1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:08,880 Welcome back, welcome back to the, well, I guess this isn't the laughing matters podcast 2 00:00:08,880 --> 00:00:18,540 because this is while it's on the podcast, this is the first episode of could play being 3 00:00:18,540 --> 00:00:20,680 brought to audio format. 4 00:00:20,680 --> 00:00:25,720 This is my best friend, Martin and I playing AI dungeon together. 5 00:00:25,720 --> 00:00:31,640 As you may recall, we were going to do a, another channel called could play that was 6 00:00:31,640 --> 00:00:36,160 going to generate some revenue so that I could hire an editor and pay for web site costs 7 00:00:36,160 --> 00:00:37,160 and all that. 8 00:00:37,160 --> 00:00:39,480 But instead I went the route of starting a Patreon. 9 00:00:39,480 --> 00:00:43,400 So if you are still interested in helping the show, please, please, I encourage you 10 00:00:43,400 --> 00:00:50,760 to head over to patreon.com slash I could help because I could use the help at any rate. 11 00:00:50,760 --> 00:00:52,840 I won't the harangue about that. 12 00:00:52,840 --> 00:00:57,540 But if you haven't subscribed to the podcast yet, that definitely helps and then helps 13 00:00:57,540 --> 00:01:00,040 you find out when we got new stuff coming out. 14 00:01:00,040 --> 00:01:04,700 I has, as you may have noticed, we were a little inconsistent there. 15 00:01:04,700 --> 00:01:07,960 I'm going to try to be a bit more consistent with the podcast material. 16 00:01:07,960 --> 00:01:12,880 Now at any rate, I thought you guys would enjoy checking out the first episode since 17 00:01:12,880 --> 00:01:16,320 it is primarily a audio only episode. 18 00:01:16,320 --> 00:01:22,240 However, there are some pretty great video elements in the video version. 19 00:01:22,240 --> 00:01:26,480 So head over to youtube.com slash could help to check those out. 20 00:01:26,480 --> 00:01:32,240 I posted the could play episode on the could help channel just because, well, as you probably 21 00:01:32,240 --> 00:01:36,920 already know, the could play channel is dead for the moment. 22 00:01:36,920 --> 00:01:41,480 Yeah, I said for the moment, there's something being talked about right now, but we won't 23 00:01:41,480 --> 00:01:43,680 go into that right now for right now. 24 00:01:43,680 --> 00:01:46,160 Just enjoy what we have. 25 00:01:46,160 --> 00:01:50,240 This episode turned out to be way funnier than I expected. 26 00:01:50,240 --> 00:01:56,680 I must have listened to it like 40 times while I was doing the video edit because the first 27 00:01:56,680 --> 00:02:00,440 like seven, eight minutes of it, we weren't even rolling the video for it. 28 00:02:00,440 --> 00:02:04,800 So I had to go in there and create video elements for the whole thing. 29 00:02:04,800 --> 00:02:07,040 And that took a while. 30 00:02:07,040 --> 00:02:10,160 But anyways, I think you guys will enjoy it. 31 00:02:10,160 --> 00:02:11,640 I think you'll dig on it. 32 00:02:11,640 --> 00:02:17,280 It's basically a short form D&D game that you input commands just like you did on the 33 00:02:17,280 --> 00:02:21,840 old Commodore 64 versions of these types of games. 34 00:02:21,840 --> 00:02:26,000 And the AI generates the story around it. 35 00:02:26,000 --> 00:02:28,080 It was it was a lot of fun to play. 36 00:02:28,080 --> 00:02:30,080 And I think you guys will dig it. 37 00:02:30,080 --> 00:02:32,360 So without further ado, let's get to it. 38 00:02:32,360 --> 00:02:36,360 This is AI Dungeon with Will and Martin. 39 00:02:36,360 --> 00:02:39,320 OK, so just play. 40 00:02:39,320 --> 00:02:40,320 We're just going to play. 41 00:02:40,320 --> 00:02:43,680 OK, Martin, we're playing AI Dungeon. 42 00:02:43,680 --> 00:02:44,680 All right. 43 00:02:44,680 --> 00:02:49,520 This is generated by a procedural AI and. 44 00:02:49,520 --> 00:02:53,280 Yeah, I need your character's name, sir. 45 00:02:53,280 --> 00:02:55,280 My character name. 46 00:02:55,280 --> 00:02:56,280 Hoteb. 47 00:02:56,280 --> 00:03:00,200 You can even type in the Hoteb like Bubba. 48 00:03:00,200 --> 00:03:01,200 Bubba Hoteb. 49 00:03:01,200 --> 00:03:02,200 Yeah. 50 00:03:02,200 --> 00:03:04,080 You want Hoteb or you want I think I want Bubba Hoteb. 51 00:03:04,080 --> 00:03:05,080 Bubba Hoteb. 52 00:03:05,080 --> 00:03:06,080 All right. 53 00:03:06,080 --> 00:03:07,080 Because why not? 54 00:03:07,080 --> 00:03:08,080 All right. 55 00:03:08,080 --> 00:03:09,240 It's generating the story now, Martin. 56 00:03:09,240 --> 00:03:10,600 OK, part is complete. 57 00:03:10,600 --> 00:03:12,600 Yay, I can shoot you dead. 58 00:03:12,600 --> 00:03:13,840 OK, here we go. 59 00:03:13,840 --> 00:03:14,840 Oh, man. 60 00:03:14,840 --> 00:03:15,840 OK. 61 00:03:15,840 --> 00:03:18,520 Oh, you want Bubba Hoteb. 62 00:03:18,520 --> 00:03:19,520 Sorry. 63 00:03:19,520 --> 00:03:24,800 You are Babas Hoteb. 64 00:03:24,800 --> 00:03:25,800 I like that. 65 00:03:25,800 --> 00:03:28,680 I had to put my little on spin on that. 66 00:03:28,680 --> 00:03:29,680 There we go. 67 00:03:29,680 --> 00:03:30,680 Babas Hoteb. 68 00:03:30,680 --> 00:03:35,000 A noble living in the kingdom of Larian. 69 00:03:35,000 --> 00:03:39,360 You are awakened by a loud noise outside the gate. 70 00:03:39,360 --> 00:03:40,360 Bam! 71 00:03:40,360 --> 00:03:46,760 You look out the window and you see a large number of orcish troops at the road outside 72 00:03:46,760 --> 00:03:48,080 the castle. 73 00:03:48,080 --> 00:03:53,040 Your squire comes in with your sword and shield and helps you prepare for battle. 74 00:03:53,040 --> 00:03:59,720 Meanwhile, your guard commander tells you that there are over 100 orcs in the town of 75 00:03:59,720 --> 00:04:03,700 Lahr lying just outside the castle's gates. 76 00:04:03,700 --> 00:04:11,440 On the other side is a wood with 50 orcish troops in it led by an orc called Ironbark. 77 00:04:11,440 --> 00:04:13,440 Ooh. 78 00:04:13,440 --> 00:04:15,440 What do you do? 79 00:04:15,440 --> 00:04:21,880 Well, I think the logical thing to do here is I think we're going to have to fight those 80 00:04:21,880 --> 00:04:25,120 guys in the courtyard with their iron bars. 81 00:04:25,120 --> 00:04:28,000 OK, so what do I type? 82 00:04:28,000 --> 00:04:33,040 Um, you just got to type the sentence in there. 83 00:04:33,040 --> 00:04:35,800 I mean, what do you do? 84 00:04:35,800 --> 00:04:38,120 Specifically tell me what do you do? 85 00:04:38,120 --> 00:04:39,120 Like do you grab? 86 00:04:39,120 --> 00:04:44,600 OK, so squire comes in with your sword and shield and helps prepare you for battle. 87 00:04:44,600 --> 00:04:46,840 So you are prepared for battle. 88 00:04:46,840 --> 00:04:55,280 You have 50 orcish troops on the other side of Lahr that are led by Ironbark. 89 00:04:55,280 --> 00:05:01,520 And then you have over 100 orcs in town of Lahr lying just outside the castle's gates. 90 00:05:01,520 --> 00:05:04,280 Oh geez. 91 00:05:04,280 --> 00:05:10,320 Wow, this seems like yeah, this seems like like a high pressure first decision. 92 00:05:10,320 --> 00:05:11,320 How about this? 93 00:05:11,320 --> 00:05:12,320 How about this? 94 00:05:12,320 --> 00:05:13,320 I'm a back out of this. 95 00:05:13,320 --> 00:05:18,840 I'm going to let us let it generate something else that it can ease into. 96 00:05:18,840 --> 00:05:20,840 OK, uh. 97 00:05:20,840 --> 00:05:29,000 All right, sorry to put in your character's name. 98 00:05:29,000 --> 00:05:35,720 It's migrating over, but I couldn't remember exactly what it was. 99 00:05:35,720 --> 00:05:43,160 You are Bilbo Hot Ticket. 100 00:05:43,160 --> 00:05:45,800 I want some of that second practice. 101 00:05:45,800 --> 00:05:48,680 A noble living in the kingdom of Larian. 102 00:05:48,680 --> 00:05:52,480 You are awakened by a loud noise outside the gate. 103 00:05:52,480 --> 00:05:54,320 Oh, wait, wait, wait. 104 00:05:54,320 --> 00:05:55,320 Hold on, hold on. 105 00:05:55,320 --> 00:05:56,320 This is totally different. 106 00:05:56,320 --> 00:06:02,240 You look out the window and see a large number of orcish troops on the road outside the castle. 107 00:06:02,240 --> 00:06:06,400 Your squire comes in with your sword and shield and helps you prepare for battle. 108 00:06:06,400 --> 00:06:12,400 Meanwhile, your guard commander tells you that there is no time to prepare a defense. 109 00:06:12,400 --> 00:06:16,800 The orcs will undoubtedly break down the gate in minutes. 110 00:06:16,800 --> 00:06:25,120 You have to decide whether to stand with them or return to the relative safety of the castle. 111 00:06:25,120 --> 00:06:30,000 So, you know, we're able to get a slightly less high pressure situation. 112 00:06:30,000 --> 00:06:31,000 They basically laid it out. 113 00:06:31,000 --> 00:06:34,160 They're like, decide whether to stand with them. 114 00:06:34,160 --> 00:06:36,920 OK, or you can go back to the castle. 115 00:06:36,920 --> 00:06:40,960 Martin, which one you want to do? 116 00:06:40,960 --> 00:06:48,120 I think I think we're going to go to speedrun option here and we're going to go. 117 00:06:48,120 --> 00:06:49,760 We're going to go stand. 118 00:06:49,760 --> 00:06:50,760 Hurl myself. 119 00:06:50,760 --> 00:06:51,760 OK, we're going to go. 120 00:06:51,760 --> 00:06:57,360 OK, what am I typing? 121 00:06:57,360 --> 00:06:59,360 No, I like the hurl. 122 00:06:59,360 --> 00:07:02,360 Hurl myself. 123 00:07:02,360 --> 00:07:06,880 At the front gate. 124 00:07:06,880 --> 00:07:09,160 Martin, sorry. 125 00:07:09,160 --> 00:07:13,720 Look, I know that that will shortly be revealed here. 126 00:07:13,720 --> 00:07:16,520 Declare wrath upon all my enemies. 127 00:07:16,520 --> 00:07:20,440 But they are outside the gate trying to break down the gate. 128 00:07:20,440 --> 00:07:27,320 If you are inside the gate and you hurl yourself at said gate. 129 00:07:27,320 --> 00:07:30,400 Hurl myself at the gate. 130 00:07:30,400 --> 00:07:32,400 OK, no. 131 00:07:32,400 --> 00:07:35,120 OK, we got this. 132 00:07:35,120 --> 00:07:42,240 I will tell my foes I am a god. 133 00:07:42,240 --> 00:07:44,600 You hurl yourself at the gate. 134 00:07:44,600 --> 00:07:45,900 OK. 135 00:07:45,900 --> 00:07:49,560 You rush at the orcs outside the castle gate, but all of them are. 136 00:07:49,560 --> 00:07:57,560 So apparently you made it through the gate. 137 00:07:57,560 --> 00:08:02,720 You rush the orcs outside the castle gate, but all of them are already focused on the 138 00:08:02,720 --> 00:08:03,720 gate. 139 00:08:03,720 --> 00:08:08,880 They chop at the wood and push it to the ground, stepping over it as they rush into the courtyard, 140 00:08:08,880 --> 00:08:15,760 made somewhat easier by a human sized hole in the center of the gate. 141 00:08:15,760 --> 00:08:18,760 And then they rush into the courtyard. 142 00:08:18,760 --> 00:08:20,360 What do you do? 143 00:08:20,360 --> 00:08:28,720 Well, the first thing I say is, jeez, I wonder who put that man sized hole in the gate there. 144 00:08:28,720 --> 00:08:30,720 Say, jeez. 145 00:08:30,720 --> 00:08:35,600 Are we going to type that? 146 00:08:35,600 --> 00:08:45,160 I wonder who put that man sized hole there. 147 00:08:45,160 --> 00:08:57,720 It's a thought serious issue, and I think we should get down to it. 148 00:08:57,720 --> 00:09:01,080 You say, jeez, I wonder who put that man sized hole there. 149 00:09:01,080 --> 00:09:02,080 Don't you know? 150 00:09:02,080 --> 00:09:07,800 Seeing no orc in sight, you decide to look elsewhere. 151 00:09:07,800 --> 00:09:12,960 You go up to a soldier lying near the gate and ask him. 152 00:09:12,960 --> 00:09:20,480 Okay, so we ask where the orcs are, or do we have to repeat ourselves? 153 00:09:20,480 --> 00:09:23,000 I thought we just asked him. 154 00:09:23,000 --> 00:09:27,320 Who put that man sized hole in the door? 155 00:09:27,320 --> 00:09:29,320 Was it you? 156 00:09:29,320 --> 00:09:33,920 Because it must so certainly not be. 157 00:09:33,920 --> 00:09:36,920 Say, who put? 158 00:09:36,920 --> 00:09:44,600 It gave us no idea what we're talking about. 159 00:09:44,600 --> 00:09:49,120 Your question catches the soldier shoulder. 160 00:09:49,120 --> 00:09:50,120 The shoulder. 161 00:09:50,120 --> 00:09:51,120 It is so early in the morning. 162 00:09:51,120 --> 00:09:52,120 Okay. 163 00:09:52,120 --> 00:09:54,400 Shoulder, shoulder, soldier, shoulder. 164 00:09:54,400 --> 00:09:57,400 Your question catches the soldier by surprise. 165 00:09:57,400 --> 00:09:59,440 I don't know, he says. 166 00:09:59,440 --> 00:10:02,960 Somebody must have done it pretty recently. 167 00:10:02,960 --> 00:10:06,640 I don't remember it being like that earlier. 168 00:10:06,640 --> 00:10:23,960 Accused soldier of putting man sized hole in the door. 169 00:10:23,960 --> 00:10:28,040 I'm sorry, I had to hijack that momentarily. 170 00:10:28,040 --> 00:10:35,000 The soldier glares up at you and then pushes you aside and gets off the floor. 171 00:10:35,000 --> 00:10:39,600 Good for you, buddy. 172 00:10:39,600 --> 00:10:40,960 You made it through. 173 00:10:40,960 --> 00:10:46,520 I knew that depression spell. 174 00:10:46,520 --> 00:10:58,840 Could be solved with a lust for orc blood. 175 00:10:58,840 --> 00:11:01,400 This is how you micromanage, dude. 176 00:11:01,400 --> 00:11:05,720 How do you know it's not from antidepressant magic? 177 00:11:05,720 --> 00:11:10,840 It also could be from blood loss from the orcs that just came through and smashed your 178 00:11:10,840 --> 00:11:14,040 door. 179 00:11:14,040 --> 00:11:19,080 I think you're the one who really wants to see orc blood in this scenario. 180 00:11:19,080 --> 00:11:20,640 I'm done taking over for a moment. 181 00:11:20,640 --> 00:11:21,640 I'm sorry. 182 00:11:21,640 --> 00:11:23,080 I just had to jump in on that. 183 00:11:23,080 --> 00:11:27,160 I mean, hey, put it in. 184 00:11:27,160 --> 00:11:28,480 Okay. 185 00:11:28,480 --> 00:11:30,920 I put you good for you, buddy. 186 00:11:30,920 --> 00:11:33,800 I didn't even look at what I was typing. 187 00:11:33,800 --> 00:11:38,120 You turn to one of your men and ask if they've seen the orcs yet. 188 00:11:38,120 --> 00:11:39,760 No, but I'm worried. 189 00:11:39,760 --> 00:11:41,320 Wait, no, that's you. 190 00:11:41,320 --> 00:11:43,520 No, but wait, you. 191 00:11:43,520 --> 00:11:44,520 Huh? 192 00:11:44,520 --> 00:11:45,520 Okay. 193 00:11:45,520 --> 00:11:46,520 All right. 194 00:11:46,520 --> 00:11:48,920 You turn to one of your... 195 00:11:48,920 --> 00:11:51,000 Does Bruno Mars is gay? 196 00:11:51,000 --> 00:11:52,000 Okay. 197 00:11:52,000 --> 00:11:55,720 You turn to one of your men and ask if he's seen the orc yet. 198 00:11:55,720 --> 00:11:58,540 No, but I'm not worried. 199 00:11:58,540 --> 00:12:01,240 You reply. 200 00:12:01,240 --> 00:12:02,240 It was me. 201 00:12:02,240 --> 00:12:08,480 It was me the whole time. 202 00:12:08,480 --> 00:12:10,320 They can't break down this gate. 203 00:12:10,320 --> 00:12:16,720 We're well prepared. 204 00:12:16,720 --> 00:12:21,000 Except for this oddly man-shaped hole in the middle of it. 205 00:12:21,000 --> 00:12:23,920 So the gate is repaired itself. 206 00:12:23,920 --> 00:12:25,680 Or I don't know. 207 00:12:25,680 --> 00:12:29,600 I'm guessing this guy just hasn't turned around yet. 208 00:12:29,600 --> 00:12:34,840 I mean, he was laying there. 209 00:12:34,840 --> 00:12:38,840 He doesn't strike me as somebody who scans the horizon often. 210 00:12:38,840 --> 00:12:41,480 All right, Martin, this is your go. 211 00:12:41,480 --> 00:12:43,240 What do we do? 212 00:12:43,240 --> 00:12:46,920 Do we want to find the orcs? 213 00:12:46,920 --> 00:12:48,760 I think we do. 214 00:12:48,760 --> 00:12:49,760 Okay. 215 00:12:49,760 --> 00:12:52,020 I want to... 216 00:12:52,020 --> 00:12:54,720 They are no match for Xenius. 217 00:12:54,720 --> 00:12:58,840 You use sand on... 218 00:12:58,840 --> 00:13:05,400 Yes, I am the pro-deaf-to-orcs party. 219 00:13:05,400 --> 00:13:09,160 Our platform is make them all suffer. 220 00:13:09,160 --> 00:13:11,200 Okay. 221 00:13:11,200 --> 00:13:17,880 So you use sand falling from your fist to determine wind... 222 00:13:17,880 --> 00:13:18,880 Wood resistance? 223 00:13:18,880 --> 00:13:19,880 Velocity. 224 00:13:19,880 --> 00:13:42,040 And accidentally stumble upon the orcs who were comedically right behind you. 225 00:13:42,040 --> 00:13:44,240 The whole time. 226 00:13:44,240 --> 00:13:45,960 The whole time. 227 00:13:45,960 --> 00:13:48,240 Oh, what a twist. 228 00:13:48,240 --> 00:13:50,240 Bye! 229 00:13:50,240 --> 00:13:56,040 All right, let's see how it handles this. 230 00:13:56,040 --> 00:14:01,400 You use sand falling from your fist to determine wind velocity and accidentally stumble upon 231 00:14:01,400 --> 00:14:06,600 the orcs who were comedically right behind the whole time. 232 00:14:06,600 --> 00:14:11,920 You look up in time to see the orcs running out of the gate and then you turn back to 233 00:14:11,920 --> 00:14:14,480 look for your men. 234 00:14:14,480 --> 00:14:20,360 Which I'm supposing me is to refer to the one guy who was lounging when you came across 235 00:14:20,360 --> 00:14:21,360 him. 236 00:14:21,360 --> 00:14:23,760 Yeah, I don't know if we can hold... 237 00:14:23,760 --> 00:14:25,760 I need a hero! 238 00:14:25,760 --> 00:14:30,200 And he just is lounging there. 239 00:14:30,200 --> 00:14:32,760 Stop accusing... 240 00:14:32,760 --> 00:14:38,440 Like not accusing, but definitely saying that he didn't create the hole in the wall, which 241 00:14:38,440 --> 00:14:39,860 I don't believe. 242 00:14:39,860 --> 00:14:40,860 The door. 243 00:14:40,860 --> 00:14:44,000 Okay, so where do we go from here, Martin? 244 00:14:44,000 --> 00:14:46,280 We're directing this. 245 00:14:46,280 --> 00:14:47,280 Okay. 246 00:14:47,280 --> 00:14:52,360 Well, I'm still noticing how we haven't killed any orcs yet. 247 00:14:52,360 --> 00:14:54,760 Okay, well, here they are. 248 00:14:54,760 --> 00:14:56,880 They were comedically behind you the whole time. 249 00:14:56,880 --> 00:14:58,360 I don't know how you caught that part. 250 00:14:58,360 --> 00:14:59,360 Yes, they are. 251 00:14:59,360 --> 00:15:09,040 So I guess I have to turn around and draw my sword and get that sweet sweet orc blood. 252 00:15:09,040 --> 00:15:17,320 I turn around and draw my sword, which is one action. 253 00:15:17,320 --> 00:15:20,080 Yes, okay. 254 00:15:20,080 --> 00:15:23,960 Let's treat it respectfully, you know. 255 00:15:23,960 --> 00:15:24,960 Is this version four? 256 00:15:24,960 --> 00:15:26,880 I don't play version four. 257 00:15:26,880 --> 00:15:32,600 I turn around and draw my sword as my bonus action. 258 00:15:32,600 --> 00:15:38,560 Ah, bonus actions. 259 00:15:38,560 --> 00:15:39,560 I release... 260 00:15:39,560 --> 00:15:40,560 Nope. 261 00:15:40,560 --> 00:15:55,160 I reeealese a squeaker from the twix. 262 00:15:55,160 --> 00:15:58,160 My buttock. 263 00:15:58,160 --> 00:16:02,640 Oh my god. 264 00:16:02,640 --> 00:16:08,120 My typing is so terrible in here. 265 00:16:08,120 --> 00:16:12,640 I don't really want to... 266 00:16:12,640 --> 00:16:15,080 You turn around to draw your sword. 267 00:16:15,080 --> 00:16:20,720 As your bonus action, you release a squeaker from the twix to your buttock. 268 00:16:20,720 --> 00:16:25,980 One orc sees you and charges towards you while the rest run around you in a circle. 269 00:16:25,980 --> 00:16:33,160 The orc reaches you and smacks you in the head with his battle axe. 270 00:16:33,160 --> 00:16:38,960 You are dead. 271 00:16:38,960 --> 00:16:44,040 But you got off a good squeaker before you went. 272 00:16:44,040 --> 00:16:47,080 I felt satisfied with my squeaker. 273 00:16:47,080 --> 00:17:03,920 I think a good squeaker is like way better than going, oh sh**.