Game Theory Games

Project Status: Hackathon Winner
Project Type: HackathonSmart Contracts
Project Stack: RustInk!

Introduction

An ink! tool for playing and researching games based on the field of “Game Theory” by using smart contracts.

This project contains an smart-contracts implementation of some games within the Game Theory field.

One example of games in the field of game-theory is called “Prisoner’s Dilemma” and here’s a video from Youtube explaining the game’s logic.

Motivation

Open-source software such as oTree, a behavioural-research platform, is often used to create games in order to simulate, with students or participants, stakes seen in real-life economics. Data from such simulations is then utilized in research papers or case-studies.

This motivates us to create a decentralized version of such a platform. The benefit of using blockchain for such a purpose is the following:

Transparency and Trust of data quality and authenticity High Availability (potentially) Incentive-driven participation of players Sources for economics research can vary and be equally valid. Could blockchain and lightweight yet economically motivated games introduce a fun way to contribute to this goal?

Another motivation is the exploration of !ink smart contracts functionality for basic game dynamics development.