Core Reward Loops
This part will be showing the Core Reward Loop as well reward loops for the player types
MapMeGo Core Reward Loop
Achievers Reward Loop
Socialiser, Networkers and Self-Seekers Reward Loop
Activities For Achievers
Travel certain amount of distance to get better rewards to show off to their friends
Activities For Socialisers
Look through other people’s activities Collaborate with friends in order to get a big rewards
Activities For Networkers
Collab with other people in order to get the best rewards that is available in the game
Activities For Self-Seekers
Collab with other people to get badges and new accessories and new pets for them to show off
Rationale for Reward Loop
Since the main purpose of this app is too encourage more people to take public transport, having a reward loop that involves travelling a certain distance will make much more sense as most of the time, public transport takes longer as compared to taking a car. So, if the user were to take public transport they will be able to gain more distance points to spend on Accessories and Pets.
Rationale for Activities
Achievers – I chose this activity as it is the main activity for most games that target the Achiever player type.
Socialiser – I chose this activity as I wanted to have a collaboration system into my game for the user to be able to meet new people.
Networkers – Since my game has a lot of rewards with varying prices, so the more expensive they are the more valuable it will be. Implementing this activity for Networkers to work with other people just to get a better reward made the most sense.
Self-Seekers – Similarly to the Networkers rationale, many of the rewards in my game having varying prices, so when Self-Seekers managed to get them, they will be able to show them off as there is a feature where you will be able to display your pet.
Ideas Incorporated
Pokémon GO – I wanted to implement the game mechanic whereyou actually have to move around in order to progress through the game as I felt since the past couple of years, due to the covid situation, many people have become more and more inactive so I felt implementing this game mechanic will benefit my situation.
MapMyRide – I implemented the mechanic that could you plan out your route and see how long it took for you to reach your destination and what is the total distance that you have covered during that time.
Instagram – I implemented the mechanic where you are able topost and share your pictures to your friends.