Narrative games and AI game masters
Two years of using AI as a game master for solo role-playing. What this experience has taught us about memory, rules and surprise, and about business chatbots.
By Robert ScalesGames & storytelling
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Starting ChatGPT RPG: a language model as game master
Early tests of a language model as game master for solo role-playing, in the weeks around ChatGPT's launch. What works and what breaks.
By Robert ScalesGame concepts: designing a narrative solo game
Solo role-playing games are gaining momentum. The principles that make a narrative solo game work, from the designer's perspective.
By Robert ScalesThe Potential of The Mobile
Two days of talking mobile, games, carriers, publishers and users: quality matters immensely and people in this industry want and need to connect.
By Megan ColeUsing Camera and Other Phone Bits
Mark Pierce, CEO of Super Happy Fun Fun, Inc., on using the camera and other phone bits: think revolutionary rather than evolutionary.
By Megan ColeVIDFEST: Day Two
Day two of VIDFEST opens on Granville Island with a keynote from Atari founder Nolan Bushnell on innovation and the future of games.
By Megan ColeE3 Wrap-UP
I just returned from E3, the Electronic Entertainment Expo, in LA and what a busy week it was!
By Kris Krug30 Minutes To Go
So this is what it's coming down to.
By Robert ScalesSoftware Agents in Sci-Fi
Science fiction can be a valuable medium for visualizing future trends in technology, such as software agents that act on behalf of a user.
By Mark YuasaYour business deserves to be found.
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