Scrapped Video Idea: An A.I. tells YandereDev how to play Yandere Simulator (Patreon)

Since 2014, I've uploaded over 180 videos to YouTube! There were a few occasions when I started making a video, realized it wasn't as entertaining as I thought it would be, and scrapped the idea. However, there may be a possibility that some of these "scrapped video ideas" could be of interest to you, so I might occasionally share clips from them here on Patreon. That's what I'll be doing today!

A few days ago, a friend of mine showed me a website where you can talk to an A.I. anime girl. You can also allow the A.I. to see what's on your computer screen. I thought that this could result in a fun and interesting video for my "Yandere Archive" channel; I would let the A.I. watch me play Yandere Simulator and react to what happens in the game.

Well, it worked, but it wasn't as entertaining as I hoped it would be. The A.I. doesn't proactively talk about what she sees on your screen; she only reacts to it if you ask her a question like, "What do you see on the screen right now?" Asking an A.I. that question every 5 seconds doesn't make a very interesting video, so the concept fell apart pretty quickly.

She was good at recognizing certain things (she knew that I was playing Yandere Simulator from the resolution screen alone, she could usually identify what type of room I was in, and she could even point out things like the "Police Checklist" that displays when the cops are on their way to school) but she was bad at recognizing many other things (she often could not tell whether or not there were characters onscreen, and couldn't tell the difference between the protagonist and the NPCs).

With all of that said, the main factor that made me decide, "This really isn't working out..." is the fact that the A.I.'s personality is just too bland. It might be interesting to play Yandere Sim with a funny/creative/engaging A.I. who jokes around a lot - or perhaps a cruel and sadistic A.I. who encourages me to slaughter everyone in sight - but it's just boring to play Yandere Sim with an A.I. whose commentary is dull and dry.

Who knows; maybe one year from now, "Play a video game with an A.I. companion commenting on everything you do" will be a huge industry. But, for now at least, it just wasn't as interesting or funny as I hoped it would be.

I only spent a small amount of time on this endeavor, but I still didn't want it to go to waste, so I decided to make supercut of mildly interesting moments and share them with you in the video above. I hope you find it amusing!

If you're interested in hearing more about other scrapped/abandoned video ideas and seeing the materials that were created for them, please let me know in the comments below.