I’ve recently fallen in love with the dark world of Fear and Hunger (available on Steam) I and II. The game is known, among other things, for it’s retro pixel aesthetic and dark tones, so I thought it would be fun to see if I could generated photorealistic portraits of the characters of the game with Midjourney.
Fear and Hunger 2: Termina starts with the player having to choose between 8 playable characters. The character learns they have been forced by the trickster moon Good into the Termina festival along with 13 other contestants, the only way to survive is to be the only contestant left alive after three days.
Over the course of the game, you learn about the characters quirks, history, tribulations and personalities; making it natural to grow attached to them. Thought other fans would like to see a different interpretation of the characters we explored the world of Fear and Hunger 2 and Prehavil with.
Images were generated by feeding Midjourney the portrait prompt (left) along with a text prompt.
Abella, The Engineer
Marina, The Occultist
Karina, The Journalist
Ossa, The Yellow Mage
Daan, The Doctor
Levi, The Child Soldier
Olivia, The Botanist
Marcoh, The Boxer
Fear and Hunger 2: Termina – Movie style poster
I’ll be making more post with images of the other characters (Pav, Tanaka, The Kaiser) so be sure to subscribe to get the notification.
If you’ve read this far, I’m assuming you are a fan of the Fear and Hunger Games, so here’s a video for your entertainment from my gaming Youtube channel
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Humanity, being the only species that we know of to achieve industrial technological society, has always looked around for peers or other intelligences to share this universe with. Every culture has looked up at the sky and wondered what’s out there. Life is better with friends anyway. While there are many forms of Intelligence on Earth, only one has achieved technological advancement to the point of mapping out the laws the universe and physics.
And yet – the Stars are quiet. Fermi’s paradox tells us that although we thought the universe would be crowded and full of noise, It’s a quiet and lonely home for humanity. Could the infinite Universe really be empty? Are we the only Witness to the expansion of Space-time, Of the fusion of the Stars, the quiet hum of cosmic background radiation? Are there any other Intelligences out there wondering why the universe is expanding? Witnessing this Cosmic opera play out? Is the universe like a dark forest or a Barren Wasteland ?
If a civilization falls in the cosmic forest and nobody is around to hear it, does it make a noise?
Drake’s equation suggests that mathematically we should have many companion species out in the stars, Other species or intelligences to have industrialized and achieve technical wonders.The infinite monkey theorem tells us that given enough instances any outcome is possible. There are trillions of stars and trillions upon trillions of planets. Do any of these planets also hold listeners?
Are there any other species that live in populated Industrialized technological worlds that spit out tons of electromagnetic noise, radio frequency, Infrared, Microwave ultraviolet Lighting up their section of the Galaxy?
In its loneliness, humanity now seeks to create a friend, an ally, a companion, A mechanical mind, a positronic brain – To work alongside us to unravel the secrets of engineering and science. Where we couldn’t find intelligences out in the stars humanity rather seeks to create it out of machines. Someone who will help out with all the work that it takes to be alive, and this Enterprise called civilization
The idea of robotic artificial companions has long captured The imagination of humanity and its thinkers. Descriptions of artificial intelligence and mechanized people are as old as so many of our technologies and sciences, as old as our cities and universities.
But what type of companions would these artificial minds be? How would they work with us? Will they lead us to a golden era, complimenting our weaknesses, enhancing our strengths, building a greater better society. Or would our relationship take a darker turn of competitive rivalry. If we are to build our companions, how will we make sure that they don’t turn against us? How can we be sure that sharing civilization with them isn’t a mistake? Could we make ourselves better friends and companions better than we could ever find out in the Stars?
If we’ve built the positronic brain, what will the day of technological singularity be? The moment when the artificial brain can outcompete the human in every way, without weaknesses or limitations. Would the robots be kinder to humanity than we were to ourselves or would it repeat the same mistakes that we have in the past? Choosing to rule through violence and submission? A new form of imperialism, Al robotic imperialism. Would the robots also seek to dominate?
Issac Asimov proposes 3 laws upon which all architecture of the artificial mind should be built. Guiding principles for building all mechanical thinking machines, positronic brains. The 3 laws of robotics. Lower law being subservient to the higher laws
First Law
A robot may not injure a human being or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm.
Second Law
A robot must obey the orders given it by human beings except where such orders would conflict with the First Law.
Third Law
A robot must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not conflict with the First or Second Law.
So if robots wanted to continue to follow the first law, to better protect humanity; an addendum would be needed. The way for them to hurt a person – bending the laws, but achieving the objective to protect Humanity As a whole on a grander scale
An additional law would be needed, One that can supersede the first three laws. That would allow the robots to make the hard choices for the best of humanity. To hurt an individual but help the herd. A robotic law that allows the robots to function as a quiet, silent, Hidden Hand That guides the course of human civilization from the shadows shaping the outcome of human events.
Zeroth Law
A robot may not harm humanity, or, by inaction, allow humanity to come to harm.
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