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Will Wright: Spore, birth of a game
威爾.萊特 製作可以創造世界的玩具
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威爾.萊特簡單明瞭地展示他最新的遊戲 - 幻想星球 - 保證比他任何過去的作品更能令玩家讚嘆不已。
Will Wright - Game designer
Will Wright invented a genre of computer game that involves neither winning nor shooting, yet has generated colossal hits. Among them: SimCity (which earned its publisher $230 million), The Sims, and Spore. Full bio
Will Wright invented a genre of computer game that involves neither winning nor shooting, yet has generated colossal hits. Among them: SimCity (which earned its publisher $230 million), The Sims, and Spore. Full bio
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I've always wanted to be a cyborg.
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我一直想當個機械改造人
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One of my favorite shows as a kid was "The Six Million Dollar Man,"
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"The Six Million Dollar Man"(無敵金剛) 是我小時候喜歡的電視劇之一
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and this is a little bit closer to the 240 dollar man or so, but --
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這個價格也滿接近的 ,大概240美元, 但是
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(Laughter)
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(笑聲)
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At at any rate. I would normally feel very self-conscious and geeky
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無論如何，穿著這個常使我感到很不自在,
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wearing this around, but a few days ago I saw
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像個怪胎一樣 對吧, 但不久之前我看到
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one world-renowned statistician swallowing swords on stage here,
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一個世界知名的統計學家在這舞台上表演吞劍
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so I figure it's OK amongst this group.
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所以我想在這裡穿著這個應該也沒什麼大不了
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But that's not what I want to talk about today.
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但這並不是我今天的主題
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I want to talk about toys, and the power that I see inherent in them.
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我要說的主題跟玩具有關, 以及在我眼裡, 玩具與生俱來的力量
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When I was a kid, I attended Montessori school
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當我還是個孩子時, 我唸蒙特梭利學校
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up to sixth grade in Atlanta, Georgia.
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一直升到六年級都在喬治亞州的亞特蘭大
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And at the time I didn't think much about it,
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在那時, 我並沒有想太多
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but then later, I realized that that was the high point of my education.
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但之後, 我領悟到那時應該算是我人生教育的高峰
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From that point on, everything else was pretty much downhill.
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從那之後, 一切都急劇走下坡
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And it wasn't until later, as I started making games, that --
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一直到後來我開始製作遊戲才停止惡化,
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I really actually think of them more as toys.
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事實上我想稱它們為玩具更為適當
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People call me a game designer, but I really think of these things more as toys.
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人們稱我為遊戲設計師, 但我認為我做的這些東西更像是玩具
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But I started getting very interested in Maria Montessori and her methods,
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那時我開始逐漸對瑪利亞.蒙特梭利和她的教育方式
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and the way she went about things,
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還有她看待事物的方式產生興趣
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and the way she thought it very valuable for kids to kind of discover things on their own
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她認為對孩子極有助益的方式, 是讓他們主動去發現新事物
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rather than being taught these things overtly.
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而不是直接灌輸知識
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And she would design these toys, where kids in playing with the toys
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她會設計一些玩具, 讓孩子在玩樂的同時
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would actually come to understand these deep principles
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也能實際去了解那些
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of life and nature through play.
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潛藏於自然和生命中的真理
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And since they discovered those things, it really stuck with them so much more,
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由於那些事物由孩子們自己發掘, 他們的體認會更加深刻
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and also they would experience their own failures;
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也會親自體驗多次失敗
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there was a failure-based aspect to learning there. It was very important.
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而由失敗為基礎的面向去學習, 是非常重要的
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And so, the games that I do, I think of really more as modern Montessori toys.
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所以我認為我開發的這款遊戲, 就是現代版的蒙特梭利教具
01:47
And I really kind of want them to be presented in a way
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而且我希望能藉由它
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to where kids can kind of explore and discover their own principles.
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讓孩子探索及發現屬於他們自己的真理
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So a few years ago, I actually started getting very interested
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於是幾年前, 我開始對SETI(搜尋地外文明計畫)產生興趣
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in the SETI program. And that's the way I work.
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這也變成了我工作的一部分
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I get interested in different kinds of subjects, I dive in,
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我對各個領域都有興趣,
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I research them, and then I try to figure out how to craft a toy around that,
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深入研究他們, 並苦思如何製作一個玩具
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so that other people can kind of experience the same sense of discovery as I did
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讓其它人也可以體驗到, 我在學習這些主題過程中
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as I was learning that subject.
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所經歷的種種探索
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And it kind of led me to astrobiology, which is the study of possible life in the universe.
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而這也引導我接觸了太空生物學, 一門研究存在於宇宙中的生命科學
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And then Drake's Equation, which is looking at the
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你們應該聽過德瑞克方程式, 它計算
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probability of life arising on planets, how long it might last, how many planets are out there,
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行星可能乘載的生物數量,持續的時間,以及行星的數量
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stuff like that.
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諸如此類
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And I started looking at how interesting Drake's Equation was,
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然後我觀察到德瑞克方程式有趣之處
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because it spanned all these different subjects --
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在於它跨足了多個學科
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physics, chemistry, sociology, economics, astronomy.
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物理學, 化學, 社會學, 經濟學, 天文學
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And another thing that really impressed me a long time ago
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而另外一直讓我印象深刻的是
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was "Powers of Ten," Charles and Ray Eames' film.
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很久以前由查爾斯與蕾.伊密所拍的電影---"十的次方"
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And I started putting those two together and wondering,
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我開始把這兩個東西湊在一起
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could I build a toy where kids would kind of trip across
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思索我是否能把它們放入玩具中
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all these interesting principles of life,
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讓孩子探索這些恆久不變的定律
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as it exists and as it might go in the future.
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以及它們的種種有趣之處
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Things where you might trip across things
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在探索的過程中可能會遇到的定律
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like the Copernican Principle, the Fermi Paradox,
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像是哥白尼原理, 費米矛盾
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the Anthropic Principle, the origin of life.
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人擇原理, 以及生命起源
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And so I'm going to show you a toy today that I've been working on,
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所以今天我會讓你們看一個我正在製作的玩具
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that I think of more than anything else as kind of a philosophy toy.
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這玩具被賦與前所未有的哲學意義
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In playing this toy, you kind of -- this will bring up philosophical questions in you.
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當你在玩這遊戲時, 會有些哲學的問題在你腦中不斷浮現
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This game's called "Spore." I've been working on it for several years.
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這遊戲叫"幻想星球", 我製作它己經有數年了
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It's getting pretty close to finished now.
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現在它已經接近完成
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It occurs at all these different scales, first of all,
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首先,它有各種不同的規模可以選擇
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from very, very small to very, very large.
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從非常非常小到非常,非常大
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I'm just going to pop in at the start of the game.
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我直接跳到遊戲的一開始
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And you actually start this game in a drop of water,
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從一滴小水滴開始
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as a very, very small single-cell creature,
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一個非常，非常小的單細胞生物
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and right off the bat you basically just have to live, survive, reproduce.
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馬上你就要開始想辦法生存，生活與繁衍
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So here we are, at a very microscopic scale,
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就是這裡，它還只是顯微鏡才能看到的大小
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swimming around. And I actually realize that cells don't have eyes,
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游來游去，我知道細胞沒有眼睛
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but it helps to make it cute.
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但這樣讓他看起來比較可愛
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The players are going to play through every generation of this species,
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玩家們必須要經歷這生物的每個世代,逐漸進化
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and as you play the game the creature is actually growing bit by bit.
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你玩遊戲的時候，這生物會一點一點的長大
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And as we start growing the camera will actually start zooming out,
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當他開始長大的時候，畫面就會開始拉遠
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and things that you see in the background there
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你看見背景那些東西
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will actually start slowly pulling into the foreground,
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也會跟著往前移
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showing you a little bit of what you'll be interacting with as you grow.
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顯示一些成長階段會跟你產生互動的東西
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So as we eat, the camera starts pulling out, and then we start interacting with
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所以在吃東西的時候，鏡頭會拉遠
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kind of larger and larger organisms.
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我們也會逐漸跟越來越大的生物產生互動
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Now, we actually play through many generations here, at the cellular scale.
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現在,我們在細胞的規模玩過許多世代
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I'm going to skip ahead here. At some point we get larger, and we actually get
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我先跳過這邊.當我們變更大時
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to a macro-evolution scale.
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我們會進入宏觀進化的層面
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Now at this point we're leaving the water,
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現在,我們離開了水
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and one thing that's kind of important about this game is that, at every level,
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這遊戲重要的一部分就是在每個階段
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the player is designing their creature,
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玩家要設計自己的生物
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and that's a fundamental aspect of this.
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這就是這遊戲基本的面向
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Now, in the evolution game here, the creature scale, basically you have to eat,
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現在,這款進化理論的遊戲,基本上你必須吃
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survive, and then reproduce. You know, very Darwinian.
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生存,然後繁衍。你知道，非常達爾文主義
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One thing we noticed with "The Sims," which is a game I did earlier,
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你們都知道＂模擬市民＂這款我之前開發的遊戲
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is that players love making stuff.
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在裡面玩家都喜歡製作東西
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When they were able to make stuff in the game they had a tremendous amount
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當他們在遊戲中製作出東西，他們就會對此放入大量的情感
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of empathy in connection to it. Even if it wasn't as
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並產生強烈的移情作用，儘管它們並不是
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pretty as what other people would make it -- as a professional artist would make
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像那些專業的藝術家在遊戲中做的東西一樣美
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for games -- it really stuck with them
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但玩家深愛自己所做的東西
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and they really cared about what would happen to it.
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而且也非常在意它們會遭遇什麼事
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So at this point, we've left the water, and now with this little creature --
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現在,我們離開水中,跟著這個小生物
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we could bring up the volume a little bit -- and now we might try to eat.
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我們把音量開大一點--現在我來讓它吃東西
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We might sneak up on this little guy over here maybe, and try and eat him.
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也許可以偷偷跑到那個小東西的旁邊--試著吃掉他
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OK, well, we fight.
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好,現在我們來打架
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OK, we got him. Now we get a meal.
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我們擊敗他了,拿到食物
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So really, at this part of the game, what we're doing
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也就是說，遊戲的現階段就是要我們
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is we're running around and surviving, and also getting to the next generation,
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四處奔走,試著存活並且繁衍後代
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because we're going to play through every generation of this creature.
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因為我們要將這生物的所有世代玩過一遍
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We can mate, so I'm going to see if
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我們可以交配，現在我要在這裡面
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one of these creatures wants to mate with me. Yeah.
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找個願意跟我交配的生物，
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We didn't want to replay actual evolution
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其實，我們都不想重看一遍
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with humans and all that, because it's almost more interesting
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人類或其他生物實際演進的畫面，因為看一個
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to look at alternate possibilities in evolution.
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不一樣的演進過程會有趣的多
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Evolution is usually presented as this one path that we took through,
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演化過程看起來好像只有某些特定的方式
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but really it represents this huge set of possibilities.
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但其實它有更多不同的可能性
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Now once we mate, we click on the egg.
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我們交配完，就點一下那顆蛋
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And this is where the game starts getting interesting,
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接下來就是遊戲有趣的地方了
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because one of the things we really focused on here was giving the players very
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因為我們著重的是讓玩家擁有高水準的工具
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high-leverage tools, so that for a very small amount of effort the player can
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利用它們就可以輕輕鬆鬆做出很酷的東西
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make something very cool. And it involves a lot of intelligence on the tool side.
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工具欄這邊包含了許多智慧
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But basically, this is the editor where we're going to design
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基本上這邊就是編輯工具，我們用它來設計
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the next generation of our creature. So it has a little spine.
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這個生物的後代.它有小小的脊椎
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I can move around here. I can extend.
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它可以跑來跑去,他可以延展
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I can also inflate or deflate it with the mouse wheel, so you sculpt it
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我可以用滑鼠把它變得膨脹或縮小，所以你可以塑造它
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like clay. We have parts here that I can put on or pull off.
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就像黏土一樣。也有些部分可以讓我放上去或拿下來
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The idea is that the player can basically design
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這個概念就是玩家可以利用這個編輯工具
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anything they can think of in this editor, and we'll basically bring it to life.
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設計任何他們想要的東西，我們會讓他成真
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So, for instance, I might put some limbs on the character here.
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舉例來說，我在這角色放上些肢體
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I'll inflate them kind of large.
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我讓他們膨脹變大
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And in this case I might decide I'm going to put --
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現在我決定要放--
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I'll put mouths on the limbs.
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放些嘴巴在這些肢體上
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So pretty much players are encouraged to be very creative in the game.
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所以這遊戲鼓勵玩家發揮更多創造力
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Here, I'll give it one eye in the middle, maybe scale it up a bit. Point it down.
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這裡我可以放隻眼睛在中間，放上面一點，往下看
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And I'll also give it a few legs.
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再給它些腳
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So in some sense we want this to feel like
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所以基本上，我們希望這個遊戲
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an amplifier for the player's imagination,
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可以增強玩家的想像力
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so that with a very small number of clicks a player can create something
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只要輕點滑鼠幾下，玩家就可以創造出
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that they didn't really think was possible before.
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一些他們以前從未想像過的生物
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You know, this is almost like designing something like Maya
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就像創造出Maya(3D電腦動畫軟體)
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that an eight-year-old can use.
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八歲的小孩也可以輕易上手
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But really the goal here was, within about a minute, I wanted somebody to replicate
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但真正的目標是,我希望一個人可以在一分鐘內重製出
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what typically takes a pictorial artist several weeks to create.
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那些手繪畫家需要花上幾個星期去創作的東西
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OK, now I'll put some hands on it.
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好,現在我放些手上去
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OK, so here I've basically thrown together a little creature.
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現在我大致上製作出一個小生物
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Let me give it a little weapon on the tail here, so it can fight.
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我們在它尾巴上放個小武器，這樣他就可以戰鬥
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OK, so that's the complete model. Now we can actually go to the painting phase.
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這就是完整的型態。現在我們可以去著色模式
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Now, at this phase, the program actually has some understanding of
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這個模式裡我們可以看到設計程式本身有
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the topology of this creature. It kind of knows where the backbone is,
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這生物解剖型態的基本認知。它知道哪裡是後背
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where the spine, the limbs are.
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還有脊椎跟肢體
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It kind of knows how stripes should run, how it should be shaded.
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就好像他知道整個線條的走向，或該如何為它著色
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And so we're procedurally generating the texture map,
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現在我們得到了整個結構圖
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and this is something a texture artist would take many, many days to work on.
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這種結構圖是畫家們需要花很多天才能畫出來的
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And then we can test it out, once we've done that, and see how it would move around.
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著色結束後我們來測試看看，看它動起來會是什麼樣子
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And so at this point the computer is procedurally animating this creature.
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現階段電腦會模擬這個生物的動態
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It's looking at whatever I've designed. It will actually bring it to life.
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它接受我所有的設計，並且賦予它生命
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And I can see how it might dance.
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我也可以看它怎麼跳舞
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(Laughter)
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（笑聲）
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how it might show emotions, how it might fight.
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看他怎麼表現情感，怎麼戰鬥
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So it's acting with its two mouths there.
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他現在在動他的兩個嘴巴
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I can even have it pose for a photo. Snap a little photo of it.
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我甚至可以讓他擺出照相的姿勢，幫他照張相
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(Laughter)
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（笑聲）
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So at any rate, then I bring this back into the game. It's born,
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現在我把它帶回遊戲中，它誕生了
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and I play the next generation of my creature through evolution.
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然後我繼續玩到他下個演化的階段
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Now again, the empathy that the players have when they create the content
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再一次，玩家對自己創作的生物產生非常強烈的移情作用
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is tremendous. Now, when players create content in this game,
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玩家在遊戲中創作一個生物的同時
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it's automatically sent up to a server
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它會自動被送到一個伺服器
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and then redistributed to all the other players transparently.
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再重新分送給各個玩家
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So in fact, as I'm interacting in this world with other creatures,
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所以在這虛擬世界裡跟我互動的其他生物
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these creatures are transparently coming from other players as they play.
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幾乎是由其他玩家創造出來的
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So the process of playing the game is a process of building up this huge database
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玩遊戲的過程就可以創造出個內容物龐大資料庫
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of content. And pretty much everything you're going to see in this game,
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你在這遊戲裡面看到的所有東西
08:24
there's an editor for in the game that the player can create,
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都有一個編輯器讓玩家可以設計
08:27
all the way up through civilization. This is my baby.
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貫穿整個文明.這就是我的寶貝
08:29
When I eat, I'll actually start growing. This is the next generation.
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我吃東西的時候,我就會成長.這是它的下一代
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But I'm going to skip way ahead here. Now, normally what would happen
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但我現在要跳掉這部分.一般來說這些生物
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is these creatures would work their way up, eventually become intelligent.
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會慢慢的晉級,最後變成智慧型生物
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I'd start dealing with tribes, cities and civilizations of them over time.
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我要時常想辦法處理部落,城市和文明的種種問題
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I'm going to skip way ahead here to the space phase.
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我跳過這個部分,然後直接到太空階段
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Eventually they would go out into space, and start colonizing and exploring the universe.
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他們終會進入太空,開始殖民其它星球與開拓整個宇宙
08:51
Now really, in some sense, I want the players to be building this world
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具體來說,我希望玩家運用他們的想像力
08:55
in their imagination, and then extracting it from them
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來建造這個世界.用最簡單的方式
08:57
with the least amount of pain.
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將他們的想像力具體化
08:59
So that's kind of what these tools are about, are: how do we make the game play
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所以這就是這些工具的功用,讓這遊戲
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the player's imagination-amplifier?
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成為玩家想像力的增值器
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And how do we make these tools, these editors, something that
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我們要如何讓這些工具,這些編輯器變的
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are just as fun as the game itself?
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跟遊戲本身一樣有趣?
09:12
So this is the planet that we've been playing on up to this point in the game.
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這就是我們遊戲開始以來所待的星球
09:16
So far the entire game has been played on the surface of this little world here.
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目前為止整個遊戲都在這小小世界的表面進行
09:19
Now, at this point we're actually dealing with a very little toy planet.
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至今,我們玩的都是這小小的玩具世界
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Almost, again, like the Montessori toy idea.
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再次展現與蒙特梭利教材相同的性質
09:25
You know, what happens if you give somebody a toy planet,
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你知道,如果你給別人一個玩具星球
09:27
and let them play with a lot of dynamics on it,
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並且在星球上放上許多可以玩的東西
09:29
what could they discover? What might they learn on this?
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他們會發現什麼?他們又會從中學習到什麼?
09:31
This world was actually extracted from the player's imagination.
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這世界是藉由想像力創造出來的
09:34
So, this is the planet that the player evolved on.
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這星球是玩家進行遊戲的地方
09:37
Things like the buildings, and the vehicles, the architecture, civilizations
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裡面的大樓,汽車,建築物還有文明
09:41
were all designed by the player up to this point.
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都由玩家一手創造而成
09:43
So here's a little city with some of our guys kind of walking around in it.
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這是一個小城市,有些人在裡面走來走去
09:46
And most games kind of put the player in the role of Luke Skywalker,
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大部分的遊戲都讓玩家扮演天行者路克的角色
09:49
this protagonist playing through this story.
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也就是故事的主角
09:51
Really, this is more about putting the player
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然而,這遊戲賦予玩家發揮
09:53
in the role of George Lucas, you know?
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比導演喬治 盧卡斯更大的作用
09:55
I want them, after they've played this game,
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我希望玩家在玩過這遊戲後
09:56
to have extracted an entire world that they're now interacting with.
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可以創造出另一個世界,並且跟它互動
09:59
Now, as we pull down here, we still have a whole set of creatures
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現在,降落時我們也看到一群生物
10:03
living on the surface of the planet. There are all these different dynamics going on here.
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生活在這星球的表面,所以這裡會產生了很多不同的互動
10:06
In fact, I can look over here, and this is kind of a little simplified food web
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從這裡俯視,我可以在這裡看到一個簡化的食物鏈
10:09
that's going on with the creatures.
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存在於這些生物中
10:11
I can open this up and then scan what exists on the surface,
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我可以從這裡看到究竟有些什麼生物存在於這星球上
10:14
and get some sense of the diversity of creatures that were brought in.
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也可以看到各種不同的生物
10:17
Some of these were created by the player,
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有些是玩家本身製作出來的
10:19
others by other players and automatically sent over here.
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有些是由其他玩家做出來的,被自動分配到這裡
10:21
But there's a very simple little kind of calculation of what's required,
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但這裡需要一些基本的運算能力
10:24
how much plants are required for the herbivores to live,
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像是需要多少植物才夠這些草食動物存活?
10:27
how many herbivores for the carnivores to eat, etc.,
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而多少的草食動物才夠讓肉食生物存活,以此類推
10:29
that you actually have to balance actively.
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你必須要讓整個環境平衡
10:31
Now also with this phase, we're getting more and more God-like powers for the player,
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在這個階段,我們讓玩家擁有越來越接近神的造物力量
10:35
and you can kind of experiment with this planet again as a toy.
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你可以用這個玩具般的星球去進行各種實驗
10:38
So I can come in and I can do things, and just treat this planet as a lump of clay.
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進入這世界,我開始創造東西,就當它是一塊黏土
10:41
We have very simple little weather systems you see here,
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你們看,這裡也有一個小小的氣象系統
10:43
very simple geology. For instance, I could open one of my tools here and then
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非常簡易的地理學.舉例來說,我可以開啟這個工具
10:47
carve out rivers.
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然後,像這樣雕刻出一條河流
10:50
So this whole thing is kind of like a big lump of clay, a sculpture.
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所以這整個星球就像一塊黏土,一個雕塑
10:53
I can also play with the dynamics of this world over time.
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我也可以不時的掌控整個星球的動態
10:55
So one of the things I can do is start pumping more CO2 gases
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現在,我可以灌入更多二氧化碳到大氣中
10:59
into the atmosphere, and so that's what I'm doing here.
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就像我現在做的
11:02
There's actually a little read out down there
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你會看到這裡有個小小的顯示
11:04
of our planetary atmosphere, pressure and temperature.
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裡面有行星的大氣,氣壓跟溫度的資料
11:08
So as I start pumping in more atmosphere,
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如果我灌進更多氣體
11:10
we're going to start pushing up the greenhouse gases here
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就會讓溫室氣體增加
11:12
and if you'll start noticing, we start seeing the ocean levels rise over time.
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你會發現,海平面隨著時間逐漸上升
11:17
And our cities are going to be at risk too, because a lot of these are coastal cities.
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城市們也會開始有危險,因為許多都是沿海城市
11:20
You can see the ocean levels are rising now and as they encroach upon the cities,
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你可以看到上升的海平面正逐漸侵占城市
11:23
I'll start losing cities here.
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這裡我開始失去不少城市
11:26
So basically, I want the players to be able to experiment and explore
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所以我希望玩家可以實際體驗和探索
11:29
a huge amount of failure space. So there goes one city.
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各種失敗--現在又有個城市消失了
11:33
Now over time, this is actually going to heat up the planet.
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久而久之,整個星球都會增溫
11:35
So at first what we're going to see is a global ocean rise
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一開始我們會在這小小的玩具星球上
11:37
here on this little toy planet,
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目睹海平面上升
11:39
but then over time -- I can speed it up just a little bit --
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隨著時間過去-- 我來加速一下
11:41
we'll actually see the heat impact of that as well.
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我們也會看到增溫造成的衝擊
11:44
So not only will it get hotter,
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所以他不只會變得更熱
11:46
but at some point it's going to get so hot the oceans will entirely evaporate.
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他甚至會熱到整片海洋都蒸發
11:49
So at first they'll go up, and then they'll evaporate, and that'll be my planet.
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一開始海平面上升,然後蒸發,這就是我的星球
11:52
So basically, what we're getting here is
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只要兩分鐘的時間,我們就會看到
11:54
the sequel to "An Inconvenient Truth," in about two minutes,
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"不願面對的真相"的續集
11:57
and that actually brings up an interesting point about games.
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這也是這遊戲其中一個有趣的地方
12:01
Now here, our entire oceans are evaporating off the surface,
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現在,整片海洋都從星球表面蒸發
12:04
and as it keeps getting hotter at some point the entire planet's going to melt down.
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再持續熱下去,整個星球就會融化
12:08
Here it goes.
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就像這樣
12:10
So we're not only simulating biological dynamics -- food webs and all that --
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我們不只模擬生物的動態--食物鏈之類的
12:13
but also geologic, you know, on a very simple core scale.
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我們也模擬地質,以一種簡易,核心的層面
12:16
And what's interesting to me about games, in some sense,
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這遊戲有趣的地方
12:18
is that I think we can take a lot of long-term dynamics
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在於我們可以將長時間的動態
12:21
and compress them into very short-term kind of experiences.
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濃縮成非常短時間的經歷
12:24
Because it's so hard for people to think 50 or 100 years out,
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因為人類很難想像50年或100年間所發展的一切
12:27
but when you can give them a toy, and they can experience these long-term dynamics
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但如果你們給他這個玩具,他們就可以在短短幾分鐘內
12:29
in just a few minutes,
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體驗這些長期的變化
12:31
I think it's an entirely different kind of point of view, where we're actually mapping,
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我認為我們正在展現一個全新的觀點
12:34
using the game to re-map our intuition.
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用這遊戲去重新呈現我們的直覺
12:37
It's almost in the same way that a telescope or microscope
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就像望遠鏡跟顯微鏡
12:39
recalibrates your eyesight; I think computer simulations can recalibrate your instinct
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重新校正你的視野,我認為電腦可以更大範圍跨越時間與空間的規模
12:43
across vast scales of both space and time.
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重新修正你的直覺
12:46
So here's our little solar system, as we pull away from our melted planet here.
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我們把視線從那融化的行星移開,這裡是我們的小太陽系,
12:49
We actually have a couple of other planets in this solar system.
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原來太陽系裡還有很多其他的小行星
12:52
Let's fly to another one.
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我們飛去另個行星
12:54
So in fact, we're going to have this unlimited number of worlds
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我們有無限的星球可以探索
12:56
you can kind of explore here. Now, as we move into the future,
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現在,我們進到了未來
12:59
and we start going out in this space and doing stuff,
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我們進入這個空間開始做些事情
13:01
we're drawing a lot from things like science fiction.
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建構出許多相似於科幻小說裡的東西
13:03
And all my favorite science fiction movies
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而且我想把我所有最愛的科幻電影
13:05
I want to basically play out here as different dynamics.
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在這裡以各種不同遊戲動態玩出來
13:07
So this planet actually has some life on it.
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這個行星有生物生存
13:10
Here it is, some indigenous life down here.
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看,這裡有些原住生物
13:12
Now one of the tools I can eventually earn for my UFO is a monolith
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我終於可以從我的幽浮拿出一個巨石柱
13:15
that I can drop down.
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然後我把它丟下去
13:17
(Laughter)
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(笑聲)
13:19
Now as you can see, these guys are actually starting to go up
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你會看到這些生物開始聚集
13:22
and bow to it, and over time, once they touch it, they will become intelligent.
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並且膜拜它.一旦他們碰觸它,他們就會變得有智慧
13:27
So I can actually pick a species on a planet and then make them sentient.
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我可以在那星球上挑出一個物種,並且讓他們有情感
13:31
You see, now they've actually gone to tribal dynamics.
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你們看,現在他們進入部落動態
13:33
And now, because I'm actually the one here, I can, if I want to, get out of the UFO
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現在,因為我就像救世主一樣,我想的話可以從幽浮出來
13:35
and walk up, and they should be worshipping me at this point as a god.
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而他們會像崇拜神一樣的崇拜我
13:39
(Laughter)
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(笑聲)
13:40
At first they're a little freaked out.
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一開始他們會有點嚇到
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OK, well maybe they're not worshipping me.
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好吧,也許他們根本沒有敬拜我
13:48
(Laughter)
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(笑聲)
13:49
I think I'll leave before they get hostile.
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我想還是在他們產生敵意之前離開好了
13:52
But we basically want a diversity of activities the players can play through this.
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我們希望玩家可以在遊戲裡享受各式各樣的活動
13:55
Basically, I want to be able to play,
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我也希望他能像,你知道
13:57
"The Day the Earth Stood Still," "2001: A Space Odyssey,"
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"當地球停止轉動","2001太空漫遊"
14:00
"Star Trek," "War Of the Worlds."
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"星際爭霸戰","世界大戰"
14:02
Now as we pull away from this world -- we're going to keep pulling away from the star now.
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現在,我們離開這個星球,我們離的越來越遠
14:06
One of the things that always frustrated me a little bit about astronomy
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天文學里一直讓我有點困擾的一部分
14:09
when I was a kid is how it was always presented so two-dimensionally
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是為什麼他一直以都來是這麼的平面又靜態呢
14:12
and so static. As we pull away from the star here, we're actually going
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我們遠離行星,現在將要
14:15
now out into interstellar space,
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進入星際空間
14:17
and we're getting a sense of the space around our home star.
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我們對我們母星周圍的空間有些概念
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Now what I really wanted to do is to present this,
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我現在想要呈現給大家的
14:23
basically as wonderfully 3D as it is actually is.
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是一個完美的3D立體畫面
14:26
And not only that, but also show the dynamics,
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不只如此,還有些變化
14:28
and a lot of the interesting objects that you might find, maybe like in the Hubble,
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你也會看到一些有趣的東西,像是哈伯望遠鏡
14:30
at pretty much realistic frequencies and scales.
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也有著實際的頻率跟規模
14:34
So most people have no idea of the difference between like,
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有些人根本不知道發射星雲
14:37
an emission nebula and a planetary nebula.
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跟行星狀星雲之間的不同
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But these are the things that we can kind of put in this little galaxy here.
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但我們可以把它們放進這個小小的銀河
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So we're flying over here to what looks like a black hole.
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我們飛到一個看起來像黑洞的地方
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I want to basically have the entire zoo of Hubble objects
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我想要將哈伯望遠鏡能看到的東西呈現給大家
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that people can kind of interact with and play with, again, as toys.
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而且人可以跟它們產生互動或像玩玩具一樣
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So here's a little black hole that we probably don't want to get too close to.
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這裡有個我們不會想太靠近的黑洞
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But we also have stars and things as well.
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這邊還有星星跟其他東西
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If we pull all the way back, we start seeing the entire galaxy here,
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如果我們拉遠,會看到整個銀河
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kind of slowly in motion. And this is another thing where, typically
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緩慢的動態.一般來說
15:04
when people present galaxies, it's always been these very beautiful photos,
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人們呈現銀河時通常都用些非常美麗的照片
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but they're always static. And when you actually bring it forward in time
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但他們終究是靜態的.當你試著讓銀河產生動態
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and start animating it, it's actually kind of amazing,
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你會發現可以看到快速移動的銀河
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what a galaxy would look like, fast forwarded.
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其實是非常令人驚艷的
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This would be about one million years a second,
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這大約是一秒一百萬年
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because you have about roughly one supernova every century or so.
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因為一個超新星形成的時間大約需要一世紀
15:19
And so you'd have this wonderful sparkling thing, with the disk slowly rotating,
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你有這個美麗,閃爍的發光體正在緩緩轉動著
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and this is roughly what it would look like. And so really,
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這就是他大概看起來的樣子
15:24
part of this is about bringing the beauty of this, of the natural world,
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有個非常重要的方向就是要將自然世界的美
15:27
to somebody in a very imaginative way, so that they can start calibrating their instinct
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以極具想像力的方式帶給別人,這樣他們就可以開始
15:30
across these vast scales of space and time.
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大範圍跨越時間與空間去校正他們的直覺
15:33
Chris was wondering what kind of gods that the players would become.
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那天克里斯跟我討論到,他有點好奇玩家會成為怎樣的神
15:38
Because if you think about it, you're going to have 15-year-olds,
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因為你一想到會有15歲
15:41
20-year-olds, whatever, flying around this universe.
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20歲的人,各個年紀的人在這宇宙間飛來飛去
15:43
And they might be a nurturing god. They might be boot-strapping life
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他們可能是極力養育一切的神,也有可能是一個自食其力的生物
15:45
on planets, trying to terra-form and spread civilization.
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試著占領地盤,散播文明
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You might be a vengeful god and going out and conquesting,
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你可能是個復仇心強的神,四處攻城掠地
15:51
because you actually can do that, you can go in and attack other intelligent races.
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你真的做得到,你可以攻擊其他智能物種
15:54
You might be a networking god, building alliances,
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你也可能是個網絡性的神,四處結盟
15:56
which you can also do in the game, or just curious,
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這也是你在遊戲中可以做的.或著因為好奇
15:59
going around and wanting to explore as much as you possibly can.
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四處旅行,盡可能的發掘各種可能性
16:03
But basically, the reason why I make toys like this is because
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但我製造這個遊戲的原因是
16:07
I think if there's one difference I could possibly make in the world,
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如果我可以為這世界創造一個不同的可能性
16:11
that I would choose to make, it's that I would like to somehow give people
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那麼我就選擇去做,我想要讓人們
16:15
just a little bit better calibration on long-term thinking.
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可以用長遠的角度的思考,校正
16:18
Because I think most of the problems that our world is facing right now
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我想我們世界現在面臨的種種問題
16:20
is the result of short-term thinking,
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大多是我們太過短視所造成的
16:23
and the fact that it is so hard for us to think 50, 100, or 1,000 years out.
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因為對我們而言,去想50,100甚至1000年之後的事是很困難的
16:27
And I think by giving kids toys like this
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我也要藉由給小孩這個玩具
16:29
and letting them replay dynamics,
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讓他們實際玩過各個動態
16:31
very long-term dynamics over the short term,
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用很短的時間去看長期的動態與變化
16:33
and getting some sense of what we're doing now, what it's going to be like in 100 years,
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讓他們知道我們現在在做什麼,還有100年後可能會變成怎麼樣
16:37
I think probably is the most effective thing I can be doing
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我想這是我在幫助世界這件事上
16:39
to help the world.
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最有效率的一件事
16:41
And so that's why I think, personally, that toys can change the world.
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所以這就是為什麼我認為,玩具可以改變世界
16:44
Thank you.
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謝謝大家
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Will Wright - Game designerWill Wright invented a genre of computer game that involves neither winning nor shooting, yet has generated colossal hits. Among them: SimCity (which earned its publisher $230 million), The Sims, and Spore.
Why you should listen
A technical virtuoso with boundless imagination, Will Wright has created a style of computer gaming unlike any that came before, emphasizing learning more than losing, invention more than sport. With his hit game SimCity, he spurred players to make predictions, take risks, and sometimes fail miserably, as they built their own virtual urban worlds. With his follow-up hit, The Sims, he encouraged the same creativity toward building a household, all the while preserving the addictive fun of ordinary video games. His next game, Spore, which he previewed at TED2007, evolves an entire universe from a single-celled creature.
Wright's genius is for presenting vital abstract principles -- like evolution, differences of scale, and environmental dynamics -- through a highly personalized, humorous kind of play. Users invest themselves passionately in characters they create (with Wright's mind-boggling CG tools), and then watch them encounter fundamentals of life and nature. If it all sounds suspiciously educational, well, it just might be. Wright has created not just an irresistible form of entertainment, but an ingenious, original pedagogy.
In 2009, he left publisher Electronic Arts to form his own think tank for the future of games, toys and entertainment, the Stupid Fun Club.
Will Wright | Speaker | TED.com