Games
How Online Games Turn Daily Habits Into Steady Progress
Online games are, underneath the graphics, machines for turning small repeated actions into visible progress.
The streak is one of the simplest ideas in game design and one of the most effective. Do a thing every day and watch the count climb; miss a day and it resets.
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Online games are, underneath the graphics, machines for turning small repeated actions into visible progress.
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