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Why Early Access?“Eco is a community-based game; the players develop laws, government, and an economy to determine the success of their world. We need extensive playtesting to get the balance of our core features just right. 24 MayHey all, for this week I want to go into some big ideas we have for Eco 9 with levels of government.We’re exploring ideas about how to bring multiple levels of government to Eco, and how their growing and combining would work within the game. Along with that comes a new approach to property. Influence ExampleNew objects will be created for different levels of government: a ‘Town Hall’ for towns, a ‘National Constitution’ for nations (can replace the existing Constitution) and a ‘Global Charter’ for global governance. These objects will be known as Government Sources, each with a different tier of government associated with it.

Additionally, a new ‘Home Claim’ marker will be used for each individual, which marks their residency, and is essentially a level 0 government containing just the player.When placed and meeting building requirements, a Government Source will create a radius of influence around it, competing with all the other governments at the same tier.Example: a couple individual plots in the world. The triangles mark where they have placed their home markers, and all their property must be contiguous with that marker.The red player then builds a Town Hall at the starred location. This extends a circle of influence (yellow circle), which envelops part of the green player’s territory. The size of this circle depends on the housing value of the Town Hall. It encircles both the home markers of Red and Green, so they can both become citizens of Yellow Town.The green player now has the option to become part of the shared town; the option appears on their home marker.

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If they choose to become part of the town, they will become members of the automatically generated ‘Yellow Town Residents’ demographic, which can be configured to give specific benefits. Many other benefits to being in the same towns will be added over time (knowledge sharing, boosts to skill growth, etc).If they choose NOT to become residents, they will stay as an individual. The red player can force them to become a member of Yellow Town by paying a large cost (say, 500 wood), having a much more powerful town hall (housing value is a multiple of the housing value of green), having a larger town population (say 2 or 3 people), and waiting for a delay (a day or two).In this case, we’ll say green decided to join the town voluntarily.Now that the town is formed and has a population of 2, additional land can be claimed, and Red and Green have claimed more property. Each resident will have additional claims granted to them on their home marker, benefits from Yellow Town. As residents, they can claim property anywhere within the influence of the town, even non-contiguous blocks.The number of land claims they get depends on the population and power of the town.

As the value of the property in the town increasing (measured by housing value of all property) and as the population increases, more claim markers are released. This provides an incentive to players to increase the power and population of their town, with specific ‘immigration tools’ being introduced to help players find new residents.Government is unlocked with the creation of a town, and the new government objects can now be placed (Bill of Rights, Election Office, etc), which will determine the town government, allowing laws that affect any player within the yellow radius (whether or not they are ‘residents’ of this town). The laws created will override some (but not all) of the individual rights of the town population (property rights will be meta-protected, so players can’t troll others and steal their property this way).Later, a neighboring town is created, Blue Town:They begin to push on each other’s borders, affecting what area can be claimed by an individual (although already claimed land won’t be lost by this pressure).

They can either continue fighting for influence, increasing the value and populations of their town to exert border pressure on each other, or join together into a nation.Yellow Town builds a National Constitution in a fabulous palace at the east of their property (which is still considered Yellow Town territory because Red Player is a resident of Yellow Town):This creates a very large circle of influence, which envelops all of Blue Town. Just like with individuals, the government of Blue Town can decide to join the nation, or resist. If they resist, they can still be absorbed if the nation pays even larger penalties and has even larger influence/population as described above. For our example, blue town decides to become part of Gray Nation.

Galactic war star wars heroes. Much rejoicing and celebration takes place. Festivals with fabulous elk tacos are thrown to welcome the two groups. Now all the area in the extra-large gray nation radius can be claimed, and residents of the nation will again gain extra claim papers.Now laws of Gray Nation can impose restrictions on both towns. Gray Nation can even revoke laws and titles assigned by the town governments, as the nation’s government supersedes the town governments. It can also offer more powers not available to towns, like new kinds of laws (property revocation could be one, more kinds of tax, etc).

Going up in tiers in government allows groups to have more powerful controls, and new types of government get unlocked at each level.This process can repeat at an even higher level with Global Governments. These would envelop multiple nations, and have a large enough possible radius to cover the whole world, imposing laws and taxes worldwide. SummaryThis feature would be a big addition to the game, and turn what was previously automatic (everyone is in the same society) into something that is built. I believe this will go a long ways towards shifting the game to a more collaborative one, where players are building trust and community through expanded growth, with interesting political maneuverings required at each stage of expansion. New debates surrounding immigration that mirror the real world will be added to the game, the tradeoffs between the additional resources required to support new residents and the benefits they provide. The conflict it introduces will add more complex situations to navigate, with complex solutions required that go beyond yielding a winner and loser. All within the high-stakes of a vulnerable ecosystem facing an existential threat from a meteor will create a very unique experience.

Reviews“Eco is one of the most ambitious and original concepts I've seen in a while.”“Number 1 game of 2018.Eco is a revelation.it made me realize that games are actually crucial for understanding our relationship to all kinds of natural and man-made systems. The thing that gives me chills is that I think it is only in games that we can play with economic systems. And I walked away from my experience in Eco feeling like I learned so much even though we had no instructor. No one was connecting the dots for us. We simply learned through play.”. About This GameEnter the world of Eco, a fully simulated ecosystem bustling with thousands of growing plants and animals living their lives. Build, harvest, and take resources from an environment where your every action affects the world around you.

An imminent meteor strike threatens global destruction. Can you save the world without destroying it in the process?Construct buildings and towns, tend to your farm, hunt wildlife, build infrastructure and transportation, craft clothing, build power plants, and research new technologies. Specialize in a craft and trade your goods to other players. Develop your civilization and sculpt your planet.As your civilization grows, you’ll need to analyze data from the simulation; evaluating the impact you have on your world. Use this data as evidence in proposed laws, restricting harmful activities without disrupting the advancement of technology. Balance your individual needs with the needs of community, all while maintaining the state of the ecosystem.

The future of your world is in your hands.Every organism in Eco exists as part of a detailed simulation; a disruption in one species can have cascading effects across the planet. Chop down all the trees, and habitats for creatures will be destroyed.

Pollute the rivers with mining waste, and your farms will become poisoned and die. The ecosystem supplies the resources you and your community will need to stop the meteor. Manage your pollution, mining waste, hunting, and resource collection to balance your effect on this system.Eco is built on a rich ecological simulation. All the data generated from the interaction of plants, animals, climate, and players can be searched and analyzed using in-game graphs and heat-maps. Use the collected information as scientific evidence support to proposed laws.

The ability to successfully debate using scientific evidence is your greatest weapon against the destruction of your world.Establish and maintain your own set of laws and government, which are enforced automatically by the game. Draft a proposal to limit clear-cutting in a protected forest, incentivize green energy solutions over fossil fuels by providing tax subsidies and penalties.

Participate in elections for world leadership, allowing you to set tax rates and allocate community money. Use a programmable law system to make dynamic and flexible rules for the community, passing them by vote.

Construct a wide variety of governments; from tightly-regulated dictator-states, to tax-and-spend subsidy programs, or even lawless communities relying on trust.Your skills increase based on your food and shelter. By consuming a highly nutritious variety of food and building an elaborate home you will rapidly increase your skill points. Skill points can be spent on skills like farming, hunting, trade, engineering, research, and more. Contribute to the greater good while increasing your own personal success.In the player-run economy, you achieve the most when you specialize and trade both goods and services. Create stores to buy and sell goods you need asynchronously with other players. Setup contracts within the game’s quest-like labor market, soliciting other players to perform specialized work for you in exchange for payment. Build complex crafting machines and charge a fee for players to use them.

A thriving economy in Eco can be both a powerful tool for progress, or a dangerous threat to the environment.To grease the wheels of commerce, you can create your own currencies, backed by fiat or by resources. Manage the value of your currency relative to others by setting exchange rates at asynchronous currency exchanges. Sell items at stores and collect credit from other players. Eco is designed for rich asynchronous play, allowing many players of many disciplines to contribute to one another’s goals at separate or simultaneous times.All of the world’s resources originate from its environment, which is affected by your actions. While a meteor looms over head — set to strike the planet in thirty days — a more subtle threat grows from player-interaction with the environment.

Without careful attention, ecological destruction can destroy civilization before the meteor even strikes.