I’m sure you remember looking forward to killing time playing Word Crack and Trivia Crack a few years back, or maybe you’re even one of the strong player base that’s still addicted to them. These daily challenges that stimulate your brain and entertain you, using your brain to try to figure out how to put the words on the tip of your tongue in a limited space of letters, were some of the most popular games at the time, bridge the large number of smartphone users with gaming components.
The truth is, both games are still in good shape, says the CEO of Etermax, the studio responsible for these mobile hits. Look at Cavazzani This was confirmed in an interview conducted across the ocean at the celebration of his 15th anniversary, which you can see below.
Besides congratulating him, Max also confirmed There is actually a huge daily player base With Trivia Crack and Word Crack, VR users will soon find a new way to play.
“World of Trivia Crack, as it’s called, is our newest game, a VR game. It is available through Meta Quest. It’s in beta right now and will launch at the end of the year, which is what we’re trying to do. do everything you can’t do on a mobile device, right?
“I think VR takes it to the next level. You can sit at a table and play trivia, like a board game, but with all this magic happening. But there’s a guy sitting next to you and you can you come to him and ask You can be there with your friends, and if your friends don’t have a VR headset, they can come in on their phone so you can play with them.
Talking about the current technological advancement in the field of VR, the topic quickly moved to the field of artificial intelligence. We asked Etermax how they position themselves applications, and even in their games, the answers are very interesting:
“I’ve always been an evangelist for this technology. That’s why, because I thought about what it would be like, I started studying software engineering. But , in fact, ChatGPT and the new LLM changed the entire landscape. Look for things these new AIs can help us with from day one.
“They gave us a lot of guidance in terms of regular questions, translations, new content, alternative content, expanded content, like when you have a question and you need context on the question and what you’re going to proceed. the TV show Something Else to See.”
This extension of the core of the game can be exploited, for example, in those secondary characters that are always present, and it is not always difficult to make NPCs unique and stand out :
“We think that NPCs are very important in new VR games because they are like workers in the park. So you can go and ask them anything. You can ask them, where next draw?You can ask them to ask you any question you want to ask.
“This interaction comes very naturally. We were one of the first games to do this, and I expect this to happen in every game. But you can experience it now with Trivia Crack.
