I like your pitch except for the part "and that they can progress and evolve by hacking other AIs". But the question is then how does it tie meaningfully with the gameplay ? The pitch is compelling and entails following questions like : how do these AIs manifest themselves ? How do you interact with them ? What are they capable of ? What are their goals ? etc...
Joss 2010/7/5 Xavier Antoviaque <[email protected]> > On Mon, 2010-07-05 at 17:57 +0200, Josselin Perrus wrote: > > Are you sure the GITS and Matrix audience are 60/40. I'd guess it is > > closer to 80/20. In itself it is not a big deal, but you > > representation of the audience is unclear if not contradictory. > > I'm not sure no, but Quantcast seems to confirm it: > > http://www.quantcast.com/ghostintheshell.tv#demographics > http://www.quantcast.com/intothematrix.com#demographics > > Do you know a better way to confirm the demographics of a given > audience? > > > And I see a major to drawback to this uncertainty : you aim in > > different directions hoping one segment is gonna respond : breeding > > AIs has very little in common with hacking websites. You can't have > > both females taking care of artificial creatures and angry men hacking > > each other, and detectives trying to find out what's going on, all at > > the same time... > > Again, you might want to define and discuss more than one concept but > > each should be very focused and lead to a very different game. > > Yes, I thought I agreed with this in my last email - I was probably not > explicit enough about it, but you convinced me on that point. : ) > > I was discussing the idea about AIs as the main theme for the game - not > something to just add to the mix. I think a MMO still has a lot of room > to add different concepts and gameplays afterwards, but right now you > are correct - we need to focus on one. > > > Pitch : two factions are disputing the control over the > > world/universe/whatever form some racial/succession/cultural reasons > > (history provide a lots of possibilities). Your role is to lead one of > > them to the victory. You defeat the opponent by gathering ressources, > > building up your base and army and destroying their HQ. > > Ok, let's try for the AIs concept: > > "Pitch: Artificial intelligences are waking up on the Internet. You > discover their existence, and realize that you can control/hack them, > and that they can progress and evolve by hacking other AIs. Are you > going to help them, or are you going to use this to your advantage?" > > > I really like your AI proposition but it's certainly not the same game > > you were talking about with Anton. You certainly want to refine the > > concept and get the pitch right, compare it the the hacking pitch that > > you would also come to, and maybe some other ones, see which one is > > most promising and go for it... But I don't think you should try to > > merge all of it in only one game... > > Yup, it's not the same game at all, agreed. I think the AI one is much > less hardcore, and fits better with our target audience. > > But what about you? What do you think is best? > > Xavier. > > > _______________________________________________ > Hackit Bar mailing list - [email protected] > > Wiki: http://community.hackit.cx/ > List: http://community.hackit.cx/ml/ > Forum: http://community.hackit.cx/forum/ > Ideas: http://community.hackit.cx/ideas/ > IRC: irc://irc.freenode.net/#politis >
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