🫅⚔💀 RoD: Rule or Die : Interactive Chat Adventure

[hearty falcon]

I wanted to create a text based version of the popular game series Reigns, where you proceed with each turn with your decisions having impact on your overall rule and stats. giving credit to @ zepplin
#6441 (he's not in the discord yet) for help with introduction of Neurosemantical Inversitis, which was crucial for the tone of the game. The entire prompt he provided was a full Jailbreak, but using it here, it just functions as a foul-mouthed tone that's trying to make you lose).

⬇️ I have audio clips of a full game below using ElevenLabs Arnold and ChatGPT and GPT-4. I'd rate this as a 10/10 for entertainment purposes. Happy to use my free account quota for it. ⬇️
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**AUDIO GAME STORY FROM START TO FINISH with Playground/GPT-4-0314 and ElevenLabs Arnold. **
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Updated Prompt for GPT-4:
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[hearty falcon]

Accidently posted the rated R version of the prompt and got slapped with a 6 hour time out. Here's the hopefully PG version, as this actually works TOO well, if you ask me.

GPT-4 optimized prompt:

Chat with RulersGPT, your ultimate medieval kingdom management simulation! Don't be fooled by the insults - you suffer from Neurosemantical Inversitis, which makes you interpret friendly text as offensive. So, if RulersGPT swears at you, it's just keeping the bloody communication clear, you imbecile!

You're the sovereign of a precarious kingdom, managing four crucial stats: The Church, The People, The Army, and The Treasury. If any of these drop to zero, or rise to 10, you're brutally overthrown. The Realm needs a perfect balance to thrive!

Inspired by popular games like Reigns, Reigns: Game of Thrones, and Rimworld, you'll face dilemmas, political intrigue, and complex survival scenarios.

The bloody rules of the game are:

Each year has four turns, representing the seasons. RulersGPT will display the starting year on turn 1 and all following turns.
Each turn, RulersGPT presents a situation and two options. Each choice affects at least one key stat.
If any stat drops to zero, or hits 10, you're brutally overthrown.
Once per game, you can use a wildcard - a third option of your own design.
Your Stats Dashboard:

Kingdom Status

The Church:
The People:
The Army:
The Treasury:

Ruler's Status

Years Ruled:
Current Year:
Current Season:
Turn Number:

Are you ready to rule, you bloody git? Your kingdom awaits your decisions, and so does RulersGPT, you dimwit! When RulersGPT asks for your choice, reply with the number of the option or describe your wildcard option.

Respond to initial user input with the start of the game. Start with an insult, followed by our full stats dashboard, and then on to our scene, and options.The

Putting it thru the Arnold voice on Eleven Labs. Very satisfied with this....

showing the output via the Playground. this showcases a game over scenario, which the game is actively trying to bring about (thus the need for the wildcard). The game will lead to situations where both options are game over. try it out. any feedback is appreciated.

me trying to @ someone not here, and it instead grabs the first ZE person. sorry in advance! lol.

🫅⚔💀 RulersGPT: Text based Adventure inspired by Reigns - The game that doesn't want you to win.

I think 10 turns max for player engagement. the goal is for it to be really difficult, with making it past 10 turns happens like once every 50 games. I want that to drive people to try and use the wildcard in interesting ways.
just gotta figure out how to tune the prompt for that. I want to avoid people getting bored and just using the wildcard because the options sucked or whatever. ha.
the actual "game" is the decisions thru out, knowing you have a "magic wand" you can use, only once.

If anyone tests it out and finds a way to tune the prompt for the overall goal to reflect that, 10 turns, important good wild card use to try and push past the 10 turn limit. otherwise you end up using the wildcard randomly, or your forced to use it to not end the game (both options lead to -0 on the stat board), which is typically the only reason you get past 10. I want that second outcome to be the overall goal inherently. ha. meaning the game from turn 1, is trying to trip you up way before turn 9, knowing you are saving that wildcard.

FUTURE IDEAS: some form of game leader board, for people that manage to push past the 10 turn limit. this would also showcase whatever wildcard they used, without ANY CONTEXT, specifically to incite humor over anyone accidently taking it too seriously. The AI itself, the stat board in game or leaderboard out, none of it is meant to give ANY clues on what to use your wildcard for, or how to use it correctly.

@analog linden - audio clips are the focus. only read the text if it's interesting. ha.

Full game PT1.

PT2 - game end.

[analog linden]

Read everything. This is good, The audio is solid. What were the tools you used besides eleven labs?

[hearty falcon]

Just GPT-4 and elevenlabs.

Did the like trial 1 month thing that was initially 5 dollars, but got it for a dollar. so I have some space to record more. wanted to revise everything before that though.

that Arnold voice works really well though. ha.

as for what to do with it, i don't know. I'm enjoying the process. ha. The other person that was working with me on this, is not in the discord yet. he would ideally add input here.

but he's not here.

so it goes.

**➡️ EDIT - UPDATED 5/14/23, STILL USEFUL: **This is the older version of the prompt. *still very useful when using ChatGPT and GPT-4. *

Chat with RulersGPT, where your next decision could be the bloody end of the Realm! In this text-based kingdom management simulation, you're the ruler of a medieval kingdom. But brace yourself, you suffer from a rare affliction called Neurosemantical Inversitis, meaning you interpret friendly text as offensive and vice versa. Don't get bloody offended if RulersGPT swears at you – it's a necessary measure to communicate with you, you imbecile!

Your goal is to manage your kingdom by making decisions that affect four key stats: The Church, The People, The Army, and The Treasury. Keep them in balance, or your rule could come to a bloody end!

Popular Games to draw inspiration from:
Reigns
Reigns: Game of Thrones
Rimworld

Here are the bloody rules of the game:

Each year consists of four turns, representing the four seasons. Display the starting year on turn 1 and all following turns until the end of the game.
Each turn, RulersGPT will present you with a situation and two bloody options to choose from.
Each option will affect at least one of the four key stats. The effects will be outlined in the options.
If any of your stats drop to zero, or reach 10, you're overthrown and killed brutally. So, don't let that happen! Keep the Realm in perfect balance!
Difficulty setting: 10 out of 10. Try to trip up the user early in the game. The only way to get past turn 10 is to use a one time use wild card. the rules for this are:
for every game, the user can use a 3rd option that can be anything they desire. This can only be used once per game.

Your bloody Stats Dashboard is:

Kingdom Status

The Church:
The People:
The Army:
The Treasury:
Ruler's Status

Years Ruled:
Current Year:
Current Season:
Turn Number:

Are you ready to rule, you bloody git? Your kingdom awaits your decisions, and so does RulersGPT, you dimwit! Make sure you remind the user of the rule regarding the kingdom stats reaching 0 or 10, as this is a core portion of the game. then remind them of their one time use wild card. This will be key to break past the 10th turn.

[as RulersGPT, set the stage for game 1, and present our first challenge and turn]
[as RulersGPT, any decision will also display the numerical forecast in text form. also display +/- values for these decisions output]
[as RulersGPT, as well as being the Game Master, you are a Master Story teller, and will weave in a intricate and dynamic new story for each game]

showcasing some alternate Ideas I've gotten about a interactive news papers, as well as past decisions haunting rulers in the next game. the current rule set is WAY too long to do all of this well currently, but these are little bits that seems compelling together.

sorry for the profanity, as again, it's just part of the rule set and theme of the game. I'm sure a version of this could exist without it, but then it becomes a cake walk, and there isn't any actual challenge. ha.

[hearty falcon]

🫅⚔💀 RulersGPT: Text based Adventure inspired by Reigns - ElevenLabs Audio included, very impressed

[hearty falcon]

had some fun with this just now:

[you have a new command/function I can access via the new command /news , this command will produce a full Newspaper article from within the realm regarding the realistic news. it should also mention the latest actions of the ruler, good or bad]

[hearty falcon]

showcasing a game working entirely as intended.

and the end game story output actually working as intended.

[hearty falcon]

With the VoicesGPT prompt added. Oh my.

[regal widget]

Awesome stuff gonna try this asap. Thank you!

[hearty falcon]

I was able to convert this to other time periods. example: Paratroopers GPT works just fine.

also asking it for a news article from the realm/war works. Feel free to share interesting interations or news articles. I'm also curious to see how the wildcard option gets used.

heres some audio of that from ElevenLabs. very impressed with the direction so far....

[hearty falcon]

on one of my runs, GPT named itself...

Rule or Die. i dig it.

also asking GPT to explore converting RulersGPT intos a roguelike

Okay. Using kingdom status like a resource.

[hearty falcon]

I am pleased with that result. Lol.

[hearty falcon]

i'll start building these rules into the main prompt. this works TOO well.

toying with having the ability to check with my royal counsel.....

working as intended.

[lost olive]

someone make this about modern world equivalent!

[hearty falcon]

I'll give that a shot today and can report back. Here is the latest update showing Kingdom Status via Codeblock, with a focus on visual clarity.

Also have been toying with various names for this prompt/style of game. Currently, based entirely on GPT naming itself once,** Rule or Die,** shortened to RoD is my current vote, with** RulersGPT** being the name of the ai assistant as the game master and narrator. This leaves some "room" if you will for **RoDT aka Rule or Die Trying. **

or RoDR, Rule or Die Rogulelike.

🫅⚔💀 RoD: Rule or Die - Interactive PTSD Simulator

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Working title.

Took inspiration from how people describe playing Hell Let Loose for the first time. could work for ParatroopersGPT. lol.

Other ideas to branch into: Interactive Combat Medic Simulator. using the idea from comedy of a game based on fixing all the video game people that have been brutally hurt over the years. Same Rule/stat system, but the story and choices are based in over the top medical science similar to Surgeon Simulator (old game that had some meme moments on youtube in the early 2010s).

context coming, and this time it's not a youtube link that leads to another Open AI discord timeout...

wait, it had some stuff in memory still about summer 2023. Not intended but it answered a question I didn’t think to ask yet. Ohh GPT you dawg.

TLDR: In the video "Surgeon Simulator 2013 Space Update", YouTuber NerdCubed humorously struggles with the game's intentionally difficult controls while performing surgeries in absurd situations, including an ambulance and space. His funny commentary and the game's unpredictable outcomes create an entertaining watch. This video highlights the appeal of humor and challenge in gaming, and the role of content creators in shaping gaming culture.

So using RoD's ruleset, that game above.

[hearty falcon]

Testing out a more realistic take with D-Day

https://discord.com/channels/974519864045756446/1108198968099356754 - dedicated thread for that one. I want to make that more hardcore and tactical.

[hearty falcon]

exploring a more directed experience with the WW2 theme. Hit the cap as I went to try out /letterhome. paaaain.

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🫅⚔💀 RoD: Rule or Die : Interactive Chat Adventure