Event[0] Review – Gaming Respawn

Derek Miller from Gaming Respawn writes: What would you do if your life was dependent on your ability to maintain a relationship with an insecure AI? This is the question at the heart of Event[0], the first game developed by Ocelot Society. Originally a student project, Event[0] went on to win several indie awards (including Innovation at BIG 2015 and Student Award winner at EIGD 2014) before blossoming into a full title. Along the way the game has received backing from France’s CNC public arts organization as well as the Indie Fund. This game certainly had me intrigued at the prospects of trying to make sense of and reason with what is essentially a chat bot. Having earned an expensive piece of paper that said I understand philosophy as well as logic, I was all to happy to go toe to virtual toe with the AI. Or was I?