When I close the game, do they realize I am closing their existance?

[h1]Experienced on Windows Mixed Reality[/h1] You can view my review & gameplay here: https://youtu.be/9QuLYMyxLgM The Steam store page description really got me hyped for this game. I was expecting that game, unfortunately, what I got was rather disappointing. It's not a bad game, it just wasn't really interesting for me either. I did 4-5 playthroughs and I want to say the average was 5 minutes long. Each time I did get different results, but none of them were all that captivating. You can move around the AI creatures, you can rotate the sky around to get a better view, or you can plant plants that will change the rotation of the planet. You'll get different results. You can put special AI into each creature or none of them. You can see how they interact with each other or with the plants. On my first playthrough, they all fell to their deaths and I simply got a message that thousands of them had died at the end. That was an inauspicious start to say the least. While I did manag...

I wasted 45 minutes looking for intelligence. Didn't find any, artificial or otherwise. 5 actors that do nothing but bully each other. Constantly. Trained or not. In the real world, you can watch mono-cellular organisms with more sophisticated behaviours under a microscope. Storytelling is miserably ineffectual. In this movie with minimal external input, the camera regularly takes control to focus on... well, nothing but stupid cartoonish punches, really. And the actors have less evocative power than wooden door knobs. The vapid narrative can go on forever. Until you decide to plant a flower. Which makes the story end after a short while, with no rhyme nor reason. The payoff is nonexistent. Then the pointless cycle will start anew. The one thing the makers insist on, arts-wise, is to force you to watch their 74 company logos, then the poorly voiced intro to their non-story. Every time you launch. Unskippable. And now for something completely different, the interface: The thing star...

I didnt find it fun at all. Too little content to even call it a game. This should be free, becouse it is a 5 min tech demo.

I gave this a try knowing exactly that it was an experimental program and media and not a video game per se. That being said I just can't recommend it, even at this price. It's an incomplete product that doesn't deliver on its very modest promises, which is too bad because I think the world needs more efforts like this and less Call of Duty.

I like the idea, but while I can interact with them, a lot of their behaviour seems erratic and doesn't seem to be impacted by my interactions except at the most superficial level. The mechanics are very opaque. I'm not even sure what half of the achievements mean. It seems more like an intellectual exercise in ML/AI and so I'd probably find a paper outlining the behind the scenes more interesting. As it is I just use it like a chill game when I don't want to deal with adrenaline, commitment or thinking to hard. In hindsight I probably wouldn't pay for it again.

I read an article about Agence before I bought it, and I thought the concept sounded interesting. I knew this was an interactive movie with AI elements and not a video game, but I was hoping for more of an experience. What it provides is extremely limited and not really worth much. Unless the developers make major enhancements, which their comments indicate are unlikely, don't bother. It's just not very interesting.

I found this to be an interesting experience and well worth the small asking price. Definitely put me in that contemplating the notion of an infinite universe and the meaning of our existence within it. That said I am coming from a machine learning and AI programming background. Not to mention I'm a fan of short artsy VR experiments. That doesn't necessarily mean you need that background to appreciate Agence, my 6 year old daughter found this fun as well. I do think the game would've been better off if after a each generation a small explanation of what an agent's role was. That would've given incentive to observe multiple generations and note the results. I think that is the point of the game. After a few achievements popped up and I realized what their roles were it was subsequent generations and interactions were more meaningful. All said and done worth $3 though.

Its okay. I think it could be improved, but it's an interesting idea at least.

Honestly not enough content to justify the price. I tried to figure out anything to do, but there really isn't. I will be interested in this game when there is a community around it. Also, please make it free. 3 dollars is too much.