A collection of some of the most relevant publications and news of 2016 related to Gamification -- from the point of view of an HCI researcher. Note: all the slides have links to the publications; if they are not working on SlideShare, please download the PDF file.

1. GAMIFICATION
HIGHLIGHTS OF 2016
Gustavo F. Tondello
December, 2016
Photo: Game Night by Randy Robertson (CC BY 2.0)

2. What is Gamification?
An Introduction to Gamification in
Human-Computer Interaction
What is Gamification anyway?
(with video)

3. Hexad User Types Validation
The Gamification User Types
Hexad Scale
Image credit: HCI Games Group

4. Gameful Design
How to gamify? A method for
designing gamification
Target Gamification – My Top 9
Gamification Elements
Image credit: Gamified UK

5. CHI PLAY 2016
12 Findings for Gamification
from CHI PLAY 2016
Jamie Madigan’s 30 Ideas
Keynote at CHI PLAY 2016
Image credit: HCI Games Group

6. Gamification World Congress
Feminine gamification viewpoint:
reflections from a host
GWC16 – Well That Just
Happened!
Image credit: Gamified UK

7. Health Gamification Research
Gamification for health and wellbeing:
A systematic review of the literature
Gamification for health promotion:
systematic review of behaviour change
techniques in smartphone apps
Photo: It's Never Too Late to Create Healthy Habits by Army Medicine (CC BY 2.0)

8. Gamification of Education
How do students differ in
gamified education?
2016 Reflections on Games and
Gamification for Learning
Photo: Educational games in Balaka by Book Aid International (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)

9. Funding for Gamification
Companies
Octalysis Prime campaign
exceeds $ 50k on funding
GamEffective raises $7 million
to gamify worker performance
Image credit: GamEffective

10. Photo: A Board Game by Karen Borter (CC BY-ND 2.0)