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The research paper linked in the article essentially recommends only a few apps that scored high enough to properly engage you into learning meditation, and none of them appear to be games, but use gamification techniques:

* Headspace

* Smiling Mind

* iMindfulness

* Mindfulness Daily

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Yeah I noticed this also. Its a reoccurring theme in conversations I have with nongamers that "respect" gaming, they really do respect it, but find it difficult to get past the subject matter of the game and focus on the gameplay. I'm hoping to tackle that with my new game. Basicly it looks spiritual (it actually is to me) but offers fairly standard gaming mechanics. Just hoping it might help people get beyond the subject matter and into what's important about gaming...and be helpful in general for them.

I like to keep my eye on projects like this. Do you have a mailing list or a twitter or something I can follow? Or would you mind elaborating on this more?

Sure, I'm @DaveSapien. Please ignore the last few tweets about surveillance in the UK. Everything else is about my work, I try not to clutter the stream up. Its a game where you draw a (perfect) circle and avoid villains. Contact me on Twitter and I'll set you up with a beta, almost at that stage. https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Cxvo7HVWgAAqwOd.jpg:large

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