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People got used to pre-determined games where you had an easy-to-discern win condition; this is no longer the case. AI is all the rage now and you can play with your machine forever and ever on your phone:
https://www.msn.com/en-us/entertainment/gaming/infinite-text-adventure-ai-dungeon-is-now-available-on-ios-and-android/ar-BBY5Br2
Earlier this month we told you about AI Dungeon, an AI-powered text adventure with near infinite possibilities. You can type what you want into the game, and the AI will generate a response on the fly, creating a freewheeling experience that encourages cooperation and imagination. Now, AI Dungeon is available on iOS and Android as well, making it much easier to explore fantasy and sci-fi realms with an AI game master.
For PC users, there is an even better port that uses "half precision floating point using significantly less GPU memory" (you can run it on 4GB cards instead of 16+): https://github.com/cloveranon/Clover-Edition
Also includes coloured text, suggested actions and a ton of pre-defined scenarios missing from the original.
(Score: 2) by barbara hudson on Thursday January 02 2020, @08:20PM (4 children)
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(Score: 2) by tangomargarine on Friday January 03 2020, @04:47PM (3 children)
You said "Even open ended games die if you don't keep adding new features", implying that non-open-ended games follow the same rule, so whether the pool of possible chess moves is finite is irrelevant.
"Is that really true?" "I just spent the last hour telling you to think for yourself! Didn't you hear anything I said?"
(Score: 2) by barbara hudson on Friday January 03 2020, @06:34PM (2 children)
Both open and closed-end games die without new features. That's a fact. Why are you trying to turn it into a controversy?
Chess used to be played by kids in grade school at lunchtime. Not any more. That's another fact, and again, not controversial.
Even Minecraft adds new features to keep people coming back. The problem is that over the long term, this is ultimately self-defeating, because after a certain point, the game becomes too complex for new players to get into easily enough, and without new players any game is doomed.
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(Score: 2) by tangomargarine on Friday January 03 2020, @07:19PM (1 child)
And again, chess is not dead. Fact.
"Is that really true?" "I just spent the last hour telling you to think for yourself! Didn't you hear anything I said?"
(Score: 2) by barbara hudson on Friday January 03 2020, @08:28PM
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