🏋️Scarcity: Real Effort, Real Value

In most games, resources can be created endlessly, and each player acts as an isolated economy without meaningful exchanges. Player control over resources is limited: for example, a veteran player who efficiently farms tomatoes can't share them with a new player, even if those tomatoes are highly valuable for beginners.

In a player-owned economy, scarcity is key. Resources are valuable because they require real effort and time to create. Scarcity isn’t just about setting limits on how many items exist; it’s also defined by how much investment—time, effort, or strategy—is needed to produce them.

This works similarly to mining diamonds in the real world: diamonds are scarce because finding and extracting them takes significant time and effort. Their value is directly linked to the difficulty of obtaining them.

What real scarcity means in a player-owned economy:

• Resources have limited supply and require meaningful effort to produce.

• Demand fluctuates naturally based on gameplay utility and player needs.

• Players strategically respond to resource availability, maintaining a sustainable economy.