Most of our work is based around a new kind of game called consensus games, which could also be called onchain social games or public goods games. These games bring communities together, optimize group decision-making, and coordinate collective action.
These games function as social processes that enhance communication, connection, and culture. They are free to play, open-source, and onchain, which increases fairness and enables many profound benefits. While their rules are simple, these games offer boundless potential for sharing fun experiences and accomplishing shared goals.
Respect Game
Our flagship game where participants gather into randomized small groups, share what they’ve done to help accomplish a collective goal, and then collaborate to reach consensus on ranking each other’s contributions.
The Respect Game awards participants with a mystical soulbound token called Respect, which provides a foundation for enhanced decision-making and many other kinds of social games. All group participants who reach consensus receive Respect and you earn Respect more by receiving a higher rank.
You can accumulate Respect by helping the community over time and receive special powers, such as the ability to participate in a council. You can learn more about the Respect Game in this article and play at weekly Optimism Fractal or Eden Fractal events.
Cagendas
A collaborative agenda setting game that empowers community members to propose, discuss, and vote on topics with Respect. Cagendas is a game for community agendas, collaborative agendas, or consensus agendas.
Like the Respect Game, it enables communities to efficiently coordinate at small or large scales, fairly allocating speaking time and focusing on priorities in a truly democratic manner. You can learn more in this article and play at weekly Optimism Town Hall events.
Games for Good
Join weekly events to experience these games and meet enthusiasts.
After repeatedly receiving outstanding feedback from participants and personally experiencing life-changing benefits, we’re confident that these games will create immense positive effects for all. We aim to expand these games throughout the world to spread joy, help solve our civilization’s largest problems, and benefit diverse fields like arts, sciences, sports, business, and government.
Feel free to reach out if you’re interested in playing these games with your community or organization. My teams offer consulting services and new apps are being developed to make it easy for everyone to play. In addition we’re also developing various related social games, such as RetroPitches and OPTOPICS. You can stay updated by joining the Optimism Fractal discord server and Eden Fractal telegram group; and joining the weekly events!
Game Features
Each game can also be viewed as a social process or coordination method that improves communication, increases connection, and develops culture. The gaming aspect comes from the simple rules, fun experiences with others, and playful spirit that fosters team building.
Open Source and Onchain
The games are all open-source and can be used to benefit any community or organization. The fact that they games are onchain means that they are fair, transparent, and benefit from many helpful features built on decentralized public computing network (such as the Optimism Superchain or Ethereum).
Game Variants
Over the past years I’ve designed several other social games based around the Respect Game, such as a Fractal DJ where players rank each other’s music, RetroPitches where participants rate presentations from public goods creators, and OPTOPICS where attendees can guide discussions in real time.
Empower your Community
One of the best ways to learn how you can implement these games into your community or organization is to join our weekly events, where you can experience them for yourself and meet enthusiasts who are also implementing or building these games. We are nearly finished building the next generation of apps that make it really easy for anyone to play and our teams offer consulting services if you’re interested in implementing these.
Plans for Growth
While we’re pioneering and building these games in the communities above, we aim to expand so that every community or organization benefits from these as well for all kinds of helpful purposes (such as arts, sciences, health, music, engineering, sports, local governments, etc). If you’d like to stay up to date with the latest innovations and development, you can join the Optimism Fractal discord server and Eden Fractal telegram group.
Game Features
These games function as social processes that enhance communication, connection, and culture. They are open-source and onchain, ensuring fairness and transparency. Various game variants have been developed, such as Fractal DJ and RetroPitches.
Empower your Community
Join weekly events to experience these games and meet enthusiasts. Our teams offer consulting services, and new apps are being developed to make gameplay easier.
Plans for Growth
We aim to expand these games to benefit diverse fields like arts, sciences, and local governments. Stay updated by joining the Optimism Fractal Discord server and Eden Fractal Telegram group.
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