Logging in to the Game

Before playing the game

  • Important: The screen refreshes automatically every 10 seconds; so don’t despair if you don’t see an instant reaction to your actions. In particular, avoid clicking the mouse more than once, as you will repeat your actions.

  • The system is programmed to time out after 10 minutes. If that happens, you will be logged out, and will need to log in again. When you log in again, your information is retrieved so you do not lose any data.

Getting game results during or after the game

Game Screen (From an older version - needs to be updated)

Take a look at the game screen, so you can be familiar at the time the game starts.  The game screen is color coded for smoother navigation.  Click on any of the numbered regions (also color coded) for an explanation of that section.

 

Action Information Bar

This area shows shows information related to actions (including producing and consuming) you carry out. Look in this region to find out whether an action you carried out was successful or not.  The clock on the right indicates time remaining till the end of the round.  A voice will remind you when only one minute is left.

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Labor and scoring

This section shows the country where you are located, the game, instance, and round you are playing, how much labor you have, and your running score. Your score will depend on how much utility you derive from consumption.  

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Your Offers

When you make an offer, you have to indicate which good do you want in exchange. Your offers will appear in this frame. You will be able to retract an offer at any time during the round by clicking the retract button. As long as you have an offer to sell a good in the market, that good appears in the “Encumbered” column in the bottom frame. You will need to retract an offer that no one is taking before you can consume the good. Offers from other players appear in the purple frame to the right. You can accept any of those offers at any time during the round.  Notice that you will need to produce a good before you can offer it in exchange for other good.

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  Actions

This section allows you 

  • make an offer for the market - You put in the number and select the type of good you want to offer and also the number and type of goods you want in return.

  • produce - You put in the number and type of good you want to consume and click the consume button. Your production possibilities depend on your endowment of labor. As you produce, your endowment of labor will be reduced. The cost of production of the goods in terms of units of labor is indicated in the orange frame on the bottom..

  • consume - You put in the number and type of good you want to consume and click the consume button. You cannot consume more than you have in your inventory. Goods put on offer do not count as being in the inventory. You have to retract them before consuming and do not forget to consume before the end of the game else you do not gain any benefits.

You will first have to produce before you can make an offer or consume. Your production possibilities depend on your endowment of labor. As you produce, your endowment of labor will be reduced. The cost of production of the goods in terms of units of labor is indicated in the bottom frame.

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Inventory

This frame in the bottom contains your goods inventory, which will change as you produce, sell, buy, or consume goods. It is very important that you remember to consume before the end of the round, as that is the way you will get utility. Notice that your consumption cannot exceed what you have in inventory, shown in the last column of the table in the bottom frame.
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Offers on the market


This frame shows the offers made by other players on the market. You can accept any of these offers and your inventory will change to reflect this.

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Messages

This section shows messages from other users and system information about when new rounds have started or ended.

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By clicking on the “Game Info” button at the bottom of the screen, you get information about the times when rounds start and end. To hide the window that comes up, click on this same button which changes to read "Hide Game Info"

Sending Messages

By clicking on the “Send Message” button, you can send a message to a given player or to all the players. This is a good tool for making deals, or advertising your goods. In the window that comes up you can choose a specific player or all players to send a message to, type the message and send it. This message appears in the "System Messages frame".

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Utility Calculator

This window comes up when you click on the "Utility Calculator" button. Put in the amount of each good you want to consume and click the calculate button to see the amount of utility derived. The utility feeds directly into your score for the round.  This calculator allows you to plan your actions.  The utility is scaled so that if you just produce and consume without trading, the maximum utility you can reach is 1.  You can achieve a utility of more than 1 only if you gain from trade. 

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