Forum Overview :: Are Games Art?
 
Skimming that was fun. by Two Sheds 06/01/2009, 1:41am PDT
Chris Crawford (I think) on p. 29 wrote:

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


Instead of hammering all that out and making sure that everything was cross-referenced properly, he could've just written a text game, called it "Grand Theft Auto Sucks", accepted the third-to-last prize in that year's IFComp and be done with it. He knew how to make flowcharts, so Inform couldn't be that difficult for him to figure out.

Extra wrinkle, possibly the only patent-worthy clause: activating god mode requires you to actually be god.
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Games ARE art! by E. L. Koba 05/31/2009, 6:52pm PDT NEW
    extremely helpful flow chart NT by Weyoun Voidbringer 05/31/2009, 6:57pm PDT NEW
    I think Choose Your Own Adventure books could be cited as prior art. NT by Fussbett 05/31/2009, 7:06pm PDT NEW
    Skimming that was fun. by Two Sheds 06/01/2009, 1:41am PDT NEW
    LIBERTARIAN VIDEO GAMES: THE GOLD .45 REVOLVER by Fortinbras 07/15/2009, 5:17pm PDT NEW
 
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