Questing onchain has always bothered me. I believe we can do better.

This piece explores how game design principles can help build better in-person and onchain bridges for more connected experiences.

Thank you to @samantha @christin and @mariapaula for review!

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Questing onchain has always bothered me. I believe we can do better.

This piece explores how game design principles can help build better in-person and onchain bridges for more connected experiences.

Thank you to @samantha @christin and @mariapaula for review!

https://app.t2.world/article/cm0y62pxc8674511zmcclu5148q

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questing to me are often times really awkward task lists / poorly disguised onboarding

imagine a world where people who are expert at games and fun like @chasesommer.eth @ispeaknerd.eth @sammy @nounishprof are appreciated by web3 companies to IMBUE fun into their community onboarding process

Well most people who are experts are probs working at a studio :P

But yeah I think as culture continues to be gamer-oriented, I think we'll see more and more quests. It's the logical evolution of rewards programs...

Rewards programs are just super basic progression systems. Imagine Southwest airlines adding sidequests to find X thing in the food court naturally leading to people... buying food :P idk. It would be better than the quest simply being "Buy more tickets" to earn points.

lots of thoughts

yeah there should be a ton of other stuff. Some airline stuff off the top of my head:

- Go to history section of airport and scan QR code
- Find someone else on your fight before you board and tag @southwestairlines
- Get 5 people to airdrop a Flight 0532 NFT to you before takeoff 

idk

airline loyalty is one example a lot of people use! personally I like when I can progress on a quest without having to spend money, even if it costs time, but that's because I'm broke 😂

I mean anyone looking at mainstream should consider adding a micro game studio to their investments. Gaming = culture

For example, New York Times is now a gaming company that has wildly successful word games. The modern version of crossword puzzles on a newspaper. I think they make more from games than news? Fact check me on that

An idea I always had was Pokemon Go-like games where you had to fight a monster inside a restaurant like Chipotle. If you defeat the monster you get 10% off. 

Idk there's tons of stuff that could be done like that. I think like 75% of kids play games now and everyone has a smartphone :D

right?! I feel you have thought about these problems way, way more than the average founder