Motivation
Motivating Study
Section titled “Motivating Study”Main prompt: What methods encourage Bible study? Can gamification be used in moderation? What extrinsic and intrinsic motivation applies? How are habits established and sustained?
Extrinsic motivation
Section titled “Extrinsic motivation”Gamification
Section titled “Gamification”Gamification is a short-term tactic to establish habits—not the long-term goal. Competition suits some personalities only.
- Streak tracking
- Points
- Badges
Scope (decided): gamification appears in opt-in small groups only—not church-wide leaderboards and not global competition by default.
Streak rules: any study activity counts if the user creates a log entry (Domain Model).
Important: encourage users when a streak breaks—avoid shame.
Intrinsic motivation
Section titled “Intrinsic motivation”- Joy of being close to God
- Mastery: personal growth, curiosity
- Autonomy: maximum flexibility after initial onboarding hurdles
v1 product tie-in
Section titled “v1 product tie-in”- Mobile reminders support habit formation.
- Non-AI suggestions (lookup tables + random) when user has no topic—not LLM in v1 (AI Guidelines).