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I always hated keeping track of money—it felt like homework. But this one turned the whole thing into a kind of quest. You set savings goals and it rewards you with virtual medals when you stick to your plan. There’s even a little character that “levels up” when you hit your milestones. What shocked me is that it actually made me want to save money, just to see my progress bar fill up. There’s a solid breakdown here of how this kind of stuff works—how design from gaming is bleeding into everything from health to finance to education. It’s not just surface-level anymore; it’s baked into how we interact with tools. You can see more in https://observervoice.com/gamified-entertainment-when-video-games-and-interactive-systems-collide-117829/ — that’s what I use when I want to get a clearer picture of what’s going on behind all these little dopamine boosts. Makes you wonder whether we’re being helped or just cleverly nudged. I’m not totally against it though. For someone like me who loses interest fast, this kind of gamified design keeps me in the loop longer than anything else ever has.