Infinite Modding

Onchain games could be infinitely modded by anyone, since composability lets new functionality be deployed on top of a live game without permission from its developers. The essay traces gaming's history as a drama in which authorship keeps being redrawn, from single-person development to big studios to open engines. It cites Counter-Strike, built on Half-Life's engine, and Dota 2 and League of Legends, which began as mods, as examples of players shaping games. It argues that because onchain rules bind developers as much as players, the audience becomes the final judge of a game's direction through play.