Game mechanics can apply everywhere. Not only in games, or in childhood plays. They also provide good extra intrinsic motivations while renovating a flat.
For example: Take you have to paint all (or some) of your rooms new. Taking game mechanics into consideration, start with the smallest room and probably the smallest wall in it. Then paint! While you paint, you can count your progress. 10% 20%… and finally 100%. Hey! You leveled up. You are now Painter (level 2). Congratulations. Now pick the next wall, and go on, level 3 is waiting. After painting 4 Levels you are level 5. Time to meet the first screenroom-filling boss, Dr. Ceiling-of-the-smalles-room! Did you defeat it? Well, you now get the Badge “Painter of the smalles room in the house”. Do you want more? Then go on, there are more rooms to paint, more levels to level up, more badges to earn.
You get the picture? Great, now go and renovate your flat.
Btw: This game mechanic does not only apply to painting, you can also use it for more of your renovation work you have to do.
