Looking for Help to Develop A Novel FPS (simple zombie/vampire mod) Game Based on Patent
by Ranger McCoy · in Torque Game Engine · 06/03/2009 (8:04 am) · 90 replies
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Would love to build a game like that described in this patent!
What would be the easiest vampire/zombie games/FPS's to mod? All we would have to do is add voices and some simple AI to the vampires/zombies/NPCs.
System and method for creating exalted video games and virtual realities wherein ideas have consequences:
http://www.google.com/patents?id=aAuzAAAAEBAJ (Patent application)
http://www.google.com/patents?id=aAuzAAAAEBAJ&pg=PA2&source=gbs_selected_pages&cad=1_1 (figures)
"A video game method and system for creating games where ideas have consequences, incorporating branching paths that correspond to a player’s choices, wherein paths correspond to decisions founded upon ideals, resulting in exalted games with deeper soul and story, enhanced characters and meanings, and exalted gameplay. The classical hero’s journey may be rendered, as the journey hinges on choices pivoting on classical ideals. Ideas that are rendered in word and deed will have consequences in the gameworld. Historical events such as The American Revolution may be brought to life, as players listen to famous speeches and choose sides. As great works of literature and dramatic art center around characters rendering ideals real, both internally and externally, in word and deed, in love and war, the present invention will afford video games that exalt the classical soul, as well as the great books, classics, and epic films—past, present, and future."
The patent is getting some buzz:
http://wordsonplay.wordpress.com/2009/05/28/system-and-method-for-creating-exalted-video-games-and-virtual-realities-wherein-ideas-have-consequences/
http://www.eegra.com/pages/show/title/31_05_2009_Sunday_Sundries___quot_NPC1_becomes_vampire_communist_quot_/
http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3146757
http://progsoc.org/~curious/?p=732
Has anyone done anything like this?
What would be the easiest vampire/zombie game or FPS to mod?
All we would have to do is add voices to the characters and some simple AI.
1. A method for creating video games and virtual realities wherein ideas have consequences.
2. The method in claim 1 where said ideas are rooted in classical, epic precepts such as those found in the Great Books and Classics, and exalted at the pinnacles of Western culture and history.
3. The method in claim 1 where said ideas are manifested in the words the player or non-player characters, write, speak, read, disseminate, congregate about, fight for, and/or associate with.
4. The method in claim 1 where said ideas are manifested in the actions the player, non-player characters, and/or monsters act out.
5. The method in claim 1 where said ideas spread like viruses, by being spoken, written, or disseminated in some other manner, transforming characters who come in contact with said ideas into vampires, zombies, or other forms of monsters.
6. The method in claim 1 where said ideas spread like viruses, by being spoken, written, or disseminated in some other manner, transforming characters who come in contact with said ideas into vampires, zombies, or other forms of monsters, and where said vampires, zombies, and monsters may be saved or converted back to normal by coming in contact with ideas that oppose the ideas that made them vampires, zombies, and other forms of monsters.
7. The method in claim 1 where said ideas must be fought for via words and dialogue, before they have exalted consequences.
8. The method in claim 1 where said ideas must be fought for via deeds and actions, before they have exalted consequences.
http://libertariangames.com
Would love to build a game like that described in this patent!
What would be the easiest vampire/zombie games/FPS's to mod? All we would have to do is add voices and some simple AI to the vampires/zombies/NPCs.
System and method for creating exalted video games and virtual realities wherein ideas have consequences:
http://www.google.com/patents?id=aAuzAAAAEBAJ (Patent application)
http://www.google.com/patents?id=aAuzAAAAEBAJ&pg=PA2&source=gbs_selected_pages&cad=1_1 (figures)
"A video game method and system for creating games where ideas have consequences, incorporating branching paths that correspond to a player’s choices, wherein paths correspond to decisions founded upon ideals, resulting in exalted games with deeper soul and story, enhanced characters and meanings, and exalted gameplay. The classical hero’s journey may be rendered, as the journey hinges on choices pivoting on classical ideals. Ideas that are rendered in word and deed will have consequences in the gameworld. Historical events such as The American Revolution may be brought to life, as players listen to famous speeches and choose sides. As great works of literature and dramatic art center around characters rendering ideals real, both internally and externally, in word and deed, in love and war, the present invention will afford video games that exalt the classical soul, as well as the great books, classics, and epic films—past, present, and future."
The patent is getting some buzz:
http://wordsonplay.wordpress.com/2009/05/28/system-and-method-for-creating-exalted-video-games-and-virtual-realities-wherein-ideas-have-consequences/
http://www.eegra.com/pages/show/title/31_05_2009_Sunday_Sundries___quot_NPC1_becomes_vampire_communist_quot_/
http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3146757
http://progsoc.org/~curious/?p=732
Has anyone done anything like this?
What would be the easiest vampire/zombie game or FPS to mod?
All we would have to do is add voices to the characters and some simple AI.
1. A method for creating video games and virtual realities wherein ideas have consequences.
2. The method in claim 1 where said ideas are rooted in classical, epic precepts such as those found in the Great Books and Classics, and exalted at the pinnacles of Western culture and history.
3. The method in claim 1 where said ideas are manifested in the words the player or non-player characters, write, speak, read, disseminate, congregate about, fight for, and/or associate with.
4. The method in claim 1 where said ideas are manifested in the actions the player, non-player characters, and/or monsters act out.
5. The method in claim 1 where said ideas spread like viruses, by being spoken, written, or disseminated in some other manner, transforming characters who come in contact with said ideas into vampires, zombies, or other forms of monsters.
6. The method in claim 1 where said ideas spread like viruses, by being spoken, written, or disseminated in some other manner, transforming characters who come in contact with said ideas into vampires, zombies, or other forms of monsters, and where said vampires, zombies, and monsters may be saved or converted back to normal by coming in contact with ideas that oppose the ideas that made them vampires, zombies, and other forms of monsters.
7. The method in claim 1 where said ideas must be fought for via words and dialogue, before they have exalted consequences.
8. The method in claim 1 where said ideas must be fought for via deeds and actions, before they have exalted consequences.
http://libertariangames.com
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#82
You will note that people other than I began these threads--I am merely responding here and there:
http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3143589 (almost 20,000 views!)
http://www.onelastcontinue.com/9136/vampire-zombie-communist-hookers-patent-it/
This is the greatest videogame patent I've ever read:
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=366448
Video Game Idea of the Century!
http://forum.teamxbox.com/showthread.php?t=623861&page=2
Imagine if we built the game!
Contact me at: drelliot@gmail.com, http://twitter.com/45surf, http://facebook.com/elliot.mcgucken
Getting the word out is just as important as creating new technologies,.
1) The new technology has been created/patented
2) The word is getting out
3) Those who build the game will get $$$$$ !
This would be huge for garage games!
Let em know if you want to be a part of the team!
In Russia!
ded-maxim.livejournal.com/337627.html
@NEOGAF:
www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=366448
@TWITTER
www.google.com/search?q=%22exalted+video+games%22+site:twitter.com&hl=en&...
www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=%22video+game+patent%22+site%3Atwitter.com&...
@GAMASUTRA:
www.google.com/search?q=%22exalted+video+games%22+site:gamasutra.com&hl=en&a...
@WORDPRESS:
www.google.com/search?q=%22exalted+video+games%22+site:wordpress.com&hl=en&a...
@LIVEJOURNAL:
HOPEFULLY THE CRAZIEST THING YOU WILL READ ALL DAY
May 27th, 16:42
What happens when a schizophrenic libertarian has an idea for a video game? He files a 100-page patent for it, of course.
steffo42.livejournal.com/24420.html
a fallout 3 mod based on this shit would be boss as fuck."
"What’s scary, for me, is that this might be exactly what gamers want." --onelastcontinue.com
www.onelastcontinue.com/9136/vampire-zombie-communist-hookers-patent-it/
@SIMDYNASTY: "I didn't bother reading it, but my friend (who found it) said "did you notice he quotes the Declaration of Independence, Gandhi and then talks about Clint Eastwood and Eminem?"" --simdynasty.com
"That thing is the proverbial gift that keeps on giving." --simdynasty.com
"Fuck! I actually have to come back and read this later as it will take too long right now. Fucking hell though!"
@TWITTER: Wow! Most amazing videogame patent ever. Save the earth from communism by not shooting the hooker! 120page WIN tinyurl.com/savehooker --http://twitter.com/DenUngeHerrHolm
07/07/2009 (8:01 am)
It would be huge for Garage Games and the Garage Games community to build some simple implementattions of this new technology which is getting so much buzz all over:You will note that people other than I began these threads--I am merely responding here and there:
http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3143589 (almost 20,000 views!)
http://www.onelastcontinue.com/9136/vampire-zombie-communist-hookers-patent-it/
This is the greatest videogame patent I've ever read:
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=366448
Video Game Idea of the Century!
http://forum.teamxbox.com/showthread.php?t=623861&page=2
Imagine if we built the game!
Contact me at: drelliot@gmail.com, http://twitter.com/45surf, http://facebook.com/elliot.mcgucken
Getting the word out is just as important as creating new technologies,.
1) The new technology has been created/patented
2) The word is getting out
3) Those who build the game will get $$$$$ !
This would be huge for garage games!
Let em know if you want to be a part of the team!
In Russia!
ded-maxim.livejournal.com/337627.html
@NEOGAF:
www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=366448
www.google.com/search?q=%22exalted+video+games%22+site:twitter.com&hl=en&...
www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=%22video+game+patent%22+site%3Atwitter.com&...
@GAMASUTRA:
www.google.com/search?q=%22exalted+video+games%22+site:gamasutra.com&hl=en&a...
@WORDPRESS:
www.google.com/search?q=%22exalted+video+games%22+site:wordpress.com&hl=en&a...
@LIVEJOURNAL:
HOPEFULLY THE CRAZIEST THING YOU WILL READ ALL DAY
May 27th, 16:42
What happens when a schizophrenic libertarian has an idea for a video game? He files a 100-page patent for it, of course.
steffo42.livejournal.com/24420.html
a fallout 3 mod based on this shit would be boss as fuck."
"What’s scary, for me, is that this might be exactly what gamers want." --onelastcontinue.com
www.onelastcontinue.com/9136/vampire-zombie-communist-hookers-patent-it/
@SIMDYNASTY: "I didn't bother reading it, but my friend (who found it) said "did you notice he quotes the Declaration of Independence, Gandhi and then talks about Clint Eastwood and Eminem?"" --simdynasty.com
"That thing is the proverbial gift that keeps on giving." --simdynasty.com
"Fuck! I actually have to come back and read this later as it will take too long right now. Fucking hell though!"
@TWITTER: Wow! Most amazing videogame patent ever. Save the earth from communism by not shooting the hooker! 120page WIN tinyurl.com/savehooker --http://twitter.com/DenUngeHerrHolm
#83
Contact me at: drelliot@gmail.com, http://twitter.com/45surf, http://facebook.com/elliot.mcgucken
let's light this candle!
07/07/2009 (8:13 am)
and imagine how much more buzz we would get after the game is released!Contact me at: drelliot@gmail.com, http://twitter.com/45surf, http://facebook.com/elliot.mcgucken
let's light this candle!
#84
Sorry to be snide, but I don't really have much else to say.
07/07/2009 (8:43 am)
Will the real Elliot McGucken please step forward? This one is evidently a bot :PSorry to be snide, but I don't really have much else to say.
#86
http://gold45revolver.com
http://libertariangames.blogspot.com
Imagine how fun it would be for garage games to lead the paradigm shift in gaming. Tons of $$$$$$$ to be had for all who bring forth exalted video games wherein ideas have consequences!
"Hayt posted:
. . . it occurred to me:
http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3143589&userid=0&perpage=40&pagenumber=12
This may be the first time in history that, rather than blaming video games as the root of society's problems, they're being blamed for NOT being the solution."
Yes! That's what I'm saying! There's a vast opportunity for epic, exalted art which inpsires the soul!
And videogames can lead the way with a paradigm shift that both a) leads to deeper storyteling and b) exalts classical ideals and heroic idealism.
And so, sensing I was a bit ahead of my time after trying to explain it to some MBAs at major gaming companies, I buried it all in a patent or two. It was as if they were against both a)making money and b) exalting art and culture.
So I figured, if that's the way they wanted it, then that's the way they'd get it--they'd come to me.
I really don't get those fiat MBAs--they think they can just print money and drive Ferraris, and that it's gonna last forever, and that the rising generation of fanboys really doesn't care about the soul; and that ideas and innovations really don't matter. They obviously never read Mises nor the Greats:
What warrants success in a fight for freedom and civilization is not merely material equipment but first of all the spirit that animates those handling the weapons. This heroic spirit cannot be bought by inflation. –Mises
There is nothing more difficult to take in hand, more perilous to conduct, or more uncertain in its success, than to take the lead in the introduction of a new order of things. For the reformer has enemies in all those who profit by the old order, and only lukewarm defenders in all those who would profit by the new order, this luke-warmness arising partly from fear of their adversaries … and partly from the incredulity of mankind, who do not truly believe in anything new until they have had actual experience of it. – Niccolo Machiavelli
I have sworn upon the altar of God, eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man. –Thomas Jefferson
Economics and politics are the governing powers of life today, and that's why everything is so screwy. –Joseph Campbell
But the age of chivalry is gone. That of sophisters, economists, and calculators has succeeded; and the glory of Europe is extinguished forever. –Edmund Burke
The stock exchange is no substitute for the Holy Grail. –Joseph Schumpeter
That's what I'm saying. We rising fanboys are the ones yearning for the soul and spirit in games. The fiatocary's feminized MBAs won't let us exalt it--that is why they have removed Homer form the academy and replaced him with dumbed-down MBA marketing curriculums which teach that the bets way to hawk games is to do the opposite of Dante and consign Beatrice to Hell.
But I argue that both the Odyssey and Inferno are immortal becuase of Penelope's and Beatrice's immortal souls--that which the fiatocracy rages against in pop culture. And so it is that their terror and arroagnce became the lone rider's adavantage, and he put it all in a patent.
But yet--soon--all the fanboys will be afforded their Natural Right (the Second Amendment) to wield the Gold 45 Revolver which will shoot Zeus's lightning (as long as they stop hiring and killing hookers) in the final, epic showdown, as the fiatocracy's feminized MBA zombie/vampires descend upong them, shrieking the failing fiatocracy's fallacious sloagans the whole way on down. "
--http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3143589&userid=0&perpage=40&pagenumber=12
The demand is there!
Publius says:
"I'd probably plop down $45 bucks for your band of revolutionaries versus Marxist zombies shoot-em-up/philosophize-em-up video game."
--http://www.amazon.com/New-Libertarian-Video-Game-Patent/forum/Fx1LHCC8HH8X3OO/Tx37RQ60U78VZMY/1/ref=cm_cd_dp_tft_tp?%5Fencoding=UTF8&asin=1416562850&store=books
http://gold45revolver.com
http://libertariangames.com
07/07/2009 (9:38 am)
People, people, do let's stop with the snide, snarky ad-hominem attacks, and let's focus on using garage games' TGE to lead the paradigm shift in gaming that the rising renaissance is calling for.http://gold45revolver.com
http://libertariangames.blogspot.com
Imagine how fun it would be for garage games to lead the paradigm shift in gaming. Tons of $$$$$$$ to be had for all who bring forth exalted video games wherein ideas have consequences!
"Hayt posted:
. . . it occurred to me:
http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3143589&userid=0&perpage=40&pagenumber=12
This may be the first time in history that, rather than blaming video games as the root of society's problems, they're being blamed for NOT being the solution."
Yes! That's what I'm saying! There's a vast opportunity for epic, exalted art which inpsires the soul!
And videogames can lead the way with a paradigm shift that both a) leads to deeper storyteling and b) exalts classical ideals and heroic idealism.
And so, sensing I was a bit ahead of my time after trying to explain it to some MBAs at major gaming companies, I buried it all in a patent or two. It was as if they were against both a)making money and b) exalting art and culture.
So I figured, if that's the way they wanted it, then that's the way they'd get it--they'd come to me.
I really don't get those fiat MBAs--they think they can just print money and drive Ferraris, and that it's gonna last forever, and that the rising generation of fanboys really doesn't care about the soul; and that ideas and innovations really don't matter. They obviously never read Mises nor the Greats:
What warrants success in a fight for freedom and civilization is not merely material equipment but first of all the spirit that animates those handling the weapons. This heroic spirit cannot be bought by inflation. –Mises
There is nothing more difficult to take in hand, more perilous to conduct, or more uncertain in its success, than to take the lead in the introduction of a new order of things. For the reformer has enemies in all those who profit by the old order, and only lukewarm defenders in all those who would profit by the new order, this luke-warmness arising partly from fear of their adversaries … and partly from the incredulity of mankind, who do not truly believe in anything new until they have had actual experience of it. – Niccolo Machiavelli
I have sworn upon the altar of God, eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man. –Thomas Jefferson
Economics and politics are the governing powers of life today, and that's why everything is so screwy. –Joseph Campbell
But the age of chivalry is gone. That of sophisters, economists, and calculators has succeeded; and the glory of Europe is extinguished forever. –Edmund Burke
The stock exchange is no substitute for the Holy Grail. –Joseph Schumpeter
That's what I'm saying. We rising fanboys are the ones yearning for the soul and spirit in games. The fiatocary's feminized MBAs won't let us exalt it--that is why they have removed Homer form the academy and replaced him with dumbed-down MBA marketing curriculums which teach that the bets way to hawk games is to do the opposite of Dante and consign Beatrice to Hell.
But I argue that both the Odyssey and Inferno are immortal becuase of Penelope's and Beatrice's immortal souls--that which the fiatocracy rages against in pop culture. And so it is that their terror and arroagnce became the lone rider's adavantage, and he put it all in a patent.
But yet--soon--all the fanboys will be afforded their Natural Right (the Second Amendment) to wield the Gold 45 Revolver which will shoot Zeus's lightning (as long as they stop hiring and killing hookers) in the final, epic showdown, as the fiatocracy's feminized MBA zombie/vampires descend upong them, shrieking the failing fiatocracy's fallacious sloagans the whole way on down. "
--http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3143589&userid=0&perpage=40&pagenumber=12
The demand is there!
Publius says:
"I'd probably plop down $45 bucks for your band of revolutionaries versus Marxist zombies shoot-em-up/philosophize-em-up video game."
--http://www.amazon.com/New-Libertarian-Video-Game-Patent/forum/Fx1LHCC8HH8X3OO/Tx37RQ60U78VZMY/1/ref=cm_cd_dp_tft_tp?%5Fencoding=UTF8&asin=1416562850&store=books
http://gold45revolver.com
http://libertariangames.com
#87
07/07/2009 (11:04 am)
This thread is like watching a train wreck in slow motion. So horrible yet, I can't force myself to look away. 
#88
Publius says:
"I'd probably plop down $45 bucks for your band of revolutionaries versus Marxist zombies shoot-em-up/philosophize-em-up video game."www.amazon.com/New-Libertarian-Video-Game-Patent/forum/Fx1LHCC8HH8X3OO/Tx37RQ60U...
If what you wanted in the first place was money, just say so, But bantering us with pages of non sense, is really below GG and its community. Your idea is totally nonsensical, your methods are incomprehensible, and you conversation is impossible to follow. Spam has better taste then your posts. Trying to raise your Post count on a search engine by repeating the same key phases over and over again. Its childish. Its Spamming, Its against the Forum rules and frankly insulting to this community.
07/07/2009 (11:06 am)
can we now get this thread removed and banned please, i think he has made our point for us.Publius says:
"I'd probably plop down $45 bucks for your band of revolutionaries versus Marxist zombies shoot-em-up/philosophize-em-up video game."www.amazon.com/New-Libertarian-Video-Game-Patent/forum/Fx1LHCC8HH8X3OO/Tx37RQ60U...
If what you wanted in the first place was money, just say so, But bantering us with pages of non sense, is really below GG and its community. Your idea is totally nonsensical, your methods are incomprehensible, and you conversation is impossible to follow. Spam has better taste then your posts. Trying to raise your Post count on a search engine by repeating the same key phases over and over again. Its childish. Its Spamming, Its against the Forum rules and frankly insulting to this community.
#89
This is not a train-wreck by any means. It's just the train leaving the station; and I hope you guys will hop on and help keep it on track, along with this thread!
Over the past several years I have been defining the next paradigm shift in videogames, and it is just now taking off! Don't you want to ride the rocket?
System and method for creating exalted video games and virtual realities wherein ideas have consequences United States Patent Application 20090017886 Kind Code:A1
"Morality system and method for video game: system and method for creating story, deeper meaning and emotions, enhanced characters and AI, and dramatic art in video games United States Patent Application 20070087798 Kind Code:A1
http://www.google.com/patents?id=aAuzAAAAEBAJ&printsec=abstract&zoom=4&dq=exalted&as_psra=1&as_psra=1#PPA1,M1
http://www.google.com/patents/about?id=ee-jAAAAEBAJ&dq=morality+system&as_psra=1&as_psra=1
And just now, the gaming community is catching on:
http://www.gamasutra.com/blogs/ReidKimball/20090706/2235/Infusing_Games_with_a_Moral_Premise.php
http://www.gamasutra.com/view/feature/4061/dramatic_play.php
Don't you want to be a part of the next, next thing?!?!
That's where all the $$$ & glory are!
O my prophetic soul! --Hamlet
Please, please stop posting off-topic posts.
Please, please stay on track!
Who wants to seriously help building the novel games the new technology affords?
"Morality system and method for video game: system and method for creating story, deeper meaning and emotions, enhanced characters and AI, and dramatic art in video games United States Patent Application 20070087798 Kind Code:A1
Abstract:A video game and game system incorporating a game character's morality level that is affected by game occurrences such as moral, amoral, or immoral choices in an epic story's deeper context. The character's morality level affects the game's environment. Such a feedback system based on moral premises provides an efficient means to enhance and deepen game play, as a sensible, realistic, meaningful, profound, and epic story naturally emerges. The measurement of moral choices will allow a player's soul to be rendered upon the screen in cinematic action paralleling internal dramatic action, thus providing the dramatic elements of classic literature and film. The presentation of moral choices in the game, based upon moral premises, will allow plot points that result in character arcs, romantic relationships, exalted game play, and epic story. Moral choices will lead to overall success, while immoral or amoral choices will lead to overall failure. "
http://www.freepatentsonline.com/y2007/0087798.html
System and method for creating exalted video games and virtual realities wherein ideas have consequences United States Patent Application 20090017886 Kind Code:A1
Abstract:A video game method and system for creating games where ideas have consequences, incorporating branching paths that correspond to a player's choices, wherein paths correspond to decisions founded upon ideals, resulting in exalted games with deeper soul and story, enhanced characters and meanings, and exalted gameplay. The classical hero's journey may be rendered, as the journey hinges on choices pivoting on classical ideals. Ideas that are rendered in word and deed will have consequences in the gameworld. Historical events such as The American Revolution may be brought to life, as players listen to famous speeches and choose sides. As great works of literature and dramatic art center around characters rendering ideals real, both internally and externally, in word and deed, in love and war, the present invention will afford video games that exalt the classical soul, as well as the great books, classics, and epic films—past, present, and future.
--http://www.freepatentsonline.com/y2009/0017886.html
07/07/2009 (12:25 pm)
This is not spam! You guys are posting all the off-topic posts. I'm trying to keep this thread on track & get some novel games built!This is not a train-wreck by any means. It's just the train leaving the station; and I hope you guys will hop on and help keep it on track, along with this thread!
Over the past several years I have been defining the next paradigm shift in videogames, and it is just now taking off! Don't you want to ride the rocket?
System and method for creating exalted video games and virtual realities wherein ideas have consequences United States Patent Application 20090017886 Kind Code:A1
"Morality system and method for video game: system and method for creating story, deeper meaning and emotions, enhanced characters and AI, and dramatic art in video games United States Patent Application 20070087798 Kind Code:A1
http://www.google.com/patents?id=aAuzAAAAEBAJ&printsec=abstract&zoom=4&dq=exalted&as_psra=1&as_psra=1#PPA1,M1
http://www.google.com/patents/about?id=ee-jAAAAEBAJ&dq=morality+system&as_psra=1&as_psra=1
And just now, the gaming community is catching on:
http://www.gamasutra.com/blogs/ReidKimball/20090706/2235/Infusing_Games_with_a_Moral_Premise.php
http://www.gamasutra.com/view/feature/4061/dramatic_play.php
Don't you want to be a part of the next, next thing?!?!
That's where all the $$$ & glory are!
O my prophetic soul! --Hamlet
Please, please stop posting off-topic posts.
Please, please stay on track!
Who wants to seriously help building the novel games the new technology affords?
"Morality system and method for video game: system and method for creating story, deeper meaning and emotions, enhanced characters and AI, and dramatic art in video games United States Patent Application 20070087798 Kind Code:A1
Abstract:A video game and game system incorporating a game character's morality level that is affected by game occurrences such as moral, amoral, or immoral choices in an epic story's deeper context. The character's morality level affects the game's environment. Such a feedback system based on moral premises provides an efficient means to enhance and deepen game play, as a sensible, realistic, meaningful, profound, and epic story naturally emerges. The measurement of moral choices will allow a player's soul to be rendered upon the screen in cinematic action paralleling internal dramatic action, thus providing the dramatic elements of classic literature and film. The presentation of moral choices in the game, based upon moral premises, will allow plot points that result in character arcs, romantic relationships, exalted game play, and epic story. Moral choices will lead to overall success, while immoral or amoral choices will lead to overall failure. "
http://www.freepatentsonline.com/y2007/0087798.html
System and method for creating exalted video games and virtual realities wherein ideas have consequences United States Patent Application 20090017886 Kind Code:A1
Abstract:A video game method and system for creating games where ideas have consequences, incorporating branching paths that correspond to a player's choices, wherein paths correspond to decisions founded upon ideals, resulting in exalted games with deeper soul and story, enhanced characters and meanings, and exalted gameplay. The classical hero's journey may be rendered, as the journey hinges on choices pivoting on classical ideals. Ideas that are rendered in word and deed will have consequences in the gameworld. Historical events such as The American Revolution may be brought to life, as players listen to famous speeches and choose sides. As great works of literature and dramatic art center around characters rendering ideals real, both internally and externally, in word and deed, in love and war, the present invention will afford video games that exalt the classical soul, as well as the great books, classics, and epic films—past, present, and future.
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