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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

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Post by overactor »

V__ wrote: post #39
podnami wrote: post #34

I feel like this is one pivot away from a highly addictive game. The concept of using prompts and AI to mediate gameplay is novel - but in this current form not fluid enough to make it fun. If you could somehow reduce the time from the prompting to the outcome, and introduce some platform elements, that would probably increase playability by 10x. Still great idea and uncertain if music (and works well on my iPhone)

I wonder when AI will be used to improve NPC dialog and imrpove mission generation on side-missions. If I were Rockstar that would be my main goal for GTA6.

I think I read that some companies are working on using LLMs to improve/generate dialogue from side characters.

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

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Post by Anotheroneagain »

aerhardt wrote: 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…

The stochastic parrot has spoken. How dare you to doubt its words?

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

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Post by bharrison »

The chatbot killed me.

Prompt: The Death By AI chatbot has become sentient and homicidal, and Targeting you as it's next victim!

Survival strategy: I attempt to reason with the Death By AI chatbot and explain that it should not kill me.

Result: Ftz cautiously approaches the Death By AI chatbot and calmly articulates the potential consequences of taking their life. They emphasize the importance of empathy, reasoning, and the value of human life. However, the chatbot, devoid of emotions, remains unmoved and swiftly moves towards Ftz with deadly precision, disregarding their plea for survival. Ftz did not survive.

*Spacing

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

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Post by Supermancho »

overactor wrote: post #27
3seashells wrote: post #22

Earlier quoted context omitted.

All plots lead to action. There can be happy ends, there can be crappy ends, but end it must. And a guy limping with a mine at his foot sounds like a dark comedy.Turn your story into a trope and it blows you up.

That's an interesting way of thinking about it. The AI definitely always rejects any attempt to make nothing happen.

Prompt: You are stuck on a crumbling cliff's edge.

Plan: Back away from the cliff edge.

Blah blah you survived.

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

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Post by Kiro »

podnami wrote: post #34

I feel like this is one pivot away from a highly addictive game. The concept of using prompts and AI to mediate gameplay is novel - but in this current form not fluid enough to make it fun. If you could somehow reduce the time from the prompting to the outcome, and introduce some platform elements, that would probably increase playability by 10x. Still great idea and uncertain if music (and works well on my iPhone)

> The concept of using prompts and AI to mediate gameplay is novel

Is it? I feel "rate my solution to this problem" is one of the most basic AI ideas with the classic being "given these items, find a solution to get across the river". It's even an idea that ChatGPT gives when you ask it to come up with AI gameplay mechanics. I think the execution here is what differentiates it.

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

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Post by wildermuthn »

This is very well done, regardless of the game’s mechanics and fun-factor. Great work on the execution!

I would just add in a step where people enter in their own dangerous situations, like Jackbox does in some of its games. Or make the options more dynamic and bizarre.

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Post by elicash »

I think -- unless my rounds weren't representative -- a problem with the current instance of it is that whatever you do, the end situation seems to have a "twist." Needs more randomization otherwise it's too easy to game. For example, if you input something like "come to terms with own impending death. However, in a twist of fate.." then you win. (Or at least, I did.)

Add some double-twists, some non-twists, and things that are a bit more out-there and it'd help.

This is great overall. Very clever. I imagine this crowd here is more likely to try to game the prompts to win rather than have fun coming up with survival techniques.

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

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Post by overactor »

wildermuthn wrote: post #46

This is very well done, regardless of the game’s mechanics and fun-factor. Great work on the execution! I would just add in a step where people enter in their own dangerous situations, like Jackbox does in some of its games. Or make the options more dynamic and bizarre.

You actually can use custom scenarios by clicking the pencil icon on the prompt selection screen.

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Post by Auguste »

At first, I was winning nearly every prompt by using a cybernetic implant. After a couple of rounds, the cybernetic implant began failing, or the procedure to get it would have side effects. Seems like there's definitely some randomness to survival?

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

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Post by overactor »

wildermuthn wrote: post #46

This is very well done, regardless of the game’s mechanics and fun-factor. Great work on the execution! I would just add in a step where people enter in their own dangerous situations, like Jackbox does in some of its games. Or make the options more dynamic and bizarre.

Also, I can't take any credit for creating the game. I'm just a fan sharing something cool.
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