Protection Quest (GT #36): Defending your neighborhood gyms from rival factions.

Collection Sets (GT #16): Gotta Catch’em All! Also subsets upon capture of grass, fire, electric type Pokemon.

Creative Counters (GT #101): certain Pokemon types (grass, fire) counter other types in gym battles (knowing these and knowing what pokemon own gyms creates a Desired Action of collecting necessary Pokemon to defeat current gym holder).

Milestone Unlock (GT #19): stronger Pokemon, ability to capture stronger pokemon in the wild, better items (great balls vs Pokeballs).

Plant Picker (GT #11): the meaningful choice of which Pokemon to strengthen, which to put in an incubator, which to trade with friends (coming soon!).

Dynamic Feedback (GT #12): throwing Pokeballs spinning Pokestop dials gym battles.

Anticipation Parade (GT #15): hear a sound, see the Pokemon, get ready to throw Pokeballs or berries (sound design is excellent in Pokemon Go)Ĭore Drive 3: Empowerment of Feedback & Creativity:.

Crowning (GT #18): Gym ownership (Pokemon owning the gym are prominent on the visual interface).

High Five (GT #17) :“great!” or “nice!” when you throw a Pokeball (precedes CD6 when you’re not sure if the Pokemon will stay in the Pokeball!).

Step-by-step Overlay Tutorial (GT #6): click on hints, overlay informing player she needs to be Level 5 to participate in the gyms.Achievement Symbols (GT #2): like Jogger, Collector, Scientist, and Breeder.Desert Oasis (GT #38): see Pokemon or Pokestop or gym - but also must walk over to those locations.I Wanna Be The Very Best, No-One Ever Was: Being a Pokemon trainer in real life and I don’t have to give up my life to do it (this is a dream come true!)Ĭore Drive 2: Development & Accomplishment:.Beginner’s Luck (GT #23): happen to live near scyther spawn or other rare Pokemon spawn.Narrative (Game Technique #10): nostalgia is a recollection of a past narrative, someone recalls the memory of a journey they had on Pokemon Blue - my experience - or the trading card game →this plays into micro-interactions, too, like the capture of a Magikarp’s which make the player laugh as they remember how useless Magikarp’s splash attack was in the video games, but also how awesome Magikarp’s evolution - Gyarados - was in winning gym battles 🙂.This is a short list (we aren’t going into the detail on these just yet, so let us know what we missed in the comments!). If you want to try the Octalysis tool for yourself, go to Actual Game Techniques (from the lens of Octalysis) Core Drive 5: Social Influence & Relatedness: collaboration with friends, competition with rival factions for gyms.Core Drive 4: Ownership & Possession: Being a real Pokemon trainer (nostalgia and wish fulfillment) and focusing on your own neighborhood and owning gyms.Core Drive 3: Empowerment of Creativity & Feedback: Players are empowered to go anywhere and catch Pokemon.There is a strong sense of the White Hat Core Drives (make us feel good) and Intrinsic motivators (we take actions for the sake of themselves). Pokemon Go plays to Core Drive 3: Empowerment of Creativity & Feedback, Core Drive 4: Ownership & Possession, and Core Drive 5: Social Influence & Relatedness. (The t-shirt reads: “Pool Rules: No Splashing”)įrom an Octalysis Perspective (Octalysis Level I)

Let’s goooo!įor this post, I donned my Magikarp t-shirt bought at C2E2 in Chicago and trekked around Minneapolis, MN nearby the repurposed flour mill I live in. We’ll start with our baseline motivations, think about player types, and finish with a list of game techniques playing into those motivations. So let’s have some fun and explore why we’re playing this seemingly great new game! (And touch on some obstacles Pokemon Go will have to overcome to keep our attention for the long-term.) Let’s face it, we don’t always know why we do things. 27 Game Techniques Based on the 8 Core Drives of OctalysisĮven if you think you know why you’re playing Pokemon Go, I’ll bet you’ll find more reasons in this article.

This article is written by Contributing Writer Erik van Mechelen with support from Yu-kai Chou.

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