THE FULL MONTY: a video game

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yo, Im working on a good way to distribute the executable for this next project so apologies for the lack of code on this one.

I love to make video games, and after I made the REAPER JSFX everything got very complicated. I think Monty works best when there are multiple sensors dedicated to their own bandwidth, and in an audio-only environment I had to be very creative with 2nd and 3rd “sensors”: what does audio signal look like to an eye? What is the correct “place” for a sound? If all I have is an ear, and no way to actually walk around and investigate the only signal i have and translate it to a world so i don’t hault/die in it, how can i use all the information in that signal in relation to its environment so that it survives? An audio signal in a DAW happens TO the observer. It’s a beautiful thing about audio, and a difficult as hell to work into a world model using it exclusively.

An ear is slower than an eye and touch, and all of them measure the world in their own unique way. Differentiating a room from a thing in a room requires more than just the provided touch and visual modules, and both need to be checked by one another and any other senses, including the observer’s own body as an object itself, and the room as the ultimate brute fact, for better or worse.

So, I fired up GODOT and made my bat a live thing. I made a numba jit of monty and the cochlea so it can run as fast as it can. I made a room that holds two columns, a chandelier (represented by 4 roof cones) and an organ (represented by 3 floor cones). The rules:

One: solve the room dimensions first, and then investigate its innards.

Two: If you see an object, investigate it. Find out where it connects to the room, at both ends, and find its dimensions. Assume the dimensions hold for the object.

Three: If you know an object by 3 senses, and another from one (echolocation is a good example here), go investigate them and add more sensory evidence for it.

I want to say that is it, but it isnt. Here is a video of the game in action:

Ill have a more thorough writeup soon. But anyone one with a linux or windows box that wants this program, send me your email and i can ship it. its about 200 megs.

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This also stores every single run in a SQL LITE db, formalized, with photos of the final map. One db init to a public server and people can run whatever they want and compare results. More info soon.

next thing i’d like to do is take learned shapes and apply them to similar shapes but it’s been a long day and Im tired (again). Monty rules, the greatest intuition pump i’ve ever used.

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This is so great to see happening. There are a lot of people out there, who if they were aware of what Monty can do, would be doing exactly what you’re doing. I lost the ability to understand software languages about ten years ago, so my goal is just to get more people to come to the forum and at least ask questions. Meta’s ‘ai’ decided I was too active on threads and permanently deactivated my account a couple weeks ago because it thought I was a bot, so that’s limited to people I already know, or meet in person now​:joy: That’s okay, I’ve got retirement things to do like making music with no commercial potential.:sign_of_the_horns::guitar:

Looking forward to future developments.:grinning_face:

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right on dude glad you like it. next phase: robot. i’ve got the sense to motor done. monty and carfac will run on a rasp pi + arduino. finally out of the office and into the shop. more info soon… but i just loaded up at micro center. LETS GO

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OMG! I’ve been remodeling my RV, dropped by to check in and keep up on what’s happening here and :open_mouth: :smiley:

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WELL GOOD NEWS!!! if you’re into RC I NEED YOUR help! I’m making a full post right now but i’ve been locked in my garage working on this,

there’s a lot here but i give you BUD: the robotics system that works with CARFAC ears and Monty brain. ON A RASP PI. and a arduino and ESP32 but that’s just details. you could plug monty into one of your cars. sounds like your angle to get into the game?

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o RV but still … robots are just RVs! twelve volt gremlins!!!

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:joy_cat:mine is 24V with 16 100W panels, 7.2kW of batteries, and a 3600W inverter​:grinning_face:

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HOLY MOLY YES~!!! so sick!!!