Altruistic Actions
Game actions that are beneficial to somebody but not directly to the players who performed them.
This pattern is a still a stub.
Contents
Examples
Conspiracy for Good made players collect books for charities as part of its gameplay.
Using the pattern
Altruistic Actions can be used in games with Teams but this depends on how Rewards and Penalties are constructed. Games with Shared Rewards and Penalties make helping other team members intrinsically tied to the players' own fortunes and are therefore difficult to combine with Altruistic Actions. This can be mitigated through the use of Limited Gameplay Time and/or Drop-In/Drop-Out gameplay, e.g. Counter-Strike and the Team Fortress series.
Massively Single-Player Online Games Private Game Spaces Non-Player Help Free Gift Inventories
One way of creating Altruistic Actions is to make actions in a game have Extra-Game Consequences that are altruistic.
Diegetic Aspects
Interface Aspects
Narrative Aspects
Consequences
Altruistic Actions are a way to invite other players into Cooperation in Uncommitted Alliances based on the assumption of Delayed Reciprocity. In this sense the actions may not be fully altruistic but at least is only indirectly done for personal gain and doing so is a Risk/Reward
Betrayal
Risk/Reward
Delayed Reciprocity
Uncommitted Alliances
Relations
Can Instantiate
Can Modulate
Can Be Instantiated By
Can Be Modulated By
Possible Closure Effects
Potentially Conflicting With
Shared Penalties, Shared Rewards
History
New pattern created in this wiki.
References
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