I had put in a post about something like this a long time ago-- MLO's big failing against Life Balance (for example), is that it has no gamic element. Adding points to tasks to be completed (Life Balance, for example, weighs a task based on its self-assessed "effort") allows the player to accumulate points and get feedback about how they performing overall.
The beauty of Life Balance is that it then used this feedback to nudge the user into working in other areas of their life. It pains me that MLO doesn't have something similar-- there is so much behavior and motivation research done to make games work and to not apply those simple principles is to entirely overlook what makes the difference between a tool and an activity. I had not thought of doing a ghost player (which works well in exercise software)-- it could be made to work. On Oct 24, 4:46 am, Jonathan Waller <[email protected]> wrote: > I thought of an idea for MyLifeMotivated. > > It's a plugin for MyLifeOrganised, and allows you to race, trying to complete > tasks, against a "ghost" player. Trick is, the ghost player is you, exactly > one week ago. > > You can't cheat by making lots of mini tasks since that will make it super > hard for you next week! > > Maybe we can show the two opponents next to each other in a graphical way. > Cars? Runners? > > Just a thought. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MyLifeOrganized" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/mylifeorganized?hl=en.
