to Seth Priebatsch, new employees at SCVNGR memorize a deck of 50 game dynamics like the progression dynamic, or earning points to make progress.
There are other people who may want much more of a passive model where the phone just passively gives them dynamic information and it is less about the game dynamics.
The main focus is on using dynamic fitness landscapes as a mathematical model of coevolutionary game dynamics.
To increase engagement, they frequently employ game dynamics that create competition between customers.
"Game dynamics is too powerful to leave bottled up in games," he said.
Game dynamics are the bridge to get the people to use it from once a day to three times a day and then two weeks later".
Many of the modern takes on the concept have insisted on the 3D action adventure archetype – an approach no doubt advised by spreadsheet-wielding marketing execs who don't have a clue about how the mechanics of the original title worked; how everything was inspired by pinball rather than contemporary video game dynamics.
When SCVNGR finally manages to combine addictive game dynamics with marketing – like Nectar cards that are actually fun – it could present a serious challenge to the ecommerce darling Groupon, one of a slew of daily discount sites already valued at $15bn.
Examples include Lotka-Volterra population models [2] in ecology and game dynamics [3].
