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March 25, 2009

The world’s first fully interactive dialogue game to be unveiled at GDC in San Francisco

North Side Inc., of Montreal, will unveil a prototype of its Bot Colony™ title at GDC in San Francisco on March 25 – 27 (booth 5016 NH). What makes Bot Colony™ unique is the fact it is the first game ever where the player can converse with the characters freely in English. In Bot Colony™, the player speaks to the characters and they answer intelligently, providing clues that help the player advance through the game. The English used is completely unrestricted: the player simply speaks and the characters answer naturally using speech, asking questions, seeking clarifications or offering comments in return. There are no 'dialogue trees': the player's input is 'understood' by a character, who reasons on it in order to produce a spoken answer.
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