Sounds interesting but it sounds like the movie Next with Nicolas Cage and also sounds like the movie called Butterfly Effect with Ashton Kutcher.

The amount of positive response this concept has gotten has surprised and pleased me. [smile] I wasn't seriously considering development at first, just thought it was an interesting idea, but now I'm putting it on my to-do list.

I'm gonna beat you to it. See you at E3! (hehe im teasin)

yeah i think this could be pretty rad man, i'd love to play it (:

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Original post by Atrix256 I'm gonna beat you to it. See you at E3! (hehe im teasin) yeah i think this could be pretty rad man, i'd love to play it (:

Actually you're welcome to develop a version if you want, lol. I've always got more ideas than time and motivation to develop them.

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Original post by daveodonoghueHey... this is starting to sound like a good game concept.

I agree. It is very fascinating.
I would consider going for auditive hints first, and enable visual information as the player gathers more acquaintance with the observed subject.

Mm, you could do quite a bit with audio elements actually. Subtle changes in the music as you approach a location or character, faint sounds of screaming, gunshots, screeching tyres or whatever. The final series of the BBC's police drama Ashes to Ashes did this to an extent, with a whistle blowing, ominous laughter, and the voice of a character / music from a previous series.

This sounds like a very interesting concept.... much better than the twitch reflex games that seem to populate todays market:) very interested to see how this pans out...

I've done a little thinking about this and I think the best way to achieve it is to make different levels of AI... or LODofAI (Level Of Detail of Artificial Intelligence)

You have a level of AI like those found in MMO's where it calculates where the position of a character/monster will be.

Then a level of AI that controls the character's current needs.

Then a level another level with more detail and how they react with other.

The character moves through "towns" or "realms" and the detailed AI only runs on characters/monsters that enter that realm or town.

Also, it would definately need to be scripted. I cant remember the game but I remember them using a "event generator" where the AI decides when the player needs to see a major game event and then starts it running.

For this game you would make sure all the people/monsters/etc are dependant on each other like a massive settlers game (the lumberjack chops wood, the hunter hunts food etc) but with politics inserted somewhere. Then when you need to progress the story you take something away that will definately force the AI to determine a character is going to die/get hurt.