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My take on a theoretical successor to federated [Social Media](/garden/social-media/index.md)
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My take on a theoretical successor to federated [Social Media](/garden/social-media/index.md)
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Inspiration:
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## Inspiration
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- [A Plan for Social Media - Rethinking Federation](https://raphael.lullis.net/a-plan-for-social-media-less-fedi-more-webby/)
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- [A Plan for Social Media - Rethinking Federation](https://raphael.lullis.net/a-plan-for-social-media-less-fedi-more-webby/)
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- If the server is a relay, can content not be viewed anonymously?
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[Weird](/garden/weird/index.md) may eventually move in the direction of implementing something like this
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- [Next Gen Federation on Iroh: Graph Data & Linked Documents Layers](https://github.com/commune-os/weird/discussions/32)
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- [Next Gen Federation on Iroh: Graph Data & Linked Documents Layers](https://github.com/commune-os/weird/discussions/32)
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## [Federated Identity](/garden/federated-identity/index.md)
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- Private and public keys anyone can create and store how they want
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- [Petnames](https://spritely.institute/static/papers/petnames.html) could be used to display human readable names via contacts or decentralized "naming hubs"
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Vampire Survivors can be argued to have a comparatively low depth to its combat compared to many other games. I'd argue it has _sufficient_ depth and more than someone might expect who has only played the game for a short while, but it still definitely gets beat out by many other combat-focused games. Instead, a lot of the progression in Vampire Survivors comes from a meta-progression system by which base stats are increased by spending a currency that persists between runs. While it is technically possible to win without this meta-progression system, and indeed in many roguelikes players like to challenge themselves by beating the game without any meta-progression, the criticism can be made that meta-progression de-emphasizes player skill by making it less important to have to beat the game. Certainly, in incremental games, it is often literally impossible to complete a game without taking advantage of the meta-progression systems. I'd argue this does not detract from the game, however, and is actually a part of what makes incremental games, and roguelikes, enjoyable to many players: meta-progression _augments_ the increases in skill the player is naturally gaining as they play. In effect, it's not _replacing_ the skill increase, but _exaggerating_ it to make it feel more real to the player.
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Vampire Survivors can be argued to have a comparatively low depth to its combat compared to many other games. I'd argue it has _sufficient_ depth and more than someone might expect who has only played the game for a short while, but it still definitely gets beat out by many other combat-focused games. Instead, a lot of the progression in Vampire Survivors comes from a meta-progression system by which base stats are increased by spending a currency that persists between runs. While it is technically possible to win without this meta-progression system, and indeed in many roguelikes players like to challenge themselves by beating the game without any meta-progression, the criticism can be made that meta-progression de-emphasizes player skill by making it less important to have to beat the game. Certainly, in incremental games, it is often literally impossible to complete a game without taking advantage of the meta-progression systems. I'd argue this does not detract from the game, however, and is actually a part of what makes incremental games, and roguelikes, enjoyable to many players: meta-progression _augments_ the increases in skill the player is naturally gaining as they play. In effect, it's not _replacing_ the skill increase, but _exaggerating_ it to make it feel more real to the player.
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If you look at the higher-level play of most games, you'll see them perform difficult feats with ease and speed. They'll achieve a "flow state" that takes all their knowledge and experience of the game and uses it to play the game as instinctively as possible. It's incredible to watch things like Slay the Spire speed runs or competitive DDR-likes. I'd argue the _goal_ of a lot of games with a competitive scene is to get so good that the game _becomes_ effortless. In that sense, a game that allows you to reach that point earlier isn't any less legitimate, but rather lowers the barrier to entry by allowing more people to get "really good" at the game. And to be clear, Vampire Survivors and (most) incremental games aren't _trivially_ easy - they, and to an extent, every game will have _some_ level of learning and improvement over time.
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If you look at the higher-level play of most games, you'll see them perform difficult feats with ease and speed. They'll achieve a "flow state" that takes all their knowledge and experience of the game and uses it to play the game as instinctively as possible. It's incredible to watch things like Slay the Spire speed runs or competitive DDR-likes. I'd argue the _goal_ of a lot of games with a competitive scene is to get so good that the game _becomes_ effortless. In that sense, a game that allows you to reach that point earlier isn't any less legitimate, but rather lowers the barrier to entry by allowing more people to get "really good" at the game. And to be clear, Vampire Survivors and (most) incremental games aren't _trivially_ easy - they, and to an extent, every game will have _some_ level of learning and improvement over time.
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<span id="665ceed1-72a9-49f2-9215-dd690f89aee3">## Addiction</span>
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A lot of these reasons for why incremental games appeal may have reminded you of why _gambling_ appeals to people, particularly those prone to addiction. Indeed, incremental games are quite often criticized for their similarity to a [skinner box](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tWtvrPTbQ_c). Some have gone as far as to say incremental games as a genre are commenting that [all games are skinner boxes](/garden/guide-to-incrementals/defining-the-genre/index.md#665cea25-b1e5-40bc-8c82-2296982ce1d1)). The argument goes that some games are not fun, but rather condition players into continuing to play without actually getting anything from the experience. When tied to real-world money this is seen as predatory, and to a lesser extent, even free games may be feeding the addictive sides of people and making them more prone to seek out gambling or micro-transaction heavy games.
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A lot of these reasons for why incremental games appeal may have reminded you of why _gambling_ appeals to people, particularly those prone to addiction. Indeed, incremental games are quite often criticized for their similarity to a [skinner box](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tWtvrPTbQ_c). Some have gone as far as to say incremental games as a genre are commenting that [all games are skinner boxes](/garden/guide-to-incrementals/defining-the-genre/index.md#665cea25-b1e5-40bc-8c82-2296982ce1d1)). The argument goes that some games are not fun, but rather condition players into continuing to play without actually getting anything from the experience. When tied to real-world money this is seen as predatory, and to a lesser extent, even free games may be feeding the addictive sides of people and making them more prone to seek out gambling or micro-transaction heavy games.
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While these games do span a spectrum of how active it requires you to be, and sorting games by that metric can be useful for those looking for a particular experience, the borders of when an incremental game counts as an "idler" is too blurry for the term to be useful. "Incremental games" may not be a great descriptive term for the genre (hence this many thousands of words long page on defining what the genre even is), but it's strictly better than calling them "idler" or "clicker" games. This guide will always use the term "incremental games" unless quoting someone else, as it is the term you typically see on all modern games in the genre.
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While these games do span a spectrum of how active it requires you to be, and sorting games by that metric can be useful for those looking for a particular experience, the borders of when an incremental game counts as an "idler" is too blurry for the term to be useful. "Incremental games" may not be a great descriptive term for the genre (hence this many thousands of words long page on defining what the genre even is), but it's strictly better than calling them "idler" or "clicker" games. This guide will always use the term "incremental games" unless quoting someone else, as it is the term you typically see on all modern games in the genre.
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<span id="665cea25-b1e5-40bc-8c82-2296982ce1d1">## Incrementals as Parodies</span>
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Let's start with one of the most _interesting_ definitions of incremental games. Incremental games appear to be distilled versions of games or genres, "revealing" the naked game design at the core of these games or genres not unlike how parodies comment upon their source material.
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Additionally, a lot of incrementals tend to have _some_ theme guiding the gameplay, or at least the names of mechanics. This makes the line blurred between when numbers are going up for their own sake versus for a contextual reason. I believe this point is best illustrated that, while _most_ RPGs are not considered incremental games, there _is_ a sub-genre of "incremental RPGs" that typically relates to RPGs that perform combat automatically. This definition of incremental games does not support RPGs and "incremental RPGs" being on distinct sides of the line if the only difference between them is manual vs automatic combat.
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Additionally, a lot of incrementals tend to have _some_ theme guiding the gameplay, or at least the names of mechanics. This makes the line blurred between when numbers are going up for their own sake versus for a contextual reason. I believe this point is best illustrated that, while _most_ RPGs are not considered incremental games, there _is_ a sub-genre of "incremental RPGs" that typically relates to RPGs that perform combat automatically. This definition of incremental games does not support RPGs and "incremental RPGs" being on distinct sides of the line if the only difference between them is manual vs automatic combat.
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<span id="665cea25-437a-49a4-8445-00422fb9ded1">## Incrementals as Strategies</span>
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This is a rarer interpretation, but there are similarities between incremental games and strategy games, implying incrementals might just be a sub-genre of strategy games. By this approach, incremental games would be defined by their relation to strategy games, and how they involve player strategy. Incremental games are often large optimization problems - above all else, the actual gameplay the player is performing is deciding what to do next. The consequences of wrong decisions are typically more lenient in incremental games - such as just not making optimal progress - but they _certainly_ get complex.
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This is a rarer interpretation, but there are similarities between incremental games and strategy games, implying incrementals might just be a sub-genre of strategy games. By this approach, incremental games would be defined by their relation to strategy games, and how they involve player strategy. Incremental games are often large optimization problems - above all else, the actual gameplay the player is performing is deciding what to do next. The consequences of wrong decisions are typically more lenient in incremental games - such as just not making optimal progress - but they _certainly_ get complex.
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This over-complicatedness leading to disengaging the player can _also_ happen from non-linear gameplay. If the web of effects becomes sufficiently complicated and finding the optimal progression route too time-consuming to discover, players will seek out guides from other players who've completed the game. The _second_ they do this, the game effectively becomes linearly following the instructions of the guide and all the above criticisms apply. Similarly to as before, though, this is a spectrum and not everyone will seek out a guide at the same level of difficulty.
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This over-complicatedness leading to disengaging the player can _also_ happen from non-linear gameplay. If the web of effects becomes sufficiently complicated and finding the optimal progression route too time-consuming to discover, players will seek out guides from other players who've completed the game. The _second_ they do this, the game effectively becomes linearly following the instructions of the guide and all the above criticisms apply. Similarly to as before, though, this is a spectrum and not everyone will seek out a guide at the same level of difficulty.
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<span id="665cf570-e3d3-48f6-9fde-aa94e68a8682">## Automation</span>
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Automation is a staple of the genre, but it has certain implications for the design of the game. Why, when new content is introduced, must the older content be automated away - why is it a chore and it feels rewarding to not have to do it again? Why does the new mechanic have such appeal if we know it too will just be automated away later on, and we'll be happy when that happens? It honestly begs the question of why this framework of introducing content and automating the old content is even enjoyable - and nearly nonexistent in other genres. You're not going to reach a point in a platformer game where they just automate the jumping part - _that's the core mechanic!_ Instead, platformers either add new mechanics that _build_ on the core mechanic or at least re-contextualize the core mechanic. However, in incremental games new content very frequently means _replacing_ older content, as opposed to augmenting it.
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Automation is a staple of the genre, but it has certain implications for the design of the game. Why, when new content is introduced, must the older content be automated away - why is it a chore and it feels rewarding to not have to do it again? Why does the new mechanic have such appeal if we know it too will just be automated away later on, and we'll be happy when that happens? It honestly begs the question of why this framework of introducing content and automating the old content is even enjoyable - and nearly nonexistent in other genres. You're not going to reach a point in a platformer game where they just automate the jumping part - _that's the core mechanic!_ Instead, platformers either add new mechanics that _build_ on the core mechanic or at least re-contextualize the core mechanic. However, in incremental games new content very frequently means _replacing_ older content, as opposed to augmenting it.
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<span id="6637b86a-3603-45ef-a21e-b33c7d96c529">I'm writing on _something_ essentially every day</span>
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<span id="6637b86a-3603-45ef-a21e-b33c7d96c529">I'm writing on _something_ essentially every day</span>
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