A round-based blockchain game set inside a prison.
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Blockchain game
Playable factions
You are randomly assigned as a player or as a guard.
Prisoner’s Dilemma is a round-based blockchain game set inside a prison. Players are split into two factions: Prisoners and Guards. Each has its own challenges, advantages and, most importantly, dilemmas.
Guards
Prisoners
Start with initial balance. Activities cost money. Must get out ASAP, with as much money as possible. Each day in jail costs rent. Sentence gets increased if caught doing shady things.
Prisoner’s Dilemma is a round-based blockchain game set inside a prison. Players are split into two factions: Prisoners and Guards. Each has its own challenges, advantages and, most importantly, dilemmas.
Guards
Prisoners
Start with initial balance. Activities cost money. Must get out ASAP, with as much money as possible. Each day in jail costs rent. Sentence gets increased if caught doing shady things.
Gameplay
Pre-Registration
The game starts with a pre-registration phase, when players sign up to play the game and invite their friends. Once a game is over, pre-registration starts for the next game. The pre-registration phase lasts one hour, or until the threshold for minimum number of players has been reached. All players are notified 30 minutes before the start of the game.
Gameplay
start of the game
When the game starts, players are assigned to one of the two camps: Prisoners and Guards. The game assigns an initial balance to each player, based on the total number of players in the game. Based on the initial balance, the game determines the price of rent for prisoners, the value of fines for guards, as well as the cost of each game activity.
Gameplay
Midgame
The game is divided in days. At the beginning of each day, players are notified regarding how many prisoners escaped, how many were released, how many were caught with bribes or trying to escape and finally, how many remain still in jail. Prisoners and guards can adopt a variety of strategies based on their risk tolerance. All other things being equal, the game rewards players who
Gameplay
Endgame
The game ends when there are no more prisoners, either because they went broke, or escaped, or bribed their way out of jail, or because they were released through parole or by serving their sentence. When the last prisoner is out of jail, the guards that remain get to leave with their pocket money.
Play to earn
Total number of players determines initial token balance in the game
Because the initial balance of all players is based on the total number of players, there is an incentive to invite as many players as possible.
Players earn Contraband coin
If a prisoner gets out, they are out of the game and they get to keep their token balance. If a prisoner or guard goes broke, they are eliminated from the game.
High stakes games coming soon
Higher stakes versions of the game, where players can earn more Contraband coin, will be available in the future.
