Re:The Greatness of Text Adventures
by SubiculumCode on Tuesday October 21, 2025 @01:21PM
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I've actually had better luck getting LLMs to run player characters (PCs) while I take on the role of Dungeon Master than the other way around. I can maintain a better 'world model' than the LLMs I have tried. Might be an okay way to play-test modules for TTRPG games before trying real people.
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Oh, great to hear it worked for you! I also want to try the role reversal soon.
Re:The Greatness of Text Adventures
by SubiculumCode on Tuesday October 21, 2025 @03:45PM
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To be clear, I have not tried it with any sophistication. Its just as DM/GM, and if you can get the LLM to accept that DM/GM is the last word, aka GOD,, then you can maintain the world..keeping things on the rails better. But its something I am thinking about for alpha play-testing tabletop modules. My brother and I have a side business (Hexbrawler Games [1]) and we are currently writing a Maussritter[2] mouse TTRPG adventure hexcrawl set in 1930-50's Appalachia.
[2] https://mausritter.com/ A great game!