Peter Molyneux's latest epic game

[Zyn]

PR for Godus.

[Thrik]

I think the real purpose of Curiosity was literally the experiment in and of itself, for Molyneux at least. I will admit that it was impressive how driven a fairly large number of people became to play such a pointless and ultimately fruitless game (because everyone was inevitably going to know the prize anyway).

[blackdog]

[Peter Molyneaux video]

Thanks to the fake echo, for the whole video I couldn't shake the feeling it was The Spirit Of Amadeus Arkham talking

[Zyn]

[FrieChamp]

I disagree, I think it's a bad idea to push someone into a creative position which will directly affect his pay cut. Will he decide interesting/fun rules, or decide to design rules that will get him the most amount of money out of the project? Perhaps that's part of the experiment as well, who knows

But what am I saying anyways... I'm pretty sure I would be trolling everyone to the best of my abilities

PS: The selection criteria is also super odd, were they just trying to gain some easy cash so they could make that god-game? Cos otherwise they might as well just have made a registration page and selected someone randomly, no? What was the purpose of Curiosity?

His share in the profits is probably intended to be an incentive not to fuck up the game. Then again there are people out there who just want to see the world burn, so I doubt his powers will be all too big. But I'd be happy if Molyneux proves me wrong. As it stands it's (just) another great PR move by him.

[Warby]

i have to say i think the "price" is actually way cooler than i thought it would be ... so ...good job.

[Pampers]

lol if this was Gabe Newell doing this you would all be celebrating

[Sentura]

lol if this was Gabe Newell doing this you would all be celebrating

i doubt it, at least not if i had paid for the game. but i guess it's about how generally trusting you are of random people to create a good game experience for you. i might get swayed if the guy actually does some good things, but since this is a prize of indefinite length it seems likely that at some point he'll get tired of it and just go nuts.

[Taylor]

Well, I doubt he’s going to be a designer designer. He'll probably have some back end to mess around in. If he could really screw things up, accidental or not, Godus won't be printing F2P money.

[cincinnati]

omg

so there is going to be a god of gods? i hope that god has a god.

god damn.

[selmitto]

GODLIKE!

[Thrik]

Nice Gamasutra article about the man we all love.

Curiosity and the Church of Molyneux

[Thrik]

Here's a twist I suspected but it's good to see confirmation: after a certain period of time the overlord can be overthrown.

http://www.wired.com...osity-molyneux/

Thus he has an incentive to not be a dick: he loses not only his power but also his royalties. Now that's what you call real consequences of dying in a game. I love Molyneux.

[blackdog]

In-depth discussion of the game's mechanics with Sessler

[FMPONE]

In-depth discussion of the game's mechanics with Sessler

 

I never know what to think about Molyneux... I can never tell if he's the real deal or bullshitting... guy is an enigma