When it was revealed that the winner of the Peter Molyneux pet project, Curiosity, would be a God in 22 Cans' upcoming Godus, many were pleasantly surprised.
While it's hardly the earth shattering, life changing prize that Molyneux promised (and continues to claim it to be), it was something genuinely different nonetheless, which is high prize for a man who has become notorious for over promising and under delivering.
Unfortunately, at least for the winner (Bryan Henderson from Edinburgh, Scotland), his status deity will not be permanent. According to Rock, Paper, Shotgun, the role has an end date.
And after that, he hot seat is totally up for grabs. Molyneux explains:
“The interesting thing is that what Bryan has won is a grace period where he can be god of gods for a certain amount of time… We’re talking about that period of time [right now]… And then we’ll unveil the ability to usurp the god of gods and replace him with someone else. That someone else will then take on all of Bryan’s powers.”
As stated, the exact duration is still being figured out, but it'll be at least more than just a few months, though perhaps not quite long as a year.
Is that fair, for the prize of Godhood to be essentially a temporary gig? Molyneux believes it is:
"It didn’t seem right to me that Bryan would be god of gods for all time. It seems right to me that he has a period of time to be god of gods, and that can’t just be a few days. It needs to be substantial… And of course, the amount of physical money he gets depends on how successful the game is. So he’ll probably be god of gods for an amount of time approaching a year."
Basically, Mr. Henderson, since you won't be a God forever, you had better utilize the time and be the best God possible. As well as the most profitable God possible.
