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- I speak with Leslie – one of the current operators of Habitica – the app that turns your life into a game
- We talk about how Habitica has been helping people with everything from flossing to getting through med school
- How we wish that we would spend as much time on ourselves as we do on our avatar
- How games hold the key to so many productivity efforts: motivation
- How Pokémon (aka Pokemon) and Dungeons & Dragons influenced the design of Habitica
- How Habitica toes the line between being a game and being some that helps people be productive
- The summer of Pokémon Go
- How Habitica mixed the excitement of gaming and the open-source community with the goals of launching a successful and effective tool
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About +7 Intelligence
+7 Intelligence is the podcast about how games impact people.
Each episode explores a different perspective on how games profoundly influence the real world. Interviews with game designers, psychologists, professionals, and everyday players discuss the unique way that games influence their life and work.
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Music by Creo
Epilogue by Creo is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial License.