Shared Link | Sunday, May 1, 2022

How to handle land value tax in online games and virtual worlds

How to handle land value tax in online games and virtual worlds Link preview image

Lars Doucet and Daniel Cook share a high-level guide for game designers and game economists working in large multiplayer online games and/or virtual worlds.

Site iconGame Developer — Apr 26, 2022 at 10:20 AM

In one of the frustrating ways art imitates life, games with systems resembling real estate tend to create situations resembling housing crises. In this write-up, Lars Doucet and Dan Cook discuss why this happens (hint: it’s the same reasons it happens in real life) and how to fix it in your game design (hint: it’s the same way we could fix it real life).

Tags: Shared Link, CREATOR: Lars Doucet, CREATOR: Daniel Cook, TOPIC: Economics

⇐ PREVIOUS LINK: The Abridged Videogaming History of Big-Money Buyouts & Mergers ⇒ NEXT LINK: Valve’s Steam Deck makes a brilliant case against walled gardens

Search Pixel Poppers

About/FAQ

First time here? Lost or confused? Got any questions? Start here!

Related Content

  • [SHARED LINK] Steambirds: Survival: Goodbye Handcrafted Levels
  • [SHARED LINK] Wash your game's windows
  • [SHARED LINK] Sam Barlow's guide to making narrative games
  • [SHARED LINK] Valve’s Steam Deck makes a brilliant case against walled gardens
  • [SHARED LINK] The Abridged Videogaming History of Big-Money Buyouts & Mergers

Top Tags

  • Review (352)
  • Thought (311)
  • Shared Link (130)
  • TOPIC: Consumer Experience (74)
  • Article (61)
  • TOPIC: Difficulty (54)
  • Video (38)
  • TOPIC: Storytelling (33)
  • GAME: Animal Crossing: New Horizons (27)
  • TOPIC: Marketing (23)
  • TOPIC: Authorial Intent (19)
  • TOPIC: Preservation (19)
  • TOPIC: Psychology (19)
  • GAME: Dragon Quest Builders 2 (14)
  • TOPIC: Completionism (13)
  • TOPIC: Player Choice (13)
  • TOPIC: Learning (12)
  • GAME: Bubsy: Paws on Fire! (10)
  • GAME: World of Warcraft (10)
  • TOPIC: Accessibility (9)
All Tags

Newest Posts

  • [THOUGHT] I played a game with zombies in it
  • [SHARED LINK] Consoles and Competition
  • [SHARED LINK] Mario but I'm Blindfolded
  • [THOUGHT] My Top Five Games of 2022
  • [REVIEW] Shadows Over Loathing
All Posts

© 2023 Pixel Poppers. All rights reserved. Site powered by Hugo. Comments powered by HashOver. Search powered by Lunr.