Tyler Renelle is the creator and co-founder of Habitica, an app that turns your everyday tasks and habits into a video gameWe talk about the road from an idea to the successful Kickstarter of HabiticaHabitica is very complex, but uses strategies form games to ease users into creating new habitsMany 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 peopleTyler turns a bad World of Warcraft habit into the catalyst for self-improvementGoogle Deepmind and the curious way that games play a role in human progressLinksHabiticaGoogle DeepMindHow games spurred the invention of probability theory +++++++Share this Episode:1-click Twitter share1-click Facebook share1-click Google + shareLink 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 | RadiopublicRSS feedFind the show online:+7 Intelligence WebsiteOn Twitter: @7_IntelligenceOn Facebook: @plus7intelligence+7 Intelligence is a member of the Podglomerate ...Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices