Motivational Game Design And Pro-Environmental Elements In Sustainability Applications

Sustainability applications aim at changing behavior to a more sustainable direction ot informing about sustainability. According to our research, information sharing seems to be the key pro-environmental element used in sustainability applications, even though also other elements, such as commitment, comparison, feedback and rewards are often utilized, Badges, points and levels are commonly found game design elements for feedback and reward purposes. Sharing one's action with friends and teams can create commitnent and comparison, whereas usage of a story creates commitment through emotions.