{"schemaVersion":1,"record":{"key":"mechanic/shared-family-47","type":"mechanic","id":"shared-family-47","lang":"en","title":"Competition, negotiation and mutual choice","summary":"Participants compare results, negotiate or choose actions while considering one another’s intentions.","updatedAt":"2026-10-22","status":"active","url":"https://gamemechanics.pro/en/knowledge/mechanic/shared-family-47/","jsonUrl":"https://gamemechanics.pro/api/v1/knowledge/en/mechanic/shared-family-47.json","markdownUrl":"https://gamemechanics.pro/content/knowledge/en/mechanic/shared-family-47.md","aliases":["Competition and mutual choice"],"tags":["Children’s games","Story, communication and creativity","Educational games"],"sourceIds":["source-b67a8fdac5557e73"],"sources":[{"id":"source-b67a8fdac5557e73","title":"Street Fighter™ 6","url":"https://store.steampowered.com/app/1364780/","verifiedAt":null}],"sections":[{"id":"principle","title":"How it works","body":"Compete in solving"},{"id":"variants","title":"Variants","body":"### Variants\n\n<a id=\"family-47-branch-1\"></a>\n\n- Compete in solving <a id=\"family-47-variant-1\"></a>\n- Compete with one's previous result <a id=\"family-47-variant-2\"></a>\n- Play team against team <a id=\"family-47-variant-3\"></a>\n- Choose simultaneously <a id=\"family-47-variant-4\"></a>\n- Anticipate opponents <a id=\"family-47-variant-5\"></a>\n- Exchange by agreement <a id=\"family-47-variant-6\"></a>\n- Divide shared resources <a id=\"family-47-variant-7\"></a>\n- Participate in simple auctions <a id=\"family-47-variant-8\"></a>\n- Vote on shared choices <a id=\"family-47-variant-9\"></a>\n- Choose cooperation or personal benefit <a id=\"family-47-variant-10\"></a>\n- Agree on rules <a id=\"family-47-variant-11\"></a>\n- Compare methods without requiring a winner <a id=\"family-47-variant-12\"></a>"},{"id":"example","title":"Design example","body":"Trade cards so everyone completes a required set."},{"id":"context","title":"Context and limits","body":"An action map for children’s digital, board, active and mixed games. An instructional goal is optional: children can invent stories, explore toys, compete or enjoy play itself. Select age suitability, reading demands, controls and pace separately; different implementations can suit different ages. Learning tasks and instructional support have their own reference."},{"id":"context-education","title":"Context: Educational games","body":"A mechanic map for games with explicit learning goals, from first encounters with a topic to professional practice. It covers children, teenagers and adults; choose subject, difficulty, context and controls for the learner. Player actions, subject content, instructional support and assessment are distinct layers. Scores and game completion alone do not establish mastery or skill transfer."}],"relations":[],"placements":[{"catalogId":"children","id":"family-47","title":"Children’s games","url":"https://gamemechanics.pro/en/mechanics/children/#family-47","categoryIds":["social"]},{"catalogId":"education","id":"family-47","title":"Educational games","url":"https://gamemechanics.pro/en/mechanics/education/#family-47","categoryIds":["social"]}],"supersededBy":[],"attributes":{"preview":{"updatedAt":"2026-10-22","title":"Competition and mutual choice","description":"Participants compare results, negotiate or choose actions while considering one another’s intentions.","image":{"src":"images/mechanics/priority-street-fighter6-09.webp","width":1440,"height":810,"game":"Street Fighter™ 6","sourceUrl":"https://store.steampowered.com/app/1364780/","originalUrl":"https://shared.akamai.steamstatic.com/store_item_assets/steam/apps/1364780/ss_201488fc9f1aa5e29e2fc6d96ef2b66e41ddf32e.1920x1080.jpg?t=1791866175","credit":"CAPCOM Co., Ltd.","rights":"Game imagery © its respective rights holders. Publisher-distributed Steam screenshot; all rights reserved. Excluded from MIT and CC BY 4.0.","caption":"An airborne attack meets a low opponent position","alt":"An airborne attack meets a low opponent position","markers":[{"x":53,"y":50,"label":"Attacking fighter in the air"},{"x":77,"y":74,"label":"Second fighter’s low position"}]},"tips":["Make shared rules and comparison results clear to all participants."],"examples":[{"title":"Street Fighter™ 6","url":"https://store.steampowered.com/app/1364780/"}]}},"endsAt":null,"provenance":"Play-focused selection adapted from the original children-education taxonomy, with original editorial additions dated 2026-10-20. Developer sources support specific examples, not the entire classification.","license":"CC-BY-4.0","codeLicense":"MIT","attribution":"gamemechanics.pro contributors","catalogKey":"catalog/children"}}