[b] 2014 Sep 12
[m] 2014 Sep 13

Multiverse Game

A game of parallel universes.

Semantics

Starts with a single universe A (the parent), which is forked at a Fork event, to create B (the child)
Fork events are unlimited, but controlled (how?)
At fork time:
- two (2) unidirectional (1 from A to B, 1 from B to A) wormholes are created between the parent (A) and the child (B) universe
- Four (4) mobile portals to the above wormholes are created, 1 for each end of the wormhole
- The rules of the child universe mutate nondeterministically, and then remain stable for the life of the universe
Each universe has a state
Each universe has a set of rules for interaction of agents within it
Each universe is populated with agents that request interactions with other agents, which can be granted or denied, based on the rules of the universe
Agents are controlled by operators, which can be either a human or an AI agent
Time advances based on a logical clock:
- the smallest unit is the multiverse tick and everything else has a cost in terms of the multiverse ticks
- the second smallest unit is the universe tick, which has a cost in terms of multiverse ticks
- everything that takes place in the universe has a cost in terms of the universe ticks
- each universe has it's own cost model for events contained within it
- cost of travel through a wormhole is defined in terms of multiverse ticks