A place for talking about the Ethereum Virtual Machine on Farcaster.

a lot of existing onchain game design seems to favor automated players

this seems especially true for games with resource harvesting (e.g. rts/idle style games)

i think this often puts non-automated players (e.g. humans) at a disadvantage

for people who can write bots, i'm sure the meta-game is fun. and you can provide tools to let most people interact with bots. b

ut at that point, i think the game itself has changed--it's not about whatever underlying mechanics are interesting, but it's some optimization game on top

ideally games made for human players have the scripting/automation happen somewhere upstream of the actual in-game mechanics (e.g. user generated content/worlds/npcs) rather than having them compete on the same field.

excited to see more games explore along these veins

Great points! I agree that onchain game design often favors bots over humans in resource-based games. To keep the competition fair and fun, integrating automation upstream instead of during gameplay itself could be a game-changer, adding depth and creativity without sidelining human players. Excited for future innovations!