When I write a bug it becomes the core gameplay.

Chapter 376 The balance between companionship and non-disturbance

Hou Ji opened the "Ascension" page on the official game platform.

"Are you also a fan of action games? I also like the game "Ascension" very much. Sometimes I wonder if everything I see in real life is also an illusion?"

Hou Ji opened the page of "The City Forsaken by God" again.

"Ah, the God-Forsaken City. I know Xia Mi, and we are good friends. But I think she is sometimes too naive, and we often have different opinions."

Hou Ji opened the page of "Anti-Heaven Cube" again.

"Hey, finally a game I know how to play! Can I play with you?"

Every time a new game page is opened, Elliot will give some feedback, most of which are evaluations of the game, and in a few cases she will even suggest playing with the player.

For example, "Anti-Heaven Cube".

This game itself allows two-player online play, and it is relatively simple to connect to the AI. If the player is willing, he can really play with Elliot.

After playing, Elliot will even have some new dialogues based on the situation during the game.

Of course, many of Elios's words also make people inexplicably feel terrified when they think about them carefully. For example, when she mentioned "Ascension", she would wonder if her own world was also an illusion.

However, there were not many similar conversations, and judging from the tone and expression of Elliot's voice, she was just thinking casually and was not really thinking about this problem seriously.

So Hou Ji just regarded Elios's words as some kind of easter egg and didn't think too much about it.

"That is to say, the game Against Heaven has made some optimizations to this desktop companion. Whenever the game Against Heaven is mentioned, it will give a unique evaluation?

"But if that's all, it's okay."

Hou Ji thought so and casually opened the game pages of other manufacturers on the official platform.

However, what he didn't expect was that Elios also had reviews for these games.

“Hey, do you like playing “Astral World”? I haven’t played it, but I’ve seen its videos and it looks fun.

“Although many people think it is not as good as Shadow World, I think it is also a very good game.

"If there is a chance, can you take me with you to play?"

“True Battlefield? I haven’t played it either, because my shooting skills are terrible. I’ve watched some videos, but they were too shaky and made me dizzy.

"But I don't understand why the attackers in this game must place bombs on abandoned planes? There is nothing here except the defenders."

As Hou Ji's experiments expanded, he was surprised to find that it was not just games that could make Elios react.

Many operations performed by the player on the computer will trigger some reactions from Elliot.

For example, when the player is writing a document or making a PPT, Eleos will say, "Are you going to start working? Well, I won't bother you for now. I also need to study."

When players listen to music, Elios will make some simple comments on the songs or music, and will even put on headphones and listen with the players.

When players read books on the computer, Eleos will also interact with the content of the book itself.

For those books she has read, Elios will directly give her own evaluation; and for those books she has not read yet, she will raise a question or express her own doubts based on the current plot.

Even when the player opens the background task manager, Elliot will respond accordingly.

"Ah! Is there something wrong with your computer?
“It’s okay, I believe you can fix it!”…Could it be that it’s because of me?

"If it's really because of my problem, then it's okay to shut me down temporarily. I don't mind."

……

After a brief chat, Hou Ji roughly determined the functions of this desktop companion.

First of all, Elliot does not have the ability to communicate directly with the player, and there is no chat box anywhere that allows you to talk to her directly.

The communication between the two is one-sided.

Elios can only chat based on some specific behaviors of the player. The interaction between the two is more like the player is concentrating on doing something, while Elios sits obediently on the side to support the player.

At the beginning, Hou Ji was still quite uncomfortable with it, or perhaps most players were not quite comfortable with it either.

After all, fake-AI is already very mature, and there are many AIs that can communicate freely with players.

But after experiencing it for a while, Hou Ji felt that this seemed not bad.

Compared with dialogue, the current mode also has another advantage, which is that it inexplicably has a kind of... implicit beauty?

If players can keep chatting with the AI, a "demystification" effect will soon occur. With constant attempts, they will soon touch upon the AI's blind spots in knowledge, or get some not-so-smart or unpleasant answers.

Therefore, most people cannot persist in using the AI ​​chat software on the market for too long.

But Elios's AI is different. She needs players to use various behaviors to activate her.

Clicking on a game, playing in the game, browsing the web, listening to music, etc. may trigger a conversation with Elliot.

But it is also for this reason that the conversations that are triggered can easily give people a sense of surprise.

It’s like when you’re on a date and chatting with a girl, and she starts talking about your favorite game, which would make people surprised: You actually know this?
Of course, since everyone already knew that Elios was an AI, the degree of surprise was definitely not that high, but compared to other AIs, there was still more or less a feeling of small surprise.

In addition, the AI ​​Elios has many other advantages.

For example, her modeling is quite delicate, and her every frown, smile, and various micro-expressions when looking at the player all give people a very vivid feeling.

In addition to some regular conversations, she often has some unexpected and surprising remarks.

For example, when mentioning "Ascension", she would inadvertently wonder whether her own world is also illusory.

Similar situations do not occur often, but when they do occur occasionally, they can still give players a very shocking feeling, and even give people the illusion that "she seems to really have her own consciousness."

Judging from the current situation, Elios, as a desktop companion, has struck a good balance between "accompany" and "non-disturbance".

She is quite tactful. When the player is doing something seriously, she will hide cleverly, read a book by herself, or simply walk out of the screen.

And when the player is obviously taking a break, they will always chat with him in a gentle and cute manner.

For most players, this kind of relaxed and tense rhythm of getting along is very comfortable.

For a small number of players, even if they are not used to this rhythm, they can make simple adjustments in the settings to further speed up or slow down the rhythm.

In short, as a desktop companion, Elios does not have any particularly epoch-making, irresistible magic, but from its appearance to its functions, it has been excellent enough among similar products, and can even be said to be a standout among the crowd.

(End of this chapter)