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Rolesia – Virtual Macroeconomic Simulator Game

by dizzydiz on 3/28/20, 12:27 PM with 13 comments

• by SubiculumCode on 3/29/20, 5:05 PM

  My issue with such simulations, and I am no expert, is that they encode a lot of unproven assumptions about the nature of money, the effect of money printing, etc. If those assumptions are wrong, then the simulations reinforce those erroneous assumptions in the minds of those who run the simulation.

  I would like to have control of a currency in a popular MMORPG to run experiments.

• by eatonphil on 3/29/20, 3:23 PM

  Great to see more of these. Here are a few games/simulators I've played where you act as a central bank and try to control inflation, unemployment, and fed fund rate:

  https://www.sffed-education.org/chairthefed/

  https://www.ecb.europa.eu/ecb/educational/educational-games/... (requires Flash)

• by grenoire on 3/29/20, 8:12 PM

  Quick plug for Miniconomy (https://www.miniconomy.com/), a lighter, more gamey game. It's quite fun, and focuses more on the microeconomic (in fact, nanoeconomic, perhaps?) mechanics of the economy; trading, shops, unit costs, game theory. Give it a shot! After its heyday, it could use some fresh blood.

• by 7thaccount on 3/29/20, 4:32 PM

  Anyone ever use this on HN with insight?

• by amelius on 3/29/20, 5:37 PM

  How accurate/realistic is this?

• by arkanciscan on 3/29/20, 5:56 PM

  Boringest game ever!