Ideas for games that federate on the Fediverse
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In the analog 80s, there were a lot of so-called "play-by-mail" games.
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the game mechanics could be perfectly transformed to activityPub/Fediverse.
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that would be a huge source for some inspiration!
Wonderful idea. Love it!
there are all kind of games, strategy, rpg, simulations...
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in early stages (PBM) player actions were evaluated manually (including dice-rolls, whatever).
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8-bit home computers enabled more complex evaluation systems, still, no internet at this time, letters & envelopes only XD
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i haven't played later games with e-mail support (PBEM) though ^^
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mabye fediverse-gaming could revive some of these concepts!
I sure think it could. Also think that with gaming involved there's more likelihood to entice people to actively contribute, which can be quite hard for the average federated project, and even harder for organizing a community dedicated to evolving open standards + ecosystem (which is mostly stalled).
Wow. I didn't know. It can be a really good path to explore.
