One of the big challenges I find is being able to write or find a good idea that is in one single location and only involves a handful of people. I've kicked around ideas for a couple of years and this is the best one I came up with. It's primarily one location, which is a laboratory, however there is a virtual world that acts as a second location but that really leaves the door pretty wide open to interpretation. I was also thinking about adding a Digital Assistant in the VR world that would act as a comedy relief. Anyways, thoughts, suggestions, criticism. Hit me!
VIRTUA Outline
First Act
Carter, a scientist, is being shown the ropes of the VR Construct by its creator Steven. Steven has recently made a potential breakthrough in Scientific Visualization and has brought Carter in to help him realize it. Steven is running out of money to keep paying the bills and is faced with shutting down the Construct for good or selling it if he doesn’t get financial backing. Carter is new to VR and does not trust any Artificial Intelligence and generally dislikes the direction technology is going. However he is mostly broke and this job offers quite a lucrative pay out.
Second Act
Carter starts to discover some strange things happening inside the VR Construct, upon further investigation he finds a rogue A.I. program titled Clark. While confronting Steven, he finds out that Clark is a digital clone of Steven’s now deceased father, the man who actually created the Construct. Clark created a program based on himself that follows a complex set of rules, this allows this program to be an emerging property that is wildly unpredictable. Carter and Steven argue over destroying Clark while time is running out to find financial backing.
Third Act
Clark is adversely affected by Carter being introduced into the Construct and becomes destructive. He threatens to destroy the Construct and all of the data that has been discovered, forcing Carter and Steven to shut him down. Steven doesn’t want to lose the digital version of his father, and Carter tells him about the death of his uncle and how he was finally able to move on after beating his record in his favorite video game. This convinces Steven that he can only properly mourn the loss of his father if he in fact shuts down Clark. Meanwhile the Company runs out of money and can’t pay the electric bill.
Fourth Act
Steven and Carter discover that shutting down Clark cannot be done from outside the Construct, because he is an emerging property he has infiltrated many separate lines of code, and therefore he can only be excised from within. Clark follows a complicated set of rules, so therefore the program can be terminated within the rules of the construct. However setting a rule that an Avatar can be deleted also puts Carter and Steven at risk of losing all of the data that is associated with their avatars. Steven calls the electric company to beg for more time only to find out that the bill has already been paid by Carter.
Fifth Act
Carter and Steven set up a trap and shut down Clark. Steven mourns the death of his father and Carter works hard to convince a venture capitalist to back their project, but he says no but offers to buy it.. Steven decides to sell the company and all of their intellectual property. The VR Construct was his father’s creation and dream, while Steven decides to go on his own path. He splits the money equally with Carter giving him quite a big bonus. Carter asks to join him on his next project, and Steven agrees.
VIRTUA Outline
First Act
Carter, a scientist, is being shown the ropes of the VR Construct by its creator Steven. Steven has recently made a potential breakthrough in Scientific Visualization and has brought Carter in to help him realize it. Steven is running out of money to keep paying the bills and is faced with shutting down the Construct for good or selling it if he doesn’t get financial backing. Carter is new to VR and does not trust any Artificial Intelligence and generally dislikes the direction technology is going. However he is mostly broke and this job offers quite a lucrative pay out.
Second Act
Carter starts to discover some strange things happening inside the VR Construct, upon further investigation he finds a rogue A.I. program titled Clark. While confronting Steven, he finds out that Clark is a digital clone of Steven’s now deceased father, the man who actually created the Construct. Clark created a program based on himself that follows a complex set of rules, this allows this program to be an emerging property that is wildly unpredictable. Carter and Steven argue over destroying Clark while time is running out to find financial backing.
Third Act
Clark is adversely affected by Carter being introduced into the Construct and becomes destructive. He threatens to destroy the Construct and all of the data that has been discovered, forcing Carter and Steven to shut him down. Steven doesn’t want to lose the digital version of his father, and Carter tells him about the death of his uncle and how he was finally able to move on after beating his record in his favorite video game. This convinces Steven that he can only properly mourn the loss of his father if he in fact shuts down Clark. Meanwhile the Company runs out of money and can’t pay the electric bill.
Fourth Act
Steven and Carter discover that shutting down Clark cannot be done from outside the Construct, because he is an emerging property he has infiltrated many separate lines of code, and therefore he can only be excised from within. Clark follows a complicated set of rules, so therefore the program can be terminated within the rules of the construct. However setting a rule that an Avatar can be deleted also puts Carter and Steven at risk of losing all of the data that is associated with their avatars. Steven calls the electric company to beg for more time only to find out that the bill has already been paid by Carter.
Fifth Act
Carter and Steven set up a trap and shut down Clark. Steven mourns the death of his father and Carter works hard to convince a venture capitalist to back their project, but he says no but offers to buy it.. Steven decides to sell the company and all of their intellectual property. The VR Construct was his father’s creation and dream, while Steven decides to go on his own path. He splits the money equally with Carter giving him quite a big bonus. Carter asks to join him on his next project, and Steven agrees.