TED演讲之游戏的力量:用玩具创造世界(7)

Now as we pull away from this world — we're going to keep pulling away from the star now. 现在,我们将视线从这个世界里移出来–我们从这个星球移出来了 One of the things that always frustrated me a little bit about astronomy 天文学中有一点曾让儿时的我时常感到困扰: when I was a kid is how it was always presented so two-dimensionally and so static. 为什么它总是二...

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TED演讲之游戏的力量:用玩具创造世界(3)

Now once we mate, we click on the egg. 我们一旦交配之后,就可以点这个蛋。 And this is where the game starts getting interesting, 这样游戏就变得很有趣了, because one of the things we really focused on here was giving the players very high-leverage tools, 因为我们的重点工作致意就是让玩家利用事半功倍的工具, so that for a very small amount of effort the player can make somethi...

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TED演讲之游戏的力量:用玩具创造世界(4)

And then we can test it out, once we've done that, and see how it would move around. 我们完成这一项之后,就可以测试一下,让它四处走动一下。 And so at this point the computer is procedurally animating this creature. 这时,电脑就会自动地控制这个生物的移动。 It's looking at whatever I've designed. It will actually bring it to life. 电脑听命于我的设计,然后让它动起来...

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TED演讲之游戏的力量:用玩具创造世界(3)

Now once we mate, we click on the egg. 我们一旦交配之后,就可以点这个蛋。 And this is where the game starts getting interesting, 这样游戏就变得很有趣了, because one of the things we really focused on here was giving the players very high-leverage tools, 因为我们的重点工作致意就是让玩家利用事半功倍的工具, so that for a very small amount of effort the player can make somethi...

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TED演讲之游戏的力量:用玩具创造世界(5)

Now, as we pull down here, we still have a whole set of creatures living on the surface of the planet. 现在当我摧毁这里的时候,在这个星球上其实还居住着一系列的生物, There are all these different dynamics going on here. 所以发生着一系列动态的变化。 In fact, I can look over here, 我可以从这里俯视。 and this is kind of a little simplified food web that's going on with the ...

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TED演讲之游戏的力量:用玩具创造世界(6)

So here's our little solar system, as we pull away from our melted planet here. 我们把视线从融化了的行星里拉远,来到我们的小小太阳系。 We actually have a couple of other planets in this solar system. 原来在这个太阳系里,我们其实还有好多其他的行星。 Let's fly to another one. 让我们跳到另外一个上来。 So in fact, we're going to have this unlimited number of worlds y...

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TED演讲之游戏的力量:用玩具创造世界(2)

And you actually start this game in a drop of water, 其实是从一滴水里开始这个游戏的, as a very, very small single-cell creature, 这时你还是一个很小很小的单细胞生物, and right off the bat you basically just have to live, survive, reproduce. 然后马上你需要开始基本的生存、生活、繁衍。 So here we are, at a very microscopic scale, swimming around. 你看,它小极了,游来游去。 And...

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TED演讲之游戏的力量:用玩具创造世界

I've always wanted to be a cyborg. 我一直想成为一个半机械人。 One of my favorite shows as a kid was "The Six Million Dollar Man," 我小时候最喜欢的电视剧之一是“无敌金刚”,它的造价是六百万美元。 and this is a little bit closer to the 240 dollar man or so, but — 而这玩意儿的价值挺相近的,大约是240万美元,但是—— At at any rate. I would normally feel very self...

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