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Table 6

Distribution of articles based on game element

Game element	#	%
Points	126	11.8
Leaderboard	91	8.5
Reward	81	7.6
Badge	74	6.9
Feedback	68	6.4
Competition	56	5.2
Goals	55	5.2
Challenge	52	4.9
Level	46	4.3
Status bar/progress	44	4.1
Avatar	42	3.9
Team	34	3.2
Rules	31	2.9
Choice	29	2.7
Social network	27	2.5
Narrative	25	2.3
Customization	22	2.1
Cooperation	21	2.0
Game	19	1.8
Role player	18	1.7
Virtual world	18	1.7
Social interaction	17	1.6
Timer	17	1.6
Notifications	10	0.9
Chat	9	0.8
Game objective	9	0.8
Theme	8	0.7
Retries	7	0.7
Game round	4	0.4
Increasing difficulty	3	0.3
Dice	2	0.2
Board	1	0.1
Card	1	0.1
Total	1,067	100

Game element	#	%
Points	126	11.8
Leaderboard	91	8.5
Reward	81	7.6
Badge	74	6.9
Feedback	68	6.4
Competition	56	5.2
Goals	55	5.2
Challenge	52	4.9
Level	46	4.3
Status bar/progress	44	4.1
Avatar	42	3.9
Team	34	3.2
Rules	31	2.9
Choice	29	2.7
Social network	27	2.5
Narrative	25	2.3
Customization	22	2.1
Cooperation	21	2.0
Game	19	1.8
Role player	18	1.7
Virtual world	18	1.7
Social interaction	17	1.6
Timer	17	1.6
Notifications	10	0.9
Chat	9	0.8
Game objective	9	0.8
Theme	8	0.7
Retries	7	0.7
Game round	4	0.4
Increasing difficulty	3	0.3
Dice	2	0.2
Board	1	0.1
Card	1	0.1
Total	1,067	100

Source(s): Authors’ elaboration