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This is great, can't wait unti this is taken to the next level... (they touch on this at the end of the article) - An RTS without units or buildings by defaul

by b1n 3y ago

This is great, can't wait unti this is taken to the next level... (they touch on this at the end of the article) - An RTS without units or buildings by default. - The players enter prompts and creates any unit they can imagine.

totetsu 3y ago
I was wondering about how this could affect gameplay. Like disguising your buildings by looking like other buildings.. That example of all the buildings being made of books. How can I tell the difference between a barracks and an archery range.. or just a patch of empty grass? I used to play a text based MUD that had a high level spell that let you create illusion spells that just output text of your choosing onto other players screens. It was often used to just verbatim send the You Died, text and ruin peoples day for a moment.
- chii 3y ago
  it'd be interesting to make a game where the units aren't hardcoded either - and to play against someone, you'd have to "figure out" what their units did and what weakness it would have (i imagine it would work by a point system, where for example, if you put more into health, their attack would be weaker etc).
  - totetsu 3y ago
    SMAC let you do this. The components all had costs, and the reactor upgrades increased their power, and IIRC reduced the costs. So as you advanced you picked and chose what frames, reactors, components, armor you want. It let you do things like Colony pods with orbital insertion, or submarine probe teams. Very fun.
- rootw0rm 3y ago
  i used to do the same thing, but with simple say/tell/shout commands + terminal control codes to move cursor/overwrite text/etc. was lots of fun =) edit - worked with zMUD anyways
imiric 3y ago
Same here. I'm looking forward when this is used in all games. They could ship with just a LLM, gameplay logic, and some base assets that could be used as source. Then let the player choose and generate assets in any style they want. This could be limited with some predefined parameters, or entirely free form. Exciting times ahead.

by b1n 3y ago

totetsu 3y ago

I was wondering about how this could affect gameplay. Like disguising your buildings by looking like other buildings.. That example of all the buildings being made of books. How can I tell the difference between a barracks and an archery range.. or just a patch of empty grass? I used to play a text based MUD that had a high level spell that let you create illusion spells that just output text of your choosing onto other players screens. It was often used to just verbatim send the You Died, text and ruin peoples day for a moment.

chii 3y ago
it'd be interesting to make a game where the units aren't hardcoded either - and to play against someone, you'd have to "figure out" what their units did and what weakness it would have (i imagine it would work by a point system, where for example, if you put more into health, their attack would be weaker etc).
- totetsu 3y ago
  SMAC let you do this. The components all had costs, and the reactor upgrades increased their power, and IIRC reduced the costs. So as you advanced you picked and chose what frames, reactors, components, armor you want. It let you do things like Colony pods with orbital insertion, or submarine probe teams. Very fun.
rootw0rm 3y ago
i used to do the same thing, but with simple say/tell/shout commands + terminal control codes to move cursor/overwrite text/etc. was lots of fun =) edit - worked with zMUD anyways

imiric 3y ago

Same here. I'm looking forward when this is used in all games. They could ship with just a LLM, gameplay logic, and some base assets that could be used as source. Then let the player choose and generate assets in any style they want. This could be limited with some predefined parameters, or entirely free form. Exciting times ahead.