Self-Discovery Game: 72 Possible Benefits

Capabilities and opportunities to test

This list distinguishes useful possibilities from measured outcomes. Working tools can support these activities, but user adoption, earnings and cognitive outcomes need evidence.

  1. Combine art, writing, music and video in one POP.
  2. Support creativity without advanced artistic skills.
  3. Allow text-only contributions.
  4. Keep new POPs private until an author chooses to publish.
  5. Give each creation a shareable destination.
  6. Let authors revise their work.
  7. Preserve earlier POP versions for reference.
  8. Provide reusable templates with author permission.
  9. Support improvements subject to author approval.
  10. Keep credit close to the work.
  11. Organize creations into personal galleries.
  12. Organize shared work into community galleries.
  13. Nest galleries to represent larger projects.
  14. Combine galleries and POPs in albums.
  15. Rearrange POPs to suit an author's priorities.
  16. Rearrange gallery cards to suit an owner's priorities.
  17. Adjust card spacing for connected visual arrangements.
  18. Offer alternative frames for presenting work.
  19. Store uploaded files in My Files.
  20. Attach files to selected text.
  21. Insert files into written contributions.
  22. Provide comments for discussion.
  23. Collect changeable star ratings.
  24. Collect Likes as a simple participation option.
  25. Use polls to compare preferences.
  26. Use surveys to gather more structured feedback.
  27. Use calibration activities to examine differences in judgment.
  28. Offer informal Game of Ideas conversations.
  29. Offer formal game formats.
  30. Record game participants and points.
  31. Make interviews a playable discussion format.
  32. Provide ranks as visible milestones.
  33. Support promotion applications and jury review.
  34. Recognize useful contributions with Good/Helping points.
  35. Recognize contributions through rewards when a provider offers them.
  36. Display free learning and creative resources.
  37. Help people discover reusable materials.
  38. Record resource use and credit across POPs.
  39. Give original resource creators visibility into reuse.
  40. Provide tutorials within the platform.
  41. Help visitors navigate with the Guide.
  42. Provide a Site Map.
  43. Collect platform improvement suggestions.
  44. Showcase ideas in the 1st Idea Bank.
  45. Let players rate project potential.
  46. Let interested players join project teams.
  47. Record collaborative development updates.
  48. Provide a Citizen Science Fair for observations and methods.
  49. Provide a place for Senior/Capstone Projects.
  50. Provide a School of Life for practical knowledge.
  51. Let adults 50+ share experience with families and younger participants.
  52. Offer a place to document family creativity.
  53. Let players record Life Roads and milestones.
  54. Connect separate activities through Central Storylines.
  55. Provide sponsor registration and discovery.
  56. Separate sponsor categories and size tiers.
  57. Provide affiliate and nonprofit support destinations.
  58. Let creators display sponsor and good-cause links.
  59. Offer routes to shops and other material support opportunities.
  60. Offer tickets and tips where a host configures support.
  61. Keep a contest entry and its demonstrations together.
  62. Make participant work available for continued discussion after a contest.
  63. Help organizers reuse common presentation structures.
  64. Help applicants explain their work using the same platform they demonstrate.
  65. Let sponsors support projects while receiving clearly identified visibility.
  66. Support a proposed coordination of marketing and charitable activity.
  67. Provide a private vault for deposited source files.
  68. Provide signed certificates and exact-file comparison.
  69. Let owners download originals and certificates for independent safekeeping.
  70. Allow OI and AI contributions to complement one another with clear attribution.
  71. Use participant feedback to guide improvements with appropriate consent.
  72. Reduce some repeated work by connecting existing tools and reusable examples.