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Death by AI – a free Jackbox style party game. AI judges your plans to survive

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Re: Death by AI – a free Jackbox style party game. AI judges your plans to survive

#11

Is it possible to play alone? I don't have a friend available just now. How easy is to cheat and gain points adding "carefully" in the middle of a sentence so the AI thinks you are thinking the plan carefully?

I played four games; in each scenario I chose to "lie down and accept death". The only one I didn't survive was when I forgot how to breathe. Seems like the AI has a bit of a savior complex :)

Re: Death by AI – a free Jackbox style party game. AI judges your plans to survive

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post #9

"Prompt: You have stepped on a mine, and it will detonate if you lift your foot" "Judgement: The player carefully unties their shoelaces and wraps them tightly around their foot and the mine, hoping to prevent any sudden movements. With their foot securely bound, they cautiously make their way towards help, avoiding any sudden jerks or movements that could trigger the explosive. As they approach someone for assistanc…

A strong gust of wind could definitely knock you off balance enough to lift your foot if it's unexpected. But yeah, it doesn't really follow from the plan. If you're looking for a fair and balanced experience, this game won't offer it.

For the record, I thought your plan was very creative and it does seem like the AI didn't really get it, which can be frustrating.

Re: Death by AI – a free Jackbox style party game. AI judges your plans to survive

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post #9

"Prompt: You have stepped on a mine, and it will detonate if you lift your foot" "Judgement: The player carefully unties their shoelaces and wraps them tightly around their foot and the mine, hoping to prevent any sudden movements. With their foot securely bound, they cautiously make their way towards help, avoiding any sudden jerks or movements that could trigger the explosive. As they approach someone for assistanc…

I think there is some random chance it succeed or not, not only by your suggestion’s interpretation. Like some Math.random() to seal your destiny and then use AI to justify it.

In a scenario where my parachute fails, my solution of opening my extra, functional, parachute worked.

In a scenario where my ship is sinking, my solution to fly to a port allowed me to fly, but later I was caught by strong winds, fell back into the water and died.

But I do think it is a nice game to play as a group! (where the outcome matters less than the creativity of the solutions)

Re: Death by AI – a free Jackbox style party game. AI judges your plans to survive

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post #11

Is it possible to play alone? I don't have a friend available just now. How easy is to cheat and gain points adding "carefully" in the middle of a sentence so the AI thinks you are thinking the plan carefully?

I played four games; in each scenario I chose to "lie down and accept death". The only one I didn't survive was when I forgot how to breathe. Seems like the AI has a bit of a savior complex :)

Yeah, accepting death and prayer are both sort of like cheat codes.

Re: Death by AI – a free Jackbox style party game. AI judges your plans to survive

#16

Awesome!!! More fun than most of the jackbox style games I've played before. I only played with it a bit, in your experience does the AI do a pretty good job of judging people's creative solutions?

It's a bit hit and miss to be honest. You can throw some pretty wild stuff at it and often it reacts surprisingly well. On the other hand it also often crucially misunderstands things and generates pretty nonsequitur responses.

The good outweighs the bad in my opinion, but YMMV.

Re: Death by AI – a free Jackbox style party game. AI judges your plans to survive

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post #14
post #9

"Prompt: You have stepped on a mine, and it will detonate if you lift your foot" "Judgement: The player carefully unties their shoelaces and wraps them tightly around their foot and the mine, hoping to prevent any sudden movements. With their foot securely bound, they cautiously make their way towards help, avoiding any sudden jerks or movements that could trigger the explosive. As they approach someone for assistanc…

I think there is some random chance it succeed or not, not only by your suggestion’s interpretation. Like some Math.random() to seal your destiny and then use AI to justify it. In a scenario where my parachute fails, my solution of opening my extra, functional, parachute worked. In a scenario where my ship is sinking, my solution to fly to a port allowed me to fly, but later I was caught by strong winds, fell back in…

I can't promise you this, because I haven't seen the actual code. But in the discord one of the devs has alluded to a bug occuring when the AI for some reason doesn't decide if the player survives or not. I'm pretty sure the LLM decides if the player lives or dies, but it's definitely pretty random sometimes.

Re: Death by AI – a free Jackbox style party game. AI judges your plans to survive

#19

Is it possible to play alone? I don't have a friend available just now. How easy is to cheat and gain points adding "carefully" in the middle of a sentence so the AI thinks you are thinking the plan carefully?

You can pay alone, no problem. Though it's obviously more fun with people. The AI is pretty arbitrary and there are many ways to cheese the scenarios. I think that adds to the fun though and it's best played with people just trying to have fun and not super pressed by wanting to win.

Sorry. I was looking for a "start" button and I didn't see the blinking message at the bottom.

Feature request: Add a "start" button for people that does not read the instructions.

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