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Hi,

I am waiting for one of these cognitive biases to show in the first Sentient A.I.. Will it be a negative or a positive?

The problem all of us suffer when involving ourselves in these matters is we merely become commentators with our own narrative. What makes us human.

You touched on some very interesting points. I am not sure how far you have gone back and researched political systems/human behaviours and now even Geo Political Systems.

We forget that Government really is still just a form of "Commerce" and has to function, so. So every single item it is involved in has to have a $ value placed on it. Hard for us to fathom in our day to day micro-economies.

It would have been interesting to see in which direction things would have occurred had National or another party taken the Helm, but applied the same policies. 

Democracy is based on Popularity (It doesn't have to be). Which means it is not always the best whom end up leading, but those whom match the criteria. Sadly we ten to vote for the most popular/influential person over the person whom may actually give us what we want.

Democracies greatest weakness (This has been known for thousands of years). And best expressed with following statement, if the captain of your ship does not know how to sail it on his own, you are doomed to sink and things will definitely not be plain sailing)

This is very dangerous as we are seeing in World politics at the moment. Where someone whom is so close to being a Dictator himself, it splitting the vote and damaging the internal structure of the U.S.

The Neo Liberal systems, had started to become entrenched in the U.S. in the 70's and would not go away, technically because it had never ever left (The 1%'s influence).

There was a push on globally in the west to remove, unions (again).

New Zealand for the second time in it's history was almost bankrupt, due to the policies of Mr Muldoon and Mr Birch.

Now take all these things and add individual personalities to them, at the time knowledge was the preserve still, especially at this level of the well off.

And expect people (The voter) to make an informed decision on a subject most of them, probably had very little clue on.

Instead of wasting their vote the will most commonly go with the party they know (even in new faces) or as we can in this country. Not vote (Which is very common everywhere in the Western Democracies), unfortunately this means, now it is not a democracy that is influencing the outcome. Predominately in New Zealand National Elections turnout is still quite high, but in Local body it is quite often below 50%.

It has really been a two-horse race in New Zealand, no matter how far back you go, not forgetting the information is less accurate.

It is easy to write systems for binary information paths, but far more complicated when not all decisions appear to be logical. So a bias can naturally form within any program. I am sure with more fine tuning this title could become quite a great educational tool as well. Especially when on the news the other night. I saw on the book shelf at a creche' "Jacinda Adherns'" book on leadership (Starting them young these days). Here's hoping the society knows how to nurture them from there.

If you really want to dig-deeply. I suggest you do a search on what is known as the "Great Reset" and it's author. To see how we have all got here, if we subscribe to the Western Ideologies. 

I am happy to chat further.

Granddad

Please take this as humour. He might as well have been, being tied to the "NZ Business Round Table". What is interesting in his private sector work, he was never tied to a successful enterprise and many he failed when at the helm. It is interesting to now see our country being run by someone whom during their tenure was bailed out by the incumbent government and a Finance Minister, that has no educational back ground in most areas of finance. But who's parents are tied to "KPMG". I hope whilst playing this game you noticed within your strategies, re-occurring patterns and select groups of MP's, that were associated with certain historical events in this country. I would like to say the lessons learnt here changed the face of politics in New Zealand, but in reality it was more to do with the terrible financial winds blowing at the time. We now in 2024 are a lot more Global than we were then and our allegiances have changed, but we still seem to be applying a lot of the "Centre-Right" Logic of the time, in a see-saw motion ever since. Now along with some nice to have Politically Correct, vote capturing, Sometimes it's more to do with influence than having the right policies. :) Will we ever see 4 terms again for an incumbent government?

Hi, I am definitely going to do a deep-dive on this. I would love to chat. 

I am one of the lucky folk, whom have now seen a lot of these political machination's reach what is deemed to be a societal lifetime (40 plus years), maturity. And potentially the first time it has been historically recorded in various mediums other than by word of mouth and Government literature/Propaganda.

I have helped as a campaigner for one of the "Labour" Parties candidates, circa mid 2000's. Used to fix their computer issues:)

I hope you guys have played some of the older simulations that have been written over the years. "Balance of Power", springs to mind as a title.

I now dabble in Geo Politics as well. Democracy, just being one of many political systems, but the most successful, so far. Sadly some things still can't be resolved just by talking (Not always, but most often, the sharing of resources at the heart of this).

I am finding myself, reflecting hugely again upon this time, 1984 (Pertinent again, with A.I. lurking, possibly now within this year and the Terminator movie being released in 1984, the world being closer to World War 3 and perhaps Armageddon, than any time since the dropping of the nuclear bombs in Japan). I believe this does have a Zeitgeist type name applied to it, and will try and clarify for you.

I have come across and interesting game narrative, that combines language from all the sciences, into a meaningful and inclusive way. This is being attributed to exposure of it's author to the Internet. It has now transcended into the real-world. I love anything to do with Systems Analysis and design. The game was a "Sim Earth", clone, with a few tweaks. I like re-applying information like this to other categories and sciences. Politics, being a very good subject approach, especially as True Science, has been replaced by Political and Corporate interests. (Another discussion topic, but would perhaps make a great starting point for a follow up from you?)

I am definitely keen to discuss this and your game in greater detail with you all. Well done for having the courage to tackle, what has for a long time been one of the 5 things not to talk about in polite conversation.

When your ready and with many thanks for sharing this,

S F Wadsworth

Some Antriad vibes visible there, but..

Pauls involved. Enuf said. Do some Game Jams for the new folks all.

Watched the awards last night. Seems I was not alone in liking this. Have you guys worked on other projects? If not, this is an impressive first attempt, and I am glad it has not gone unnoticed. I don't know if you guys are old enough to remember it, but a nice game from the 90s that was very physics-based was titled The Incredible Machine. I think these games have a strong hook, because of the puzzle-based game-play. But enhanced by the proper use of physical properties within the environment. That the player can learn to exploit, avoid or manipulate. So huge interactivity and also slightly twitch-based, to get the adrenaline pumping. I hope you guys evolve it further and thanks for the opportunity to play it. :)

Haven't used Go Dot. But interesting to see some Interactive Fiction in a Jam. Good narrative a key. Liked the mix of still and animated images. I hope all actors received Hollywood-type salaries, after some of the events that took place. They sounded like they needed stunt doubles. Impressive work if done within 48 hours? Look forward to seeing more from you guys and if you get a chance or haven't already, check out "Her Story".

Good layout. Easy to pick up and play. Quite a lot of depth for the time we all had. So well done, team. Good pacing.

Nice use of the new engine (Luminosity?). Loved that spider. Peter Jackson, phoned and asked if he could borrow it. Good use of sound. Would be nice to see some verticality if you were to expand and also use the light and dark to hide the character and other mechanics. The transition is subliminal to the user but is also really a core mechanic as well, so well implemented. The sense of urgency is conveyed well and could be built upon.

Just all-around great. Great concept and implementation. Voice acting added to it. Neat to have so much interactivity within each environment. Nice to see a Credits page.  Polished. Well done guys and an excellent way of presenting a topic of importance to us all. Not many these days have not been exposed in some way to Alzheimer's/Dementia, disease. Ironically one of the cures is to work on puzzles and keep the mind active. Something this medium is brilliant at achieving engagement with. Also, like the fact that you didn't shy away from the fact, that the illness can be blind to age. Alzheimer's and Dementia have the highest number of diagnosed cases of any illness in the U.K. 

Nice to see something written in a tool other than Unity or Unreal Engine. I do like the use of different weapons for different tasks. I did find the resolution a little on the small side, but am running in 1080p.  Pallet and characters okay. I will admit I probably have not spent enough time in it to give it a fair go. Experienced no bugs, during my short play. So might be of note. Well done. I do love the work on the Title, nice to see something not in a Cookie Cutter font. By the way I think you could have a Mario type character with the right type of promotion. It is cute and versatile within the environment. So well done on such brilliant character innovation.

Edutainment!. Brilliant. Will implemented. Like the use of the robot voice to introduce things. The graphic style is quite unique. Not what I expected, but functional. The controls work well. I wonder what a timer would do for the Game-play? Scope one could really go to town as the various sciences and multiple permutations are vast. Congratulations on remaining grounded and delivering what appears to be a complete title. Never an easy task. :) Well done.

See my comments on your main page. Was intrigued to try after reading about it in the Discord, during the Jam.

Nice jaunty tune. Sort of lost as to what I was meant to do at level 4. Do like the ability to change directions mid jump. Imagine a sequel is due, with the pallet being yellow and set in the desert? :) The melt times, would be interesting then.

Good use of theme. Good use of the environment. Music was apt for the circus theme. Like colour palette and almost cartoony characters and environments. Good instructions. The only real complaint is that I would love to see more. Also how you were going to resolve the greater verticality and whether you intended to create a level structure or just have the character travel endlessly. The Grey boxes have caught people out a bit I think as it is not immediately obvious the elephant only pushes them so far, except for a small line appearing under them, then your mighty lion can leap the distance. Thanks for sharing.