We live in a world of finite shared resources: energy, roads, meeting rooms, parks, the examples abound.
Karma is a new priority scheme that facilitates fair and efficient access to such shared resources.
This interactive game lets you experience karma in a simulated resource sharing environment.
Here is how it works:
- In the beginning, all resource users get the same
amount of karma points;
- Over rounds, you and a randomly matched opponent
place karma bids to gain access to a shared resource;
- The highest bidder gains access to the resource
but has to pay karma; the lowest bidder instead gains karma for future rounds;
- Your opponents are bots that are quite competent
at
bidding.
- The goal is to try to gain access to the resource
in as many rounds as possible, and especially in rounds of high urgency.
The urgency changes randomly every round, so you must learn to spend karma wisely!