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The Button

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The Button is a social experiment game where the objective is to press a button.

Yes. You read that right.

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Hey all,

I just wanted to open a brainstorming post for possible future variations on the game.
Note that this is just for fun and that i hold no weight toward game decisions.

Here's a couple ideas floating around in my own head, what's in yours?

  • Speed click: First team to press 100* times wins
    *Obviously this should be calibrated based on expected participation
  • Short timer, for length: No teams, only community effort to make it last as long as possible but the timer is shorter
    Perhaps instead of short timer, the press value degrades over time. Basically a sub-a-thon, tbh
  • Lowest score after 24hrs* wins, but still have to keep the game alive until then or else nobody wins
    *Needs calibrated for feasibility

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[โ€“] lvxferre@mander.xyz 10 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Lowest score after 24hrs wins, but still have to keep the game alive until then or else nobody wins

What if it played like hot potato? You can only press the button if it's the same colour as your team; then you select the colour of another team, as if passing the hot potato to them. The team with the lowest score wins.

[โ€“] Mac@mander.xyz 5 points 1 week ago

Oh that would be very interesting!