WEBVTT -- English 00:00:14.930 --> 00:00:19.134 CHRIS CRAWFORD: Many years ago, I was a game designer. 00:00:19.853 --> 00:00:22.765 I was pretty good, I suppose. 00:00:22.768 --> 00:00:25.928 I made a bunch of games, a few of which were hits. 00:00:25.928 --> 00:00:29.000 I wrote books and articles about game design... 00:00:29.018 --> 00:00:31.018 ...I even got some press. 00:00:31.047 --> 00:00:34.179 I also founded the Game Developers Conference. 00:00:34.539 --> 00:00:36.539 But I wanted MORE. 00:00:36.704 --> 00:00:39.878 I wanted to see games become an art form... 00:00:39.880 --> 00:00:44.539 ...and I knew that interactive storytelling was the way to make that happen. 00:00:44.539 --> 00:00:49.060 And I swore not to settle for half-way measures. 00:00:49.060 --> 00:00:54.246 I wasn't going to merely add story to game like window dressing. 00:00:54.249 --> 00:01:00.725 I wasn't going to merely glue story onto game and then alternate between the two. 00:01:00.725 --> 00:01:02.959 That's just a trick. 00:01:02.960 --> 00:01:08.114 No. I wanted to get at the essence of storytelling... 00:01:08.114 --> 00:01:10.259 ...and make it interactive. 00:01:10.456 --> 00:01:15.537 For twenty years, this has been my obsession. 00:01:15.683 --> 00:01:18.269 It's been a hard slog... 00:01:18.269 --> 00:01:22.049 ...but at long last, the pieces are starting to come together. 00:01:22.197 --> 00:01:28.114 Already, a team of volunteers is hard at work building a product that we call... 00:01:28.114 --> 00:01:30.573 Siboot. 00:01:36.688 --> 00:01:39.295 ALVARO GONZALES: This game is like nothing you have played before. 00:01:39.296 --> 00:01:44.069 There are no monsters to shoot, no mazes to navigate, and no puzzles to solve. 00:01:44.206 --> 00:01:48.549 Instead, you talk to all characters using a symbolic language. 00:01:48.802 --> 00:01:54.950 This linguistic user interface is just one of the revolutionary technologies that make this game possible. 00:01:55.908 --> 00:02:00.042 But these characters are not the cardboard cutouts you see in most games. 00:02:00.343 --> 00:02:06.763 They are complex creatures with detailed personality models and sophisticated algorithms. 00:02:07.209 --> 00:02:12.733 These personality models and algorithms are themselves a revolutionary technology. 00:02:19.300 --> 00:02:24.063 LOUIS DARGIN: They are not push-button characters, either. 00:02:24.401 --> 00:02:32.549 They have moods and feelings that shift in accordance with their experiences. 00:02:39.384 --> 00:02:43.438 CHRIS CONLEY: Another revolutionary technology is our narrative engine. 00:02:43.633 --> 00:02:46.699 It enables you to gossip about others. 00:02:46.782 --> 00:02:49.560 You can threaten another character. 00:02:49.561 --> 00:02:54.110 You can make deals to reveal or obtain crucial information about others. 00:02:59.887 --> 00:03:04.679 LUC TOUPENSE: This information arms you for night time, when you sleep and enter dream space. 00:03:05.372 --> 00:03:08.669 There, you engage your opponents in dream combat. 00:03:08.669 --> 00:03:13.057 After a series of such battles, one player emerges victorious. 00:03:13.060 --> 00:03:17.330 The only way to win is to correctly predict what your opponent will do. 00:03:23.264 --> 00:03:28.960 LAIA BEE: To do this, the most important skill that you will need is social intelligence: the ability to read people. 00:03:29.193 --> 00:03:33.179 This is a game about intuition, not calculation. 00:03:33.180 --> 00:03:35.377 What is Koopie saying behind your back? 00:03:35.378 --> 00:03:37.549 Will Skordokott betray you? 00:03:37.550 --> 00:03:40.348 Read the novel. Observe their behavior. 00:03:40.348 --> 00:03:42.348 Get inside their minds. 00:03:44.955 --> 00:03:48.859 CHRIS CRAWFORD: We believe that this game is revolutionary. 00:03:49.026 --> 00:03:54.867 We think that by challenging a player's social intelligence and emotional intuition... 00:03:55.009 --> 00:03:58.336 ...we can appeal to a much broader audience. 00:03:58.592 --> 00:04:04.149 And Siboot is only the first step in a much more ambitious project... 00:04:04.150 --> 00:04:09.908 ...to put all of this technology into the public domain, so that everybody can use it. 00:04:10.961 --> 00:04:13.527 But... we can't do this alone. 00:04:14.199 --> 00:04:19.391 Working nights and weekends, it will take us years to get this job done. 00:04:19.891 --> 00:04:22.468 We need your help.