Lazyweb, are there examples of games that work together in a larger ecosystem? LIke Animal Crossing but the amount of butterflies was determined by where you went in Pokémon GO I heard that Blaseball had some meta social participation stuff, which is interesting if tangential.
Speaking of Animal Crossing, iOS apps like NookLink tiptoe in this. Character skins unlocked by hardware purchases are kind of a lame version of this. Very much thinking about casual, mindless play to make semi-offline progress in an complex game
💡most amusing if this was a false mirror sitch: people playing a candy crush have no idea they are affecting the yield of smithing stones in an Elden Ring
Why yes it’s 2025 so we elect to play a Game of Externalities in our escapism from the game of externalities