Physics of Gamification

031 - Terminal Velocity: When Rewards Stop Feeling Faster


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In this episode, we explore why adding more "gravity" to a stalled system is a physics violation. If your users are coasting, doubling the points won't make them go faster—it just makes the system more inefficient.

  • The Law: How Terminal Velocity creates a behavioral speed limit.
  • The Resistance: Why "Hedonic Adaptation" acts like air resistance against your incentives.
  • The Aerodynamics: Redesigning the medium through Variable Geometry and Induced Current.
  • Listener Challenge: Audit your "coasters" and disrupt their routine with a change in context, not a change in quota.
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Physics of GamificationBy Hakan Uzer