documentclass{article}
usepackage{tikz}
usetikzlibrary{automata,arrows,calc,positioning}

begin{document}

begin{figure}[H]
    centering
    begin{tikzpicture}[>=stealth',shorten >=1pt,auto,node distance=2.5cm,scale=1, transform shape,align=center,minimum size=3em]

    node[state]    (MP)                                {more \points};
    node[state]    (BP)    [right=of MP]               {better \pointers};
    node[state]    (GS)    [below=of $(MP)!0.5!(BP)$]  {game \signal};
    node[state]    (SO)    [below left=of GS]          {stressed \out};
    node[state]    (CO)    [below right=of GS]         {contribute};
    node[state]    (GT)    [below=of $(SO)!0.5!(CO)$]  {great \time};

    path[->] (MP) edge node {} (GS)
              (BP) edge node {} (GS)
              (GS) edge node {} (SO)
              (GS) edge node {} (CO)
              (SO) edge node {} (GT)
              (CO) edge node {} (GT);

    end{tikzpicture}
end{figure}

end{document}