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.

Using the pattern

Uncommitted Alliances

Betrayal

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.

Risk/Reward

Visits Delayed Reciprocity Cooperation

Massively Single-Player Online Games Private Game Spaces Extra-Game Consequences Non-Player Help Free Gift Inventories

History

New pattern created in this wiki.

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