diff --git a/content/en/build/games/index.mdx b/content/en/build/games/index.mdx index 8c770c984a..829db10fee 100644 --- a/content/en/build/games/index.mdx +++ b/content/en/build/games/index.mdx @@ -48,3 +48,51 @@ However, [James P. Carse's notion of finite and infinite games](https://www.yout Infinite games are to finite games as a [container to the contained](/learn/module-7/), or a background to the stage, or a field to the players moving on it. They are played for the sheer pleasure of acting. Being able to **express life's joy, and have it be heard as such**, is the deep why we will explore in the course of our time together. > To exercise one’s capacities to their fullest extent is to take pleasure in one’s own existence, and with sociable creatures, such pleasures are proportionally magnified when performed in company. From the Russian perspective, this does not need to be explained. It is simply what life is. We don’t have to explain why creatures desire to be alive. **Life is an end in itself**. And if what being alive actually consists of is having powers — to run, jump, fight, fly through the air — then surely the exercise of such powers as an end in itself does not have to be explained either. It’s just an extension of the same principle. + +## Practice + +If you'd like to consider these idea from a practical game designer's perspective, in the specific context of blockchains, we suggest Kernel fellow Ronan Sanford's essays, linked below. In particular, he makes the case for infinite games as **interoperable**, **permission-less**, **persistent**, and **immutable**. + +> A game or world isn't confined solely to its code or smart contract; it comprises the code (i.e. the digital physics), the players, and their inputs, as well as the interactions among players themselves, the community. It's this very aspect that allows us to understand how such a world can be expanded with new, previously unimagined rules. + + + + + +**Infinite Games** + +![Infinite Games](/images/build/infinite-game.png) + + + + + + + + + +**Natural Composability** + +![Natural Composability](/images/build/natural-composability.png) + + + + + + + + + +We also recommend that, if you are developing blockchain games actively, you take a look at + + + +[autonomous worlds network](https://aw.network/posts/lively-worlds) for visionary ideas and content, and + +[mud.dev](https://mud.dev) as either a starting point, or inspiration for your own framework and approach. + + diff --git a/content/en/build/games/infinite.mdx b/content/en/build/games/infinite.mdx index 7de3a49e2f..ff78a758a3 100644 --- a/content/en/build/games/infinite.mdx +++ b/content/en/build/games/infinite.mdx @@ -9,28 +9,6 @@ featuredImage: images/shares/learn.png