Game economy design
Map currencies, sources, sinks, progression and feedback to understand how economy decisions interact, and keep the model open to critique from designers, economists and analysts.
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Optimize game economies, mitigate risks, accelerate development. Empower your skills with playable diagrams that have powerful prediction capabilities.
Your game economy in motion before code
Design
Create playable diagrams for any system, regardless of complexity. Make feedback loops and economies easier to validate, communicate and understand.
Predict
Gain data-driven insights by employing out-of-the-box Monte Carlo simulations. Test what-if scenarios and measure their impact in a safe, virtual environment, with one click of the button.
Balance
Move the Levers of a model, Forecast what each change does and compare the Outcomes of every Scenario, so a system is balanced on evidence rather than trial and error.
What you can do with it
Get ahead of development
Compare scenarios with data before anything is deployed to speed up iteration.
Lift KPIs
Use predictions from live player data to tie each update to retention and revenue goals.
Mitigate risks
Monitor the health of the game economy and fix issues before they reach players.
Monte Carlo simulation
Run many plays of a system in minutes, with no extra set-up.
Scenarios, levers and outcomes
Mark the values worth moving as levers, forecast each scenario and compare the outcomes side by side.
Playable prototype
Play a system in the editor with one click to spot flaws and iterate quickly.
Play a live example: an action RPG economy
Monsters drop gold and loot, a merchant and a blacksmith turn them into gear, and repairs and potions drain the purse. Press Play, then move a Lever to see how the economy responds.
Machinations allows me to check right away when (..) another teammate wants to make a decision. I can integrate that into the economy, and I can see how it will play out.
Selected models to Play and remix: Selected game economy models, Selected feedback loop models.
Ship an economy you have already Played
Model currencies, sources and sinks, mark your Levers and Forecast every balance change before players see it.
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