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title: Multiple objects and agent behavior
summary: >-
The player accounts for shared commands, distinct abilities and reactive
behavior across several objects.
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title: 7 Billion Humans
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updatedAt: '2026-10-22'
title: Objects and agent behavior
description: >-
The player accounts for shared commands, distinct abilities and reactive
behavior across several objects.
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src: images/mechanics/adventure-seven-billion-humans-00.webp
width: 1440
height: 810
game: 7 Billion Humans
sourceUrl: 'https://store.steampowered.com/app/792100/'
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credit: Tomorrow Corporation
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Game imagery © its respective rights holders. Publisher-distributed
Steam screenshot; all rights reserved. Excluded from MIT and CC BY 4.0.
caption: Several workers execute a shared program
alt: Several workers execute a shared program
markers:
- x: 35
'y': 37
label: Group of agents on the same board
- x: 82
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label: Shared command sequence
tips:
- Test shared commands across different agent positions and states.
examples:
- title: 7 Billion Humans
url: 'https://store.steampowered.com/app/792100/'
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Original editorial design catalog consolidated from project discussions on
2026-10-20. Complete discussion item lists and contextual limitations are
preserved; linked primary sources support specific techniques, not the entire
classification. English translation was prepared with machine assistance and
editorial review.
license: CC-BY-4.0
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attribution: gamemechanics.pro contributors
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# Multiple objects and agent behavior
id: puzzle--family-agents
type: mechanic
key: mechanic/puzzle--family-agents
lang: en
status: active
url: https://gamemechanics.pro/en/knowledge/mechanic/puzzle--family-agents/
The player accounts for shared commands, distinct abilities and reactive behavior across several objects.
## At a glance
[7 Billion Humans](https://store.steampowered.com/app/792100/) · Game imagery © its respective rights holders. Publisher-distributed Steam screenshot; all rights reserved. Excluded from MIT and CC BY 4.0.
1. Group of agents on the same board
2. Shared command sequence
- Test shared commands across different agent positions and states.
- [7 Billion Humans](https://store.steampowered.com/app/792100/)
## How it works
Consider common commands, different abilities, and reactive behavior.
## Variants
### Variants and applications
- General management of multiple figures. Definition: Using one command, move several pieces with different obstacles. Conditional example: Bring two heroes to different exits.
- Mirror or reverse commands. Definition: Match figures that react differently to the same input. Conventional example: Guide a pair moving in opposite directions.
- Switch managed role. Definition: Select a character with a suitable ability and leave the rest in useful states. Conditional example: One holds the slab, the other moves on.
- Changing the controlled body. Definition: Transfer control to an object, receiving its properties and restrictions. Conditional example: Move into a stationary mechanism to open a path.
- Follow-up management. Definition: Use the rules of pursuit and maintaining distance. Conditional example: Lead a companion through forks with decoys.
- Redirecting the enemy. Definition: Use a predictable reaction from a hostile agent. Example: Lure a guard onto a pressure plate.
- Luring and repelling. Definition: Change the route of agents with signals, smells or objects. Conditional example: Separate creatures into different pens.
- Agent flow routing. Definition: Direct multiple characters by changing the environment or assigning actions. Conventional example: Lead a group through a dangerous area without casualties.
- Positional task with captures. Definition: Obtain a given result through allowed moves and removal of pieces. Conditional example: Perform checkmate in a given number of moves. Terms: chess problem; chess puzzle
- Dividing routes in time. Definition: To carry out several participants, excluding collisions and blocking of passages. Conditional example: To separate trains on single-track sections.
- Creating and merging copies. Definition: Change the number of agents for simultaneous actions, then coordinate their state. Conditional example: Divide a character to press two plates and put them back together.
## Context and limits
A wide catalog of mechanics for digital puzzles, paper logic problems and physical puzzles. Each position contains an action or rule and a conditional example of application.
## Connected materials
## Sources and provenance
Original editorial design catalog consolidated from project discussions on 2026-10-20. Complete discussion item lists and contextual limitations are preserved; linked primary sources support specific techniques, not the entire classification. English translation was prepared with machine assistance and editorial review.
- [7 Billion Humans](https://store.steampowered.com/app/792100/) (id: source-527f9b4932c6a896)
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