Eco Strange Loop Games - tips and tricks for cooperation

In Eco by Strange Loop Games, I stumbled few times in communities of players who defined their group as communists. While this has little to do with communism in the real world, here is what I learned with them.

Research is a key activity to advance in the game Eco. It is one of the first challenge where players show their preference between collaborative, independent and competitive approach of the game. This article focus on few ways to promote research in a collaborative fashion.

 A great way to improve efficiency on your server is to provide iron tools to every player. Here is a simple design to help you make this fast... so you can get back to mining.

Do-It-Yourself buildings are the direct result of a core value shared by many players of  Eco by  Strange Loop Games  and a great way to support the growth of a server. However, their use conflict with popular (mis-)conceptions about economy and profits. That is probably why you don't see them often.

  I do love to play  the game Eco by  Strange Loop Games   and join a team. Everyone should experience the sense of security, usefullness and comaraderie of a team. This is great...really...but why are the other players leaving ?

In Eco by  Strange Loop Games , players can make their own world (or server) and welcome other players to share their dream. The value of a an Eco world comes from the number and quality of players who contribute to this dream. There are, however, common mistakes and mishaps from administrators that can easily turn happy citizens to deserters.

Eco by  Strange Loop Games  is sometimes pictured with a nice city town hall, white bridge and other community features. I did my fare share of random servers and let's just say player-made town centers rarely look like this, if there are any. In fact, the absence of town centers is odd considering their advantages for a community: I blame minecraft :)