Spy Party

[froggeh]

http://spyparty.com/about/

Spy Party by Chris Hecker is a two-player game inspired by an inversion of the Turing test. The Turing test is so difficult for a computer to succeed at because language is so complex and difficult that only humans or truly functional AI could master it in a realistic and believable way. But what if you made the language very easy and instead of a computer trying to be human, you made a player try to act like a computer? Two players — one a spy, one a sniper — are in asymmetrical competition. The player must move around a party completing objectives that the other AI party guests will not even attempt to accomplish. Everytime the player accomplishes one of these objectives, they give a slight “tell” — if you try to bug an ambassador, the player’s hand will dart out and suddenly retract, just like if you try to steal a book, you’ll motion to put it back until suddenly shifting it into your coat. The sniper’s job is to look at the crowd and figure out which of the dozens of characters is the human spy, and kill him.

http://www.destructoid.com/why-you-need-to-be-excited-about-spyparty-167171.phtml#ext

[froggeh]

http://www.destructoid.com/pax-10-the-spyparty-experience-183226.phtml#ext

http://spyparty.com/2010/09/02/prospective-spies-please-rtfm/

[Kanji]

Just read the destructoid article...I cant wait for this.

[chrisinajar]

I never like that "turing test" and "turing complete" are radically different... The description above uses the correct term, it just always bothers me that every computer is "turing complete" but no computer can reliably pass a "turing test"...

Both things were indeed invented by Alan Turing, so the names are reasonable, but I still think it only promotes confusion.

[froggeh]

http://www.spyparty.com/beta-sign-up/

[chrisinajar]

BTW, I played this at PAX and it's wicked fun.

I freaked out when I was walking by and saw the booth.

Very very very long line.