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Deviation Game

A co-op party game where you draw things humans can understand, but an image recognition AI can't! Play with 2-6 players using your mobile browser as your controller.

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Developer:

Tomo Kihara, Playfool

Publisher:

Tomo Kihara, Playfool

	Interface	Full Audio	Subtitles
English	✔
Japanese	✔
Simplified Chinese	✔
Traditional Chinese	✔

Coming Soon To Early Access

The developers of this game intend to release as a work in progress, developing with the feedback of players.

Note: Games in Early Access are not complete and may or may not change further. If you are not excited to play this game in its current state, then you should wait to see if the game progresses further in development. Learn more

What the developers have to say:

Why Early Access?

“While the core experience of Deviation Game is complete, there are some elements which are quite difficult to fully test as a small team — in particular, the real-time network that connects players’ mobile devices to the game.

Also, as the game relies on a fairly volatile technology, it is vital for us to communicate with players to tweak the game’s balance and ensure the experience is as enjoyable as possible.

With your support, we hope you’ll help us make Deviation Game the best it can be!”

Approximately how long will this game be in Early Access?

“We’re aiming for about 4 months.”

How is the full version planned to differ from the Early Access version?

“We intend to add more categories to the game, translate the game into more languages, including Spanish and Chinese, add a “Global Stats” page to compare game data from around the world, as well as add more Steam Achievements.”

What is the current state of the Early Access version?

“The core experience of the game is complete and fully playable. This content will likely not evolve drastically during Early Access, but will be refined and tweaked to provide the best possible experience.”

Will the game be priced differently during and after Early Access?

“We aim to keep the price the same after Early Access. However, since the game relies on several third-party APIs, we cannot guarantee this if the costs of those services increase before launch.”

How are you planning on involving the Community in your development process?

“As well as regular posts on our Steam community page, we also have a Discord server which players can use to communicate with us directly, report bugs, and provide feedback on the game.”

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About This Game

Defeat an AI in this co-op party game!

Deviation Game is a co-op party game for 2-6 players that pits human creativity against AI perception. Your goal: draw things humans can understand, but an image recognition AI can't! Flipping Alan Turing’s revolutionary 1950 Imitation Game on its head, Deviation Game encourages players to fool the AI instead of the AI trying to fool them.

How to play

1. Join using your own device

Using your mobile device, scan the QR, or enter the room code on the website, and transform your device into the game’s controller.

2. The drawer picks a prompt

The drawer first picks a secret prompt from categories such as objects, actions or even concepts.

3. Time to deviate!

Then they just gotta draw it! But remember, the aim is to trick the AI while making sure your friends still get the picture!

4. Everyone (plus the AI) guesses

Once the drawer is done, all the guessers will submit their best guess, including the AI! Choose carefully, you only get one chance!

5. The answer is revealed!

If you fail to fool and the AI guesses right, then humans lose! If the AI fails and humans guess right, then humans win!

AI to enhance (not replace) creativity

By embracing the medium of games, Deviation Game aims to use AI as a collaborative tool that seeks not to replace human creativity but to enhance it. Through the game, players learn to express themselves in new ways to deviate from what the AI has already learned, making for a fun and brain-teasing party experience, where you’ll create things no one has ever seen before!

Keeping consent clear

At the end of each game, players can consent to their drawing being used to potentially train the AI... or not! Allowing you to decide how the game may evolve. By working together, players from around the world can collectively uncover the biases in large AI models by exposing their blind spots in interpreting diverse, culturally specific drawings.

Enjoyed by humans around the world

Deviation Game was initially showcased as an art installation at Civic Creative Base Tokyo in 2022. The work has since been shown in globally renowned exhibitions, such as Ars Electronica, Taipei Digital Art Festival, and Now Play This, engaging audiences of all ages and sparking critical discussions around AI and creativity.

About the creators

This is a game developed and self-published by a group of good friends consisting mainly of game designer Tomo Kihara and art duo Playfool (Daniel Coppen & Saki Maruyama). With a focus on play, their practice centres around designing tools that foster creativity and making artistic interventions that engage with urban space and society. Their previous work How (not) to get hit by a self-driving car received an Honorary Mention in the S+T+ARTS Prize 2024 at Ars Electronica.

This is their first time making a commercial and self-published indie game.

Credits

Project: Tomo Kihara, Playfool (Daniel Coppen, Saki Maruyama)

Engineering: Kye Shimizu, Jasper Stephenson

Music: Plot Generica

Logo: Yu Miyama

AI Generated Content Disclosure

The developers describe how their game uses AI Generated Content like this:

1. The game utilises AI solely for the purpose of image recognition and text generation.

2. The game does not utilise any form of AI for image generation or sound generation.

3. Players can choose to share their data to help improve the game’s image recognition AI. Only data that players have consented to share will be used. All other data will be deleted.

System Requirements

Windows

macOS

Minimum:

Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
OS: windows 10
Memory: 4 GB RAM
Network: Broadband Internet connection

Recommended:

Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system

Minimum:

OS: OS X and higher
Processor: Apple M1 or Intel Core M
Memory: 4 GB RAM
Network: Broadband Internet connection

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