The Psychology behind Mobile Games | DC Dark Legion

Описание: Today we're diving into the psychology of the mobile game DC Dark Legion, a auto-battle team RPG game by developer FunPlus. The game places you, the player, as the guide for the intellectual property of DC comics to fight back against The Batman Who Laughs and his evil Dark Legion. But the Dark Legion isn't the only evil force looking to win over you in this game...the developer themselves has some sinister tactics that they use to get you to spend your time, money, and attention on conquering the evil within their app.

This is the first video in an ongoing series where I, as a behaviour change researcher and self-proclaimed mobile game addict, dive into the psychology behind popular mobile games and reveal the tactics developers use to hack our brains into playing (and importantly, spending) more.

Got an idea for the next game I should play? Leave a comment below!

00:00 Sketch
00:19 Introduction/Da Rules
01:13 DC Dark Legion summary
09:03 Sinister Tactic #1: Multiple In-Game Currencies
12:28 Sinister Tactic #2: Loss Aversion & Scarcity
16:26 Sinister Tactic #3: Habit Building and Sunk Cost Fallacy
20:35 Sinister Tactic #4: Intermittent Reinforcement and Variable Reward Ratio
25:31 Sinister Tactic #5: Infinite Spend
27:12 Final Thoughts and Rating

Research article:
Tran et al. (2024). The prevalence of gambling and problematic gambling: a systematic review and meta-analysis. https://doi.org/10.1016/S2468-2667(24...

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