Submission + - A wiki for game-semantics?
RobotWisdom writes: "My last query about a scifi-tech wiki eventually hit a bullseye (Technovelgy.com) that I couldn't have found any other way, so today I'm trying again with a similar but unrelated query about a 'game-semantics' wiki.
The heart of any game is its semantics: the variables that describe its world, and the verbs that can modify those variables. We should be able to easily trace the historical evolution of game AI by compiling a database of variables and verbs for every interesting game — eg most simply for Pacman, whether or not he's in a 'powered-up' state, or most complexly for 'The Sims', all the many variables and verbs that describe the characters.
Such a database would help game designers see which problems have been addressed and solved, so that deeper and deeper models can be attempted. My instinct is that this will become a useful contribution to the Semantic Web's longterm goals, and perhaps even a necessary precursor to the fabled Singularity itself.
So, anyone already working on this?"
The heart of any game is its semantics: the variables that describe its world, and the verbs that can modify those variables. We should be able to easily trace the historical evolution of game AI by compiling a database of variables and verbs for every interesting game — eg most simply for Pacman, whether or not he's in a 'powered-up' state, or most complexly for 'The Sims', all the many variables and verbs that describe the characters.
Such a database would help game designers see which problems have been addressed and solved, so that deeper and deeper models can be attempted. My instinct is that this will become a useful contribution to the Semantic Web's longterm goals, and perhaps even a necessary precursor to the fabled Singularity itself.
So, anyone already working on this?"
