So far, all games can be considered "traditional games." As a product of agricultural civilization, these are games played between one, two, or small groups of people—born from leisure entertainment shared among family or friends. Although with the advent of industrial civilization and the internet, the game model has changed, and even video games have emerged, it is still an expanded version of small group play, ultimately rooted in agricultural civilization.

The AI era has disrupted the civilization achievements accumulated by humanity. In the era of transition from carbon-based to silicon-based life, human life, including games, has undergone heterogeneous changes. Human social interactions now adapt to limitless scope, breaking through time and space, and even becoming interstellar. This is the Great Idea of AI games.

Mr. Elon Musk claimed to establish a game studio, driven by his dissatisfaction with the "politicization" of games. However, this starting point still doesn't address the new nature of games in the AI era; it remains a variant of agricultural games.

MarsMatch, or "Hand Match," is based on the epoch-making concept of AI-era games. It makes it possible for billions of people to play in the same game. Moreover, its rules have realized three key characteristics: preventing cheating, offering entertainment, and enabling vast-scale social interaction. It inherits the traditional form of ancient card games and breathes new life into it.

"拼手" (Pīn shǒu) in Cantonese means "handshake." It signifies that humanity needs an unprecedented, great handshake.

As interstellar migration becomes a visible reality, we will not only need interstellar transportation, nor just basic survival guarantees, but more importantly, we will need to adapt to life in a new environment. Cross-regional (including interstellar) real-time socialization for billions of people will undoubtedly become a fundamental human need. Therefore, MarsMatch is not just a game—it is the very essence of life in the AI era.

  Artificial intelligence has merely created the conditions for AI civilization, and its purpose is to usher humanity into an AI-driven way of life. AI will eliminate "politics," religion, war, and poverty, leading to a life of enjoyment in a highly civilized society—humanity has never needed such a new form of social interaction as it does now.

The slogan of MarsMatch is: Empathy among the Stars.

In any corner of the universe where humanity exists, you will know how others live and in what way they exist—something unimaginable in previous societies. The era where the sound of chickens and dogs could be heard, and where people never forgot past connections, is gone forever.

Are you excited? Are you ready?

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Shane Lau