Tyler Renelle is the creator and co-founder of Habitica, an app that turns your everyday tasks and habits into a video game We talk about the road from an idea to the successful Kickstarter of Habitica Habitica is very complex, but uses strategies form games to ease users into creating new habits Many people claimed to hold the secret to effective habit-forming, but Habitica sampled from many different games to create something that fits a variety of people Tyler turns a bad World of Warcraft habit into the catalyst for self-improvement Google Deepmind and the curious way that games play a role in human progress Links Habitica Google DeepMind How games spurred the invention of probability theory   +++++++ Share this Episode: 1-click Twitter share 1-click Facebook share 1-click Google + share Link to this episode +++++++ About +7 Intelligence +7 Intelligence is the podcast about how games impact people. Each episode explores a different perspective on how games profoundly influence the real world. Interviews with game designers, psychologists, professionals, and everyday players discuss the unique way that games influence their life and work. +++++++ Listen to the show: Apple Podcasts | Android | Spotify | Stitcher | Google Play | Radiopublic RSS feed Find the show online: +7 Intelligence Website On Twitter: @7_Intelligence On Facebook: @plus7intelligence +7 Intelligence is a member of the Podglomerate ...