The Prototype that was Banned from Halfbrick

A GDC talk about a multiplayer prototype made at the studio Halfbrick that ended up banned there. The game's adversarial play, with betrayal between players, caused so much friction between colleagues.

HN calls it a legendary talk about how adversarial multiplayer design can make the experience unpleasant for everyone.

“describes the unpleasant adversarial effects of some multiplayer games like this”