And content creation is more accessible than ever. I mean, have you seen an example of what the source code for an Inform7 game looks like?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inform#Inform_7_programming_la...
To reiterate, it almost seems crazy that there isn't a massive catalog of $0.99 serials that you can play through in 45-minute chapters while cooking, driving down the road with the family or on the way to work, etc.
As for regular CYOA interactive fiction, there are lots, And lots of tools for making them. Even start-ups promoting them. But so far there is no long-tail. And outside one or two successes (like "80 days" on iOS), players don't seem to be flocking to it.
It's easy to say 'it will be huge', but it it doesn't seem to be even the most popular form of a Alexa skill. Of course it only needs one big success to make it look inevitable, but so far, colour me sceptical.
This is the tool for Alexa. Fantastic.
https://developer.amazon.com/blogs/post/TxEQV5K754YS77/Annou...
Lake (sitting inside the car)
You are floating on the surface of a beautiful lake.
Someone has foolishly driven an automobile into it.
> CAR, CALL 911
The voice assistant cheerfully burbles, "You shout
'911', but the interrogator is unimpressed by your
outburst." The floor upholstery is becoming
distressingly damp.
> CAR, QUIT GAME
The voice assistant cheerfully burbles, "Autosaving...
Exiting GrueFrotz..." Cold water has risen to your
ankles.
> CAR, CALL 911
The voice assistant cheerfully burbles, "Contacting
Emergency Services!" Lake water creeps up to your
calves.2. This could very easily be handled with overrides at the OS level for specific commands.
3. If this person perished while sitting in a sinking car, trying to arrange a rescue over the phone, they deserve a Darwin award.
Apparently some exist:
https://www.polygon.com/features/2017/2/27/14643756/text-adv...
Exactly; if you build a bot with the intention of relying 100% on NLP, you're asking for trouble. But I fail to see how that fact leads to chatbots being useless when there are plenty of tools available for guiding necessary optimizations that can lead to a much better experience.
When websites were bad we turned to tools like Google Analytics to make website development data driven -- we didn't stop building them.
And it would either have your shoe size saved in your profile, or if you're not the right gender, it will prompt "For who is this pair? Your wife has size 38. Your mistress Mandy has size 36."...
For example, one customer service rep can hold discussions with hundreds of people with the help of AI, rather than just 10-20 without.
AI is an augment, not a replacement.
I use Trim now, which actually is more feature rich.
But man I loved Digit's simplicity.
For quite some time, the original of this was my top-rated HN comment: https://www.reddit.com/r/dredmorbius/comments/27d5xr/please_...