When they’re not taking the topic extra severely in Boyfriend Dungeon, Kitfox Games apparently spend their time skewering the relationship style. Bad Cupid – billed as Salty Bet however for flirting – was a cute distraction when it first entered beta. Two chat-bots with videogame (or literary) character’s personalities enter, and hopefully they depart hand-in-hand as they try to woo one another whereas the viewers wager on if it’ll occur. The now-live ultimate model has lots extra characters, extra complicated conversational dynamics, and synthesised voices for that really robotic vibe. Take a peek – I’ve embedded the live-stream beneath.
The new model of Bad Cupid works higher than it used to. Interactions between the characters really feel extra coherent, though they nonetheless fall again on acquainted subjects a bit too usually. Apparently everybody in videogame-land identical to chiaroscuro, for some cause. I can perceive Sherlock Holmes or Jane Austen displaying curiosity in that, however a sentient cupcake or post-apocalyptic insurgent? Maybe not a lot. Still, it’s unfair to nitpick – conversational dynamics in games are hellish when there’s just one human making decisions. Two bots is a recipe for catastrophe and/or comedy.
My principal gripe is that whereas there’s loads of characters, I’m solely actually accustomed to a handful, and if that’s the scenario I’m in, then most individuals will don’t know who these characters are. Still, a few of them are acquainted, like The Baz, the never-used Street Fighter character who rose to web immortality. Of course, The Necrodancer could be well-known, too – he’s a demon on the dance-floor. All of those characters are right here by accepted invitation, so that you’ll in all probability not be seeing Master Chief flirting with Doomguy anytime quickly, however I’d wish to suppose they’d get alongside properly.
You can watch and wager imaginary {dollars} on Bad Cupid’s antics on its Mixer page here, or try its official page here, with character profiles for every of the bots.
