Comments on: New Conversations http://mssv.net/2007/07/19/new-conversations/ Just another WordPress weblog Tue, 09 Mar 2010 18:42:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Morbus Iff http://mssv.net/2007/07/19/new-conversations/comment-page-1/#comment-21842 Morbus Iff Mon, 23 Jul 2007 12:08:39 +0000 http://mssv.net/2007/07/19/new-conversations/#comment-21842 I don't believe it was Blade Runner, no. Annoyingly, I spent a good hour or so at MobyGames and a few other sites scanning through ancient Mac titles to find said box cover, and had no luck. I don’t believe it was Blade Runner, no. Annoyingly, I spent a good hour or so at MobyGames and a few other sites scanning through ancient Mac titles to find said box cover, and had no luck.

]]> By: Dan Hon http://mssv.net/2007/07/19/new-conversations/comment-page-1/#comment-21680 Dan Hon Sat, 21 Jul 2007 12:09:14 +0000 http://mssv.net/2007/07/19/new-conversations/#comment-21680 Hey, don't knock Blade Runner. That was a fantastic game, with a ludicrous number of alternate endings. David Braben's quite proud of the conversational interface he's developed for [new game x] which I can't remember the name of - the one about the cop in Washington who's accused of doing a hit on the President - which also works along the same lines - you don't get to choose what you say, but you do get to choose a conversational stance. Hey, don’t knock Blade Runner. That was a fantastic game, with a ludicrous number of alternate endings.

David Braben’s quite proud of the conversational interface he’s developed for [new game x] which I can’t remember the name of – the one about the cop in Washington who’s accused of doing a hit on the President – which also works along the same lines – you don’t get to choose what you say, but you do get to choose a conversational stance.

]]> By: Adrian Hon http://mssv.net/2007/07/19/new-conversations/comment-page-1/#comment-21633 Adrian Hon Fri, 20 Jul 2007 16:51:11 +0000 http://mssv.net/2007/07/19/new-conversations/#comment-21633 The idea of choosing an attitude or emotion isn't particularly new, and personally I don't like it that much. It's hard to tell how your character will respond if there's just a choice of aggressive/neutral/accommodating - short 3-5 word summaries are much better (although a bit more work for the devs). There was a guy who talked about a 'revolutionary new conversation system' at GDC, which basically involved picking a co-ordinate within two axes of happy/sad and aggressive/passive. It was terrible - can you imagine what that would do for flow in a game, having to hunt out the exact spot you think is right? Part of the reason why Mass Effect's system is good is because of the simple interface - a quick flick of the thumb. The idea of choosing an attitude or emotion isn’t particularly new, and personally I don’t like it that much. It’s hard to tell how your character will respond if there’s just a choice of aggressive/neutral/accommodating – short 3-5 word summaries are much better (although a bit more work for the devs).

There was a guy who talked about a ‘revolutionary new conversation system’ at GDC, which basically involved picking a co-ordinate within two axes of happy/sad and aggressive/passive. It was terrible – can you imagine what that would do for flow in a game, having to hunt out the exact spot you think is right? Part of the reason why Mass Effect’s system is good is because of the simple interface – a quick flick of the thumb.

]]> By: Guy Parsons http://mssv.net/2007/07/19/new-conversations/comment-page-1/#comment-21607 Guy Parsons Fri, 20 Jul 2007 06:56:12 +0000 http://mssv.net/2007/07/19/new-conversations/#comment-21607 MorbusIff: You mean Blade Runner The Game, maybe? 4 CD's of epic good ( or mean, or neutral, or wisecracking, or suspicious, or etc etc) times! MorbusIff: You mean Blade Runner The Game, maybe? 4 CD’s of epic good ( or mean, or neutral, or wisecracking, or suspicious, or etc etc) times!

]]> By: Evan Jones http://mssv.net/2007/07/19/new-conversations/comment-page-1/#comment-21554 Evan Jones Thu, 19 Jul 2007 15:08:49 +0000 http://mssv.net/2007/07/19/new-conversations/#comment-21554 Nice example - I'd love to get my hands dirty with it. Reminds me vaguely of Office Voodoo, although perhaps that's a little too far removed... http://alumni.media.mit.edu/~lew/research/voodoo/ Nice example – I’d love to get my hands dirty with it. Reminds me vaguely of Office Voodoo, although perhaps that’s a little too far removed…

http://alumni.media.mit.edu/~lew/research/voodoo/

]]> By: Morbus iff http://mssv.net/2007/07/19/new-conversations/comment-page-1/#comment-21544 Morbus iff Thu, 19 Jul 2007 11:58:07 +0000 http://mssv.net/2007/07/19/new-conversations/#comment-21544 I can't recall the name of the game now (of course; it was futuristic/punky, with an Angel motif or in the title somehow), but there was a CD game for the Mac easily 10 years ago that had an attitude selector - you had an evil/neutral/good choice that would determine how aggressively you spoke. The game itself wasn't very good, IMO, and the conversations weren't in real-time. I can’t recall the name of the game now (of course; it was futuristic/punky, with an Angel motif or in the title somehow), but there was a CD game for the Mac easily 10 years ago that had an attitude selector – you had an evil/neutral/good choice that would determine how aggressively you spoke. The game itself wasn’t very good, IMO, and the conversations weren’t in real-time.

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