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key: mechanic/online-participation--t321
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id: online-participation--t321
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title: 'Guilds, clans and long-term collective goals'
summary: >-
  A guild connects members through shared rights and projects. Shop Titans
  preserves town investment and growth while members play at different times.
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  - Mechanics and variants
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  - id: source-fc1e96448c00cb53
    title: Shop Titans
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  preview:
    updatedAt: '2026-10-22'
    title: Guilds and long-term shared goals
    description: >-
      A guild connects members through shared rights and projects. Shop Titans
      preserves town investment and growth while members play at different
      times.
    image:
      src: images/mechanics/rpg-shop-titans-04.webp
      width: 1440
      height: 810
      game: Shop Titans
      sourceUrl: 'https://store.steampowered.com/app/1258080/'
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      rights: >-
        Game imagery © its respective rights holders. Official game guide or
        publisher-distributed screenshot; all rights reserved. Excluded from MIT
        and CC BY 4.0.
      caption: A persistent guild and its shared capabilities
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          label: Guild Perks provides access to shared guild benefits
    tips:
      - >-
        Define shared-resource permissions and what happens to contributions
        when members leave.
    examples:
      - title: Shop Titans
        url: 'https://store.steampowered.com/app/1258080/'
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provenance: >-
  Original bilingual editorial overviews authored for gamemechanics.pro on
  2026-10-20 and reviewed on 2026-10-21. Scenarios are hypothetical design
  examples; prototype checks describe work to perform, not completed playtests.
  Primary sources support the stated techniques and implementation context, not
  every proposed variant.
license: CC-BY-4.0
codeLicense: MIT
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---
# Guilds, clans and long-term collective goals

id: online-participation--t321
type: mechanic
key: mechanic/online-participation--t321
lang: en
status: active
url: https://gamemechanics.pro/en/knowledge/mechanic/online-participation--t321/

A guild connects members through shared rights and projects. Shop Titans preserves town investment and growth while members play at different times.

## At a glance

![A persistent guild and its shared capabilities](https://gamemechanics.pro/images/mechanics/rpg-shop-titans-04.webp)

[Shop Titans](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1258080/) · Game imagery © its respective rights holders. Official game guide or publisher-distributed screenshot; all rights reserved. Excluded from MIT and CC BY 4.0.

1. Guild Perks provides access to shared guild benefits

- Define shared-resource permissions and what happens to contributions when members leave.

- [Shop Titans](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1258080/)

## How it works

Guilds connect participants through shared permissions, supplies and long-term projects across different participation schedules.

## Variants

### Mechanic variants

<a id="t321-variants"></a>

- Roles grant limited management permissions. <a id="t321-v1"></a>
- Storage separates personal and shared supplies. <a id="t321-v2"></a>
- Projects show contributions needed by category. <a id="t321-v3"></a>
- History makes reward allocation transparent. <a id="t321-v4"></a>

## Design example

One group gathers materials in the morning and another completes a shared construction that evening.

Prototype check: Test member departure, leadership changes and access to prior contributions under the group's stated rules.

## Context and limits

Online mechanics connect individual contributions to shared state, participation timing and explicit commitments between players. Each overview separates player actions, state changes and alternative rules. Examples are hypothetical design scenarios, not claims about a named game. A prototype check states an observable question for the next iteration. Existing detailed references remain separately linked from the direction map.

## Connected materials


## Sources and provenance

Original bilingual editorial overviews authored for gamemechanics.pro on 2026-10-20 and reviewed on 2026-10-21. Scenarios are hypothetical design examples; prototype checks describe work to perform, not completed playtests. Primary sources support the stated techniques and implementation context, not every proposed variant.

- [Steamworks: Multiplayer](https://partner.steamgames.com/doc/features/multiplayer) (id: source-d6403e86b24cf114)
- [Shop Titans](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1258080/) (id: source-fc1e96448c00cb53)

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