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Isn't software development already kind of gamified? It's full of little bursts of dopamines and adrenaline -- from that first little "Hello World" to finally t
by rquantz 15y ago
Isn't software development already kind of gamified? It's full of little bursts of dopamines and adrenaline -- from that first little "Hello World" to finally tracking down a bug, to seeing your code in production. Its addictive and it already comes with distinct achievements.
- Hominem 15y agoI think in a sense it is. Not strictly quantified yet. I was thinking about the adulation or sense of defeat you can get from code reviews. Code is a spectator sport with arbitrary rules that keep changing. Just like Calvinball!
- dpritchett 15y agoHence the ascendance of dynamic languages! The compressed feedback loops keep you munching those power pellets: Action RPGs (Ruby, PHP, Javascript, Python, anything with a REPL) vs. PBEM chess (C, Java, C++, your favorite statically typed & compiled language). Different genres with widely divergent playstyles and reward structures.
- tikhonj 15y agoI think it's not so much a difference between "dynamic" and "static" as it is between higher and lower levels of abstraction.
- bitwize 15y agoI saw this statement in a guy's sig a few years back, which made me realize why I got into programming in the first place: "The computer is the game."