Hidden Balance Trial

Hey everyone!

Starting today, we're running a hidden balance trial within Gimkit. What that means is student balances will be hidden on the leaderboard until the end of the game.

Alrighty, so why are we doing this?

Something we're always thinking about is how we can make sure every student enjoys playing Gimkit. Not every student is going to win, that's fine. But we want to make sure the game is enjoyable for all players.

Educators have told us that those on the bottom of the leaderboard don't feel as motivated to play when they see first place is ahead by millions and millions of dollars. When we released Hidden Mode, balances were hidden and the feedback we got was those students on the bottom of the leaderboard became much more engaged and motivated. Because of this, we're rolling out that mechanic to all games as a trial.

With this trial, we're not providing a switch to turn this on or off. There's going to be some quick initial reactions (I love this! This is horrible!), and we want to get past that stage to where students get used to it a bit. At that point, we really want to hear if students and educators find it helpful after the adjustment period is over.

We don't run analytics or anything like that, so the results of this trial will come entirely from your feedback. Let us know what you and your students think as time progresses!

Thanks so much!