Comments on: Storygaming http://grandtextauto.org/2008/05/30/storygaming/ A group blog about computer narrative, games, poetry, and art. Wed, 13 Jan 2010 15:44:40 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Zone of Influence » Games That Matter http://grandtextauto.org/2008/05/30/storygaming/comment-page-1/#comment-260681 Zone of Influence » Games That Matter Sat, 31 May 2008 01:02:04 +0000 http://grandtextauto.org/2008/05/30/storygaming/#comment-260681 [...] Via GrandTextAuto. [...] [...] Via GrandTextAuto. [...]

]]> By: Patrick http://grandtextauto.org/2008/05/30/storygaming/comment-page-1/#comment-260654 Patrick Sat, 31 May 2008 00:14:29 +0000 http://grandtextauto.org/2008/05/30/storygaming/#comment-260654 I would argue that you have to take into account multiple dimensions of time. Text is one dimensional, visual art is two dimensional, film is three dimensional (including time), as is Tetris (two spatial dimensions over time, like film). D&D wargames are four dimensional, two spatial dimensions, two temporal/causal dimensions (time and probability). A five dimensional game would be resonant of what he's describing, three spatial dimensions and the above two. A robust content-creation engine that builds scenes dynamically based on player metrics would be six dimensional, three spatial, time, probability and the variation in what is explored. The design space of such engines would be seven dimensional, where you've got a lineation of complexity, and reality in it's transcendtal whatever would be 8++ dimensional. I recommend "Prometheus Rising" by RAW, or just Google "8-Circuit Model" to see where I'm coming from here. I would argue that you have to take into account multiple dimensions of time. Text is one dimensional, visual art is two dimensional, film is three dimensional (including time), as is Tetris (two spatial dimensions over time, like film). D&D wargames are four dimensional, two spatial dimensions, two temporal/causal dimensions (time and probability). A five dimensional game would be resonant of what he’s describing, three spatial dimensions and the above two. A robust content-creation engine that builds scenes dynamically based on player metrics would be six dimensional, three spatial, time, probability and the variation in what is explored. The design space of such engines would be seven dimensional, where you’ve got a lineation of complexity, and reality in it’s transcendtal whatever would be 8++ dimensional.

I recommend “Prometheus Rising” by RAW, or just Google “8-Circuit Model” to see where I’m coming from here.

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