Multiplayer Game Design Class - The Multiplayer Classroom: Designing Coursework as a Game - page 78

classroom blossom, seeing them learn the way they learned in games, by failure,
and then getting up, brushing themselves off, and trying again.

The winners received no XP. There was no extrinsic reward. There was,
however, a very important intrinsic reward. Here again is a great explanation
from ChangingMinds.org.

Intrinsic Motivation

“ Intrinsic motivation is when I am motivated by internal factors, as opposed to the external drivers

of extrinsic motivation. Intrinsic motivation drives me to do things just for the fun of it, or because I
believe it is a good or right thing to do. �

What was the intrinsic reward for the PvP midterm prep (see Figure 6.3)? They
had a great time learning. They had fun playing together. And the lasting extrinsic
reward? The vast majority of the class did extremely well on the midterm, far
better than any major exam I had given up until then, including in the first
multiplayer classroom. All except three students earned a huge chunk of XP.

Figure 6.3
Intrinsic motivation comes from within!

The debate between extrinsic and intrinsic rewards will continue. Clouding the
issue is the fact that extrinsic rewards can have positive effects. As