What Are Self-Motivational Games and Their Types?
Defining self-motivational games
Even if this might not be by the book, I came to call the results of turning various projects and activities into games self-motivational games. And more precisely:
A self-motivational game is a real-life project or activity that you adjust in such a way that it feels like a fun game with which you are eager and happy to engage, both in terms of its design and the playing of it.
In other words, when you turn a project or activity into a fun game or a collection of games, then your motivation and drive to design and play this project or activity game becomes a readily accessible resource. Doing something extra to motivate yourself becomes redundant and unnecessary.
There are various ways we could classify whatever we are up to. And you could come up with your types of self-motivational games. Here is how I see them.
Two types of projects and activities to gamify
There are two primary types of activities that you can turn into games. And these types cover everything that you want, plan, or are up to in your…
