Shared Rewards

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Examples

Left 4 Dead series

Using the pattern

Can Modulate

Alliances, Competition, Ownership, Social Interaction, Social Organizations,

Can Be Instantiated By

Collaborative Actions, Factions, Mutual Goals, Tied Results

Can Be Modulated By

Negotiation, Player-Decided Distributions, Shared Resources,

Potentially Conflicting With

Delayed Reciprocity,

Several patterns work against players having Shared Rewards. Conflicts and Excluding Goals among those with the Shared Rewards may interfere with their Cooperation or wish to share Rewards with the others. Individual Rewards are of course incompatible with Shared Rewards concerning the same Reward but the availability of Individual Rewards can also lessen the wish to strive for Shared Rewards. Some Altruistic Actions may somewhat surprisingly work against Shared Rewards since they can allow for players for forsake their part of the Rewards.

Tiebreakers can be used to modify games that otherwise would allow Shared Rewards for Tied Results.

Consequences

Having Shared Rewards can form Mutual Goals between players, and is likely to cause Cooperation between them. It can also be the basis for Uncommitted Alliances or Teams.

As Rewards given to several different players, Shared Rewards can serve to create a sense of Togetherness between them. This can also have Balancing Effects effects if the distribution by the system or players give the most best Rewards to the weakest players. However, if the Rewards are not easy to split evenly, they may cause Social Dilemmas and some players may need to take on Social Roles handling this. This become most apparent when Uncommitted Alliances are given Shared Rewards due to Tied Results as the Rewards then become Player-Decided Distributions.

Relations

Can Instantiate

Balancing Effects, Rewards, Mutual Goals, Social Dilemmas, Social Roles, Teams, Togetherness, Uncommitted Alliances

with Mutual Goals

Cooperation

with Tied Results and Uncommitted Alliances

Player-Decided Distributions

Can Modulate

Alliances, Competition, Ownership, Social Interaction, Social Organizations,

Can Be Instantiated By

Collaborative Actions, Factions, Mutual Goals, Tied Results

Can Be Modulated By

Negotiation, Player-Decided Distributions, Shared Resources,

Possible Closure Effects

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Potentially Conflicting With

Altruistic Actions, Conflicts, Delayed Reciprocity, Excluding Goals, Individual Rewards, Tiebreakers

History

An updated version of the pattern Shared Rewards that was part of the original collection in the book Patterns in Game Design.

Acknowledgements

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