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Psyche: an Interactive Fiction game engine based on the Cyc system
by aindilis (@aindilis), published 4 years ago

We set out to make a game based on integrating a Prolog-based (pengines) web
server with the Large Knowledge Collider http://larkc.org/ which runs a version
of Cyc https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyc We integrated the AMZI Adventure in
Prolog (nanisearch) for game play mechanisms, intended to expand it. Our
concept was you are a robot searching for and often bartering parts in order to
become whole. Well, we spent most of the time getting the back-end engine
working, and it does work great! But we ran out of time to get our content
implemented. About the back-end, it goes Firefox <-> psyche_server:larkc_client
<-> larkc_server:LarKC_CL The arrows represent http connections. We were able
to implement individual sessions for users, and when the session starts it
populates a Knowledge-Base Microtheory (or Context) with bookkeeping assertions
and state for the game. Then as the game progresses, we retract and assert the
game state, just as nanisearch does with the Prolog factbase, except using
LarKC_CL. When we have further integrated content, we can make better use of
the Cyc ontology. For instance, we will probably add the ability for users to
create items in the world. They can say ‘Max is a Dog’. And using the ontology,
it will know that Max probably has four legs, that Max is a mammal, etc. It
will know hundreds of things about Max. Then we can really flesh out the game
play mechanics for a “simulation with side-effects”. Anyway, so stoked and
super grateful to our team who managed to pull this off. I said at the start of
the game jam that if we had nanisearch integrated with LarKC_CL I would be
happy, and that is exactly what we have. Go Team Prolog! nanisearch.jpg

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by jjjjason (@jjjjason), published 4 years ago

Yooo this sounds super cool. Is there anywhere I can follow to keep up with
future progress?

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by aindilis (@aindilis), published 4 years ago

@jjjjason Thanks for you interest! I am asking around for the best place. Get
back to you in a few.

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by aindilis (@aindilis), published 4 years ago

@jjjjason I asked around and the consensus is that you should follow our github
page - it’s the most likely to continue to be updated: https://github.com/
SWI-PrologTeamLudumDare32/prolog-ludumdare44

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