Crytivo Games previously announced they’d be inviting Alpha-tier backers to The Universim’s pre-Alpha build in waves, but now they’ve ditched that in favour of a universal (pun!) date of September 15th.
That means any Alpha-tiered backer is welcomed with opened bug-filled, glitch-laden arms. The studio is also teasing the next stretch goal at $500k in pledges, which unlocks the ‘Singularity’ for A.I. mischief.
Formerly known as the iRobot stretch goal, the Singularity would expand the civilization tech tree to include new areas looking to Advancing AI and Robotics. This could lead to some rather… problematic developments if left unchecked.
”This new branch includes over a dozen researches all related to Advancing AI and Robotics, but also helps to stop things from getting out of hand. You don’t balance your thumb on top of a nail before striking it, and you also don’t mess around with AI. Besides, you have no idea what random events await you down the road,” reads the official website.
”These controls allow you set the amount of power that an AI has over your civilization and how much freedom it possesses. It can be useful to automate certain tasks, such as food production, resource gathering and replication, and even service delivery.”
“However, give it too much control over your civilization without the proper precautions and things may turn down kind of a Terminator-esque path.”
Check out The Universim website to learn more about this dynamic God game.
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