by Stas Goshtein · 2026-05-21
How board games shaped ConKarma's family rituals — and why slot machines didn't
A long answer to why ConKarma's gamification is built from the board-game canon instead of the slot-machine playbook the wider app ecosystem normalised. Ten design principles, with examples per persona.
- /features/cell-quest — the cooperative-arc mechanic in detail
- /features/ember-consent — the adult-tier safety infrastructure
- our internal company wiki carries the full design-stance commitment.
If you have feedback on the design stance — what works for your cell, what doesn't — write to feedback@conkarma.app. The principles will evolve; the slot-machine reference will not.