Platformer

I asked OpenAI’s GPT-3 to generate 31 different videogame ideas, one for each day of Blaugust, each dealing in some way with that particular day of the month. Here’s its idea for August 19th: “19th Street Dash”. You dallied a little too long over your coffee at the Mug & Cup, and now you’re going to be late for your interview crosstown. You bolt out the door and start sprinting down 19th Street. You have to be careful not to trip on cracks in the sidewalk, jump over obstacles in your path, and be mindful of the gaps between buildings. ...

In “The Seven Sages”, you play as one of the seven ancient sages of mystery, who must journey through a vast and dangerous world to gather the seven magical artifacts that will save the realm from a great evil.

After I posted today’s Blaugust prompts, especially the bit about the origin of most of my characters’ last name, “Tanglewood”, Bhagpuss commented that there was actually a game by that name, back awhile ago. I had absolutely no idea. It was kind of funny that he’d also considered “Tanglewood” as the name of his druid. The 80s-era game was for the Amiga and the Atari ST, and looked like a pretty standard adventure game of the era, with some rather nice graphics to go along with the gameplay. This is back when adventure games were a genre – a genre that no longer exists. ...