Facade

[Kinoko]

Has anyone got Facade yet? I saw it was available for download on insertcredit.com a couple of days ago and I'm downloading it now (800MB, yikes). I remember hearing about this awhile ago and being rather interested in it, so now curiosity has got the better of me.

Anyone else have it? Want to tell me it's crap and save me ruining my bandwidth?

[Vel]

It is, hm, interesting for a while, but it is more like a tech demo of an engine. And it's uite buggy too. IMO it's not worth the large download if you don't have a fast unlimited connection. It'd be interesting if someone implemented this in a bigger game though.

[monkey0506]

Can I ask what this is?

[Ghormak]

http://www.interactivestory.net

I think it's worth it just to see their looks of horror when you insult them.

[Snarky]

After all the hype (which I participated enthusiastically in), it is a tiny bit disappointing. It is not really playable as a game, you have to think of it as a tech demo showing the state of the art in AI-controlled storytelling. It is interesting partly because it makes the limitations of what we can do very clear. I wouldn't expect any games to even attempt something like this for a number of years.

It took five years to develop Facade. Maybe in another five years the idea will be ready for prime time. If they can overcome some of the problems that seem inherent to the method rather than due to technological limitations.

[Kinoko]

Well, I downloaded it and it just kind of loads eternally, slowing everything else on the computer to an almost dead stop. I guess my computer doesn't have enough grunt for it.

[BerserkerTails]

I downloaded it, but then was politely told by it that it wouldn't run on my computer. Oh well... I'll try it out when I upgrade near the end of summer.

[Haddas]

I am loving to test the engine to the limit. I find it fun to try what happens when you are acting err... the way the game doesn't expect.