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How The Crush House turns procedural generation into social manipulation

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Summary
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70% Informative

The Crush House is inspired by a Japanese reality show that aired from 2012 to 2020 .

It stars four characters at a time as they form strategic friendships, have fiery arguments and make out with each other.

There are 12 cast members to choose from at the start of every run, and they have distinct personality traits.

The Crush House was a jumble of random dialogue and code for a long time.

There are 495 possible cast combinations in the game.

The game is procedurally generated and has a loose narrative that fits very well with reality TV, creator says.

Game still surprises He, even after years of studying its code and iterating on its outputs.

VR Score

58

Informative language

47

Neutral language

76

Article tone

informal

Language

English

Language complexity

41

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likely offensive

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not hateful

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medium-lived

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