Thu Apr 28, 2011 8:26 pm by Dosetsu
Haypi Kingdom: Game or Community?
People play games for many different reasons such as boredom, recreation, and intellectual stimulus just to name a few. When does a game stop being only a game but more of a community or even a society in its own right? Haypi Kingdom, at a glance, offers quick and easy game play that does not require hours be spent playing to advance. It is very playable as a single player game but it also offers a social aspect. One can join a group of players called an Alliance. This group works together to gather resources, defend territory, attack aggressors and share ideas. It starts to become an online community where the members of your alliance are your family and surrounding people on the map are your neighbors. All though there are no rules, there are a set of rules that have evolved to fit social morals within this gamming community.
Players tend to follow a few guidelines such as never attack without a warning, only attack if troops are left out, only attack if retaliating, and don’t farm other players. This would seem to provide the same courtesy to those who follow these rules since a violation of them would result in an entire alliance attacking the offender. This is similar to “stoning”, an ancient practice where a violator of social morals or norms would be pelted with stones cast from everyone in the community, often resulting in death. This act brings the community closer together as they all participate in the punishment of the offender, which reinforces morals of that society. Just as in the real world, if any of these social norms or morals are to be changed, it takes one individual with great power or often a group of people (alliance) with great power. Of course, it is up to that individual or group to enforce the new rules unless they simply want to break the existing rules in which case may cause others to stray away as well.
Weather it is a game or a community to a player, all who join the Haypi Kingdom family are set to an equal playing field. Everyone has 24 hours in a day and is limited to the game rules in place, and only skill sets them apart. Even players who have capital to buy tons of coins can be defeated by a player who has never bought a single coin. Haypi is a game of skill and time that is supported by a large community of players all seeking friendly competition.
i just had a good idea for another entry. lol
