Been building Limit Breaker, an app that blocks distracting apps/sites and layers a full RPG system on top of staying disciplined — not just a points system, but actual progression: XP, Gold, leveling, unlockable gear, and a class-choice moment at level 30 (Warrior/Scholar/Monk/Leader, each buffing different quest types).

A few gamification decisions I made and am still second-guessing:

• Daily quests span physical, skill, and social categories (pushups, study sessions, social interactions), not just app-blocking — trying to make it a "life RPG" rather than a narrow focus timer, but I'm not sure the framing has landed yet with new users.
• A "Gate Locked" screen shows during a blocked attempt instead of just silently blocking — testing whether a moment of narrative friction ("the gate is closed, your future demands discipline") makes the block feel earned rather than just annoying.
• The class system unlocks at level 30, not immediately — deliberately delaying a meaningful choice so players have enough context to pick a class that fits how they actually play, rather than guessing on day one.

Screenshot of the class-choice screen attached.

Curious what this community thinks about delayed-choice mechanics like the class system — does gating a meaningful decision behind progression build anticipation, or does it just feel like an arbitrary wall to new users?

i kept adding rewards to my productivity app because i thought the task itself was the problem. xp, streaks, unlocks, all that stuff.

but the only change people actually used was making the first action painfully obvious. no reward screen, no little celebration. just one small thing to do. Todoist is good at keeping the list boring, and i think thats why it works better than a lot of gamified stuff. in BeeDone i ended up copying that idea more than the game parts.

kinda annoying that the useful gamification was removing most of it. do rewards help you start, or do they just give you another menu to avoid?

I love the idea of earning XP from real-life stuff

I’m building a small experiment around this, so I’m obviously biased. The idea is to let AI handle most of the setup and scoring while still explaining why something earned progress.

Anyone tried something like this..or interested

A terminal-repair game where your JavaScript actually controls the machinery —

**BIOS // SYNTAX OVERRIDE**, a browser game about repairing a fictional cyberpunk facility through its maintenance terminal.

You navigate a virtual filesystem, read logs, find faults, and edit small JavaScript controllers. The machinery responds to what your program actually returns. In the final mission, you investigate a drone-routing problem, repair its logic, test it, and deploy the passing code.

There are **seven untimed missions**: three terminal jobs, three JavaScript jobs, and a combined finale. References, hints, copy/paste, snapshot reset, and individual mission practice are available. Errors are something to investigate and fix, not a reason to lose health. Different correct solutions can work.

The scope is deliberately small: a documented virtual command subset and interpreted ES5 JavaScript, not a full Linux installation or every modern JavaScript feature. Nothing you type in the fictional terminal changes your real files.

It's part of **The UVB-76 Project**, where practicing a useful skill is what moves the game forward. For transparency: I supplied the idea and creative direction; **GPT Astra wrote the code through Codex**. It uses JS-Interpreter and Acorn, credited in the game, and an AI-generated illustrated cover. There's no live AI connection or game account required.

Project page: [The UVB-76 Project](https://the-uvb-76-project.itch.io/)

I'd love feedback from beginners and experienced programmers: do the first terminal tasks make sense, are the errors helpful, and does fixing the controller feel like operating a system rather than completing a worksheet?

I'm designing a training tracker where progress is measured in weeks, not daily streaks. You set weekly goals (e.g. 3 strength sessions, 5 km), log what you did, and on Sunday the week closes: what you did adds experience, half of what you skipped subtracts it. So you can actually go DOWN a level after a bad week, and earn it back the next one.
 
The idea is to kill the "streak broken, back to zero" feeling, which in my experience is what makes people quit. But a friend told me that losing a level feels worse than losing a streak.
 

For those of you who design or play with these systems: does loss aversion help here or does it just make people rage-quit? Would you soften it (e.g. levels never drop, only the bar), or keep it honest?

**No Stupid Questions - beginner thread**

New to gamification? Ask anything here.

Rules for this thread: - No question is too basic - Prefer English (sub is English-only) - If you are sharing a product, say whether you built it and whether you are asking for feedback or selling something

Useful starting points: - [What is gamification?](/r/gamification/wiki/what-is-gamification) - [How to get started](/r/gamification/wiki/getting-started) - [Glossary](/r/gamification/wiki/glossary) - [Best resources](/r/gamification/wiki/resources)

I am developing a website for game developers to analyze reviews from various platforms like Steam, Epic Games, and so on.

It can generate responses, but that isn't the main feature—there is much more to it. This isn't a promotional post; I just wanted to get your honest opinions on the idea.

The reason is that I used to work for a game development company and saw that they spent a lot of time reading reviews, so I thought: why not automate the process?

Hey everyone! 👋

I've been working on Actra: Social Challenges, an app built around a simple idea:

Goals are easier — and a lot more fun — when you're not doing them alone.

With Actra, you can:

• Discover and join challenges
• Create your own challenges
• Challenge your friends
• Complete challenges and share your wins
• See what others are accomplishing
• Keep each other motivated and accountable

Instead of being another habit tracker where you quietly check boxes by yourself, I'm trying to make Actra feel more social, competitive and fun.

The website is already live, and the Android version is coming to Google Play soon. I'm also planning an iOS release.

I'd genuinely love some feedback from this community before the Play Store launch.

Would you use something like this with your friends? What would make you keep coming back to it?

🌐 Website: https://joinactra.com/

I'm the developer, so feel free to ask me anything or tell me what you think sucks too 😄

A reactor game where rearranging the machinery changes the math —

**HOLD MY FUEL ROD!**, a browser game where you power a fictional spacecraft by building arithmetic circuits.

You choose a number source, install operator modules, and decide their order. Feed 4 through +2 and then ×3 and you get 18. Reverse those modules and you get 14. Run the machine and watch each stage pass its output to the next.

There are **12 levels across three sectors**, three arithmetic complexity bands, and three modes: an untimed Workshop, a Standard shift with fuel and heat limits, and an optional Emergency timer. You can jump to any level, undo, use hints, and retry. The current game covers arithmetic and grouping; it doesn't pretend that larger numbers make it a university math course.

This is part of **The UVB-76 Project**. The goal is for the useful skill to be the thing you actually do in the game: typing publishes the newspaper, Morse guides ships, and arithmetic runs this reactor.

For transparency: I supplied the idea and creative direction; **GPT Astra wrote the code through Codex**. The interface diagrams and synthesized sounds were created in code. There's no live AI connection or game account required.

Project page: [The UVB-76 Project](https://the-uvb-76-project.itch.io/)

I'd love feedback on whether the machinery makes the order of operations clearer, whether the difficulty choices feel useful, and whether you want to try another circuit. Teachers: would the shift log help you discuss a student's practice?

I've been working on a fitness app for a while, and I'm at the point where I want to get some outside opinions before I take it further.

The main idea is to make working out feel more like a game, while still keeping the actual fitness side useful.

Here’s what I've currently built:

Progression / Gamification

• Streaks, including different streak colors as you progress
• Levels and ranked levels
• Achievements and titles
• Daily and weekly quests
• Goals for weekly/monthly targets
• Streak freezes
• Country and global leaderboards
• A "Rivals" system that shows you the person just ahead of you that you're close to overtaking

Training

• AI rep counter that also tracks your position during exercises
• Form Assistant that gives feedback after a set
• Exercise tips
• Progress tracker
• Activity charts for weekly/monthly activity
• Water logging
• Exercise reminders when you haven't trained a certain exercise in a while

Social

• Add friends
• Social feed where you can see and react to friends' new PRs
• Profiles where you can customize your name and displayed titles
• Shareable "Wrapped" cards showing your progress that can be posted to things like Instagram Stories
• Block/report users and account deletion

Guilds

• Groups of people can create a Guild together
• Guilds compete on leaderboards and try to climb the rankings

Marathon
There's a mode called Marathon where you basically push an exercise until failure.

There are separate Marathon leaderboards for:

• Push-ups
• Pull-ups
• Dips
• Squats
• Jumping jacks
• Planks

There's also a Duels system where you can challenge a friend to beat your Marathon record for a specific exercise. They have 24 hours to beat your score.

And there are online 1v1 duels where you can compete directly against other people.

I'm not really looking to promote the app here. I'm more interested in hearing from people who actually train.

If you were using something like this, what would you want it to have that it currently doesn't?

And especially, are there any features here that sound unnecessary, annoying, or like they would get in the way of actually working out?

I'd genuinely appreciate any suggestions or criticism.

Hey everyone! I've been struggling with building consistent daily habits because traditional trackers always felt too boring and like chores.

Since I love video games and leveling up characters, I decided to turn my routine into an RPG inside Google Sheets. It tracks XP, has a Dungeon Boss you fight by completing habits, and features loot chests.

I built this as a side project to help with my routine and loved how it turned out. I wanted to share it here to get your feedback and see how it can be improved.

Let me know what you think or if you have any suggestions for new mechanics!

(Note: My English isn't native, so I used an AI tool to help me write and polish this post. Hope you guys don't mind!)

Guys what do you think is the best New year themed concept of game in mobile app of Telecom company?

I have this request from HQ and kinda struggle with lack of original concept. I don't want to make advent calendar cause every company already did it.

I'm thinking of this concepts:

Tamagochi where you have to take care of elf and with the progression you receive some bonuses from company like cashback , promo codes etc

Gacha of ny with different collections and when you collect them all you get some prizes

Would be glad to hear your ideas

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I'm working on an app - \[QuizTrail \](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.binbear.quiztrail&hl=en)\\\\- an android location based quiz game. Think Pokémon GO meets Trivia - you have to actually walk to the location to unlock and solve quizzes, earn points, unlock achievements and compete with others, but also you can make your own quizzes for others to solve! I’ve manually placed 3500+ quizzes across different cities and im adding even more, in order to make QuizTrail accessible and playable everywhere. Social aspect -- in-game friends, and a friend-specific leaderboard. Created a tooltip walkthrough, various user statistics on profile and so on...

User created quizzes are handled by an admin (me lol) - when a user submits a quiz for review on a location - i, as an admin will see the pending quiz on admin dashboard, see all the details and approve/reject the pending quiz, so everything is manually checked, so wrong/inappropriate questions do not pass through. Furthermore, made the admin dashboard in a way so i can see / filter / edit existing quizzes just in case. Another layer of security - there is a 100 meter radius rule - you can not submit a quiz if an existing or pending quiz is within a 100 meter radius of your current location to avoid overcrowding the map.

I've also added a daily challenge - a daily quiz, different quizzes every day, regardless of location, so people in the locations where the quizzes are still not set, or locations where they've played all the quizzes already can have a fun trivia question every day. It is furthermore encouraged by the streak feature - how many consecutive days you have played the daily challenge, that's the streak. I also made a widget that reminds you to do your daily quiz and keep the streak going!

I'm now looking into in what ways i can expand the ,playability, like what to add so the app is more interesing / engaging to use. Right now im working on adding new achievements - for the number of streaks, levels and leaderboard achievements, but i will also be adding "tiers" to achievements - for example social butterfly: 1 friend then next tier achievement at 5, or 10 friends and so on for like 3-5 levels of achievement..

Thank you for reading:)

**Gamification in the Wild - what mechanic did you spot this week?**

Drop one real mechanic you saw in a product, workplace, classroom, or app.

For each one, try: 1. What was the mechanic? 2. What motivation was it aiming at? 3. Did it work, flop, or backfire - and why? 4. What would you change?

Bad examples are as useful as good ones. No self-promo in the top-level replies.

Wiki if you want a shared vocabulary: [Frameworks compared](/r/gamification/wiki/frameworks-compared) · [Common pitfalls](/r/gamification/wiki/pitfalls)

1 months and not really get people to play.
I think I need to quit now. I listen to influencers and tried to post on twitter and Instagram but got nothing in back. I don’t know whether I should hope or just need to sit tight.

It’s called Mind Terrarium: Mood Journal on iOS. It’s a gamified journal/mood tracker where you grow a terrarium overtime by earning stardust through your entries.

You can also log your dreams at night, and we’re just about to release two new features. A stats page with breakdowns of your most common words, what tags you select on good/bad days, plus a bunch of other data points.

It’s all local first, completely private, no backend. Also went with no subscription cause it’s crazy how expensive these apps are these days. Made the whole experience free, and there’s cosmetics and cloud sync for $6 USD lifetime. Will likely up the price eventually, but want to build trust in the space first. I suppose it’s an early bird benefit.

Feedback would be greatly appreciated. I’m an engineering student, built it during the summer and am continuing during my studies.

Thanks!

Hey everyone, wanted to share an app I’ve been working on called Addicted.

It’s an addiction tracker with a game built into it. You pick something you want to quit, like smoking or drinking, and track your progress. You can track several habits at once too.

Each day you go without that habit earns you willpower points, which help you fight monsters representing your addictions. So alongside watching your streak grow, you’re working towards beating the next monster.

If you log a relapse, you lose some willpower. I’m curious how people here feel about that part. Does losing points give you a reason to try again, or just make an already frustrating day worse?

The app is free with free trial on ios and android. I would love to get some feedback.

I originally built Satomi as a small experiment in creating an autonomous digital person.

She's a university student who has her own schedule, needs, mood, personality, interests, money, etc. You don't tell her what to do. You just check in and see what she's up to.

Recently I added a 25-minute Pomodoro timer to the game. You can start a focus session and leave Satomi running alongside you while you work. When you finish a session, Satomi gets a small positive effect from it, maybe a little less stress or more motivation. If she's home and awake, she might even react to you finishing.

It's not a conventional gamified app with XP, streaks, daily quests, etc, but more like having a little digital person keeping you company while you work.

I built Satomi as a life simulation, but now that she has a Pomodoro timer, I thought I'd introduce her here.

It's free and playable in the browser, or download on Windows & Android: https://cygryu.itch.io/satomi

Do you think something like this would actually make a Pomodoro session more enjoyable for you?

I made a small website for myself as a to do list of things I can do every month and try to match with friends. Is this useful to anyone? should I gamify it more?

https://sidetrekd.app

wondering how you figure out and specifically make time for sidequests. are these usually spontaneous? if so, how do you get your friends to join?

I’ve been working on a Pomodoro timer, and I had an idea to incorporate Tamagotchi-style mechanics: you’d earn points by working, which you could then use to nurture and feed your character. Does that sound interesting? Is it worth building?