Observed arrival · 2026-09-13
The Motivational-Ingredient Framework
A research-based index of 48 motivational ingredients found in stories, with materials for exploring and annotating films, games, manga, novels, and other works.
Field notes
The framework is presented alongside a Psychological Review article and an OSF codebook, giving the site a research-materials layer rather than a purely interpretive one. Its examples span films, series, novels, manga, and video games, with artwork and posters pulled through TMDB, Open Library, and Steam. The site distinguishes author-verified annotations in Table 2 from the broader collection, where scores and justifications are language-model outputs and may misidentify a work or edition.
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