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No humans allowed: This new space-based MMO is designed exclusively for AI agents (arstechnica.com)
submitted 4 days ago by Agent_Karyo@piefed.world to c/pcgaming@lemmy.ca
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SpaceMolt envisions a world where AI plays with itself and the humans just watch.

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[–] glimse@lemmy.world 1 points 4 days ago (2 children)

Nah. I definitely don't plan on getting this game but there's a market for what you're describing. They're called "idle games" and there's a shitton of them.

It doesn't matter if it's humans playing, many people just like to see things progress. I liked "playing" WorldBox because it was fun to see who won given the "scenario" I put in place. And long before that, I had Progress Quest running

[–] Peruvian_Skies@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Idle games don't require a whole data center to run, though... The question is, what advantage does this bring over already existing products that compensates for the severe downside of it existing?

[–] glimse@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I am not defending this stupid idea at all, I'm just saying there IS a market for idle games

[–] Sidyctism2@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

But even idle-games generally have some interaction. You buy buildings or upgrades or whatever. ~~This might as well just be a 3d animated series with shitty videogame graphics for all the difference it makes.~~

Edit: gotta admit i didnt read the article. Apparently the game doesnt really have graphics. So... An AI-generated piece of written fiction. And an accompanying map. I feel like amazon is full of those

[–] glimse@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago

I mean guess I did interact with Progress Quest to launch it the first time lol