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[Sowelu]

I think that Scribblenauts should be recognized primarily as a proof-of-concept that also is pretty fun to screw around with.  I mean, you can make ANYTHING.  And that IS significant.

Go back in time five years or so, and try and pitch this idea:  "Why don't we make a game where you can summon ANYTHING, just by typing it?"  And you'd get funny looks, or "hey that sounds awesome but".  I mean, that just sounds like an enormous amount of work!  Who would ever put that much work into something?  CAN you do it?  Wouldn't there just be too many words?

Well, they answered that question by saying "No it's not too much work, here, we did it, and we fit it on a freaking DS cartridge".  Most nouns you can find in the dictionary are in here, and they behave...at least partially appropriately.  And pulling this off was unimaginable five years ago, because well, I would have just assumed it was too hard.

Now I can look into the future at AI-related projects and say "Maybe it's not too much work to manually teach an AI what every word in the dictionary is", or I can say "Once we have holographic/VR technology, maybe we actually can make a holodeck that can summon anything, because it doesn't seem to be that much work to program in every simple noun".

[Jackrabbit]

That's a very good point.

[chaoticag]

Apparently, the site that had all the words for scribblenauts was threatened with legal action by Warner Brothers... I'm not actually sure on what grounds though, all they listed was copyright infringment.

[Mephisto]

If that's the case, just about every site out there is vulnerable. You can't copyright a list of words.

[Jreengus]

Wait what? You can copyright words now?

I'm off to copyright "and" "I" and "cumshot" now. (I'll make millions off the porn industry, and off small children writing "What I did for my holiday" assignments)

[userpay]

I think that Scribblenauts should be recognized primarily as a proof-of-concept that also is pretty fun to screw around with.  I mean, you can make ANYTHING.  And that IS significant.

Go back in time five years or so, and try and pitch this idea:  "Why don't we make a game where you can summon ANYTHING, just by typing it?"  And you'd get funny looks, or "hey that sounds awesome but".  I mean, that just sounds like an enormous amount of work!  Who would ever put that much work into something?  CAN you do it?  Wouldn't there just be too many words?

Well, they answered that question by saying "No it's not too much work, here, we did it, and we fit it on a freaking DS cartridge".  Most nouns you can find in the dictionary are in here, and they behave...at least partially appropriately.  And pulling this off was unimaginable five years ago, because well, I would have just assumed it was too hard.

Now I can look into the future at AI-related projects and say "Maybe it's not too much work to manually teach an AI what every word in the dictionary is", or I can say "Once we have holographic/VR technology, maybe we actually can make a holodeck that can summon anything, because it doesn't seem to be that much work to program in every simple noun".

I'm curious, does anyone know when development on the game began?

[Granite26]

George Washington + Axe + Cherry Tree does nothing

[Sean Mirrsen]

Maybe Abraham Lincoln + AK47? Oh wait, no Batman...

[umiman]

I summoned a mech. It was awesome. Maybe we should do a thread to show how each of us solves each puzzle in the game.

[Granite26]

I summoned a mech. It was awesome. Maybe we should do a thread to show how each of us solves each puzzle in the game.

Or even better, pick a midling puzzle, and each solve that one with different objects?

Any object used in any previous solution can't be used (and no adjective cheats or sandbagging, we're people and smart).  Last person to solve the puzzle wins, bonus points for style, must stay under Par?

[ductape]

CAPITAL IDEA OLD CHAP!

[Sensei]

Set up a scenario withe the most involved items/moving parts possible, that can be activated with a single trigger.

[MagmaDeath]

George Washington + Axe + Cherry Tree does nothing

That is incorrect. If you give the Axe to George Washington, He will in fact chop down the Cherry Tree.

[Granite26]

George Washington + Axe + Cherry Tree does nothing

That is incorrect. If you give the Axe to George Washington, He will in fact chop down the Cherry Tree.

I just did it again to verify...

Edit:  He still didn't cut it down...

[ductape]

George Washington + Axe + Cherry Tree does nothing

That is incorrect. If you give the Axe to George Washington, He will in fact chop down the Cherry Tree.

I just did it again to verify...

Edit:  He still didn't cut it down...

I did it and it worked.