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[def sim]

Should have been a fat joint in there, am I right OP?

 

[Riposte]

Yeah, he is pretty much a hack. What the prize is doesn't really matter, because the whole idea is goddamn stupid and should be below a developer with half his fame.

 

[Dave Meltzer]

The prize is kinda good for the guy who won. Ultimately it means this whole "experiment" was just marketing for his next game though. Very Molyneux.

 

[Ravensmash]

Yeah, he is pretty much a hack. What the prize is doesn't really matter, because the whole idea is goddamn stupid and should be below a developer with half his fame.

Why is the idea goddamn stupid?

 

[Ban Puncher]

The amazeballs live stream and threads were my reward.

 

[Brannon]

Reminds me of a certain scene from the Cussack/Samuel Jackson movie 1408.

Still makes me chuckle.

 

[dr3upmushroom]

Has the guy who won already said he'll do it? I guess it's a good assumption that anyone playing Curiosity has some free time to fill, but what if the winner said they were too busy to fill in Godus' God?

 

[Alienous]

I've been thinking about this, and here's ideally how the cube would have opened:

- The winner would have won, and decided to watch the video before sharing it.
- After watching, he would decide to not share it, keeping 'God's' identity, and existence, secret.
- Molyneux would relate this, with vague statements like "I did win. Believe in me, and believe I do exist", which alludes towards God.
- Everyone would be disappointed.
- As Godus releases, God's influence would eventually become apparent. At this point, Molyneux could start revealing the information.
- People could reflect on how it was clearly life changing, for this God.

It is inherently cooler as a secret. What's inside of the cube is amazing, because the very knowledge of what it is changes the worth of it.

 

[Ravensmash]

I've been thinking about this, and here's ideally how the cube would have opened:

- The winner would have won, and decided to watch the video before sharing it.
- After watching, he would decide to not share it, keeping 'God's' identity, and existence, secret.
- Molyneux would relate this, with vague statements like "I did win. Believe in me, and believe I do exist", which alludes towards God.
- Everyone would be disappointed.
- As Godus releases, God's influence would eventually become apparent. At this point, Molyneux could start revealing the information.
- People could reflect on how it was clearly life changing, for this God.

It is inherently cooler as a secret. What's inside of the cube is amazing, because the very knowledge of what it is changes the worth of it.

All that would happen is people getting mad at Molyneux and viewing the later reveal as some form of 'backtracking after it flopped'.