PreMortem.Games

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

Additionally, I love fantasy movies, which is why the entire game is themed around a fantasy world.” What do you think about using AI in any part of your development process? “I’m I’m not using AI, but yes, why not? What’s the biggest lesson learned from this project? It’s a new way to make art.

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Designer Notes

DECEMBER 10, 2023

Frank Lantz recently interviewed me on Donkeyspace , his excellent Substack, which generally focuses on the current AI boom but, in reality, is about his ongoing work on the human condition. I’m curious about all-human, no-AI Civ. I’m curious about all-human, no-AI Civ. Team games and free-for-alls are both popular.

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Sirlin

JANUARY 10, 2016

In this episode, I discuss an advanced kind of fighting game AI for the upcoming Fantasy Strike fighting game (playable builds for that available for higher tier patrons, btw). The twist about this AI discussion is that the trouble here is really all about the way we present it, and that's heavily tied to the in-game menus.

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PreMortem.Games

MAY 12, 2023

To achieve this, I believe in developing stories and worlds that evolve over time, building a strong artistic signature that is unique to me, telling personal and emotional stories that resonate with my audience, and branding myself in a way that makes me easily recognizable and distinguishable from AI-generated content.

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iXie gaming

MAY 24, 2023

Advancements in artificial intelligence (AI) have revolutionized the gaming industry, enhancing programming and player experiences. As AI continues to advance, the future of art and AI in game development holds tremendous promise. However, AI is redefining the boundaries of game artistry.

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Nvidia

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

With NVIDIA AI Foundation Models and Endpoints , you can access a curated set of community and NVIDIA-built generative AI models to experience, customize, and deploy in enterprise applications. If you’re an AI developer looking to push the boundaries of multimodal perception with large language models (LLMs), Kosmos-2 is for you.

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Sirlin

FEBRUARY 16, 2016

In this latest Raw Game Design episode, I discuss how we might use advanced AIs in the Fantasy Strike fighting game, if we had access to some pretty great AI tech. Then we get back to the idea mentioned at the start of the episode, a "quest mode" featuring the advanced AIs I covered in episode 14 of Raw Game Design.

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Cocos

OCTOBER 8, 2023

This app downloads images from Firebase Storage. There is a simple editor to change the selected image color, add text (box) and a pad for the clock. You can then set the image as a wallpaper, lock-screen, or share it as a postcard.

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Game Daily

APRIL 11, 2023

“A game that pushes the envelope with generative AI, where we’re seeing massive advances. It’s way past time for user generated content to make the entrance into these mainstream games, powered by generative AI.” “Not just Web3, but lots of lots of technology verticals.

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Sirlin

FEBRUARY 3, 2016

Puzzle Strike is a deckbuilding puzzle game played amongst Fantasy Strike characters. And like the other games in the Fantasy Strike universe, Puzzle Strike is designed to hold up to thousands of games at the expert level, and we fully embrace the philosophy of even-playfield competition. Improve your deck (of chips!)

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Game Daily

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Avalon is being built with Didimo’s Popul8 character creation platform and Inworld’s AI-powered character engine. Players move between fantasy worlds, from medieval to cyberpunk. Other team members have worked on titles such as Call of Duty, Diablo, Assassin’s Creed, Elden Ring, and World of Warcraft.

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Sirlin

DECEMBER 21, 2015

Puzzle Strike is a deckbuilding puzzle game played amongst Fantasy Strike characters. And like the other games in the Fantasy Strike universe, Puzzle Strike is designed to hold up to thousands of games at the expert level, and we fully embrace the philosophy of even-playfield competition. Puzzle Strike is now available on Steam!

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Deconstructor of Fun

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

The conversation covers a gamut of topics, ranging from macroeconomics and behavioral economics to generative AI, Unity's strategic shifts, the dynamics of the console market, and much more. Insights are shared on deal structures, revenue-sharing trends, and aligning game design with the core fantasy of the IP.

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Filmustage

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

Best Sci-Fi/Fantasy ?: Leverage AI for proactive risk identification. ? : Lauding concise yet powerful stories. Best Drama/Thriller ?: Where suspense-filled tales reign supreme. Best Comedy ?: Because making someone laugh is an art. For visionary tales that warp time and space. Best Animation ?: Best Unproduced Script ?:

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

DECEMBER 19, 2021

The dev blog is where we share all the behind-the-scenes dev action for Kristala, a 3D Dark Fantasy ARPG developed by the incredibly talented team at women-owned indie game studio, Astral Clocktower Studios. We're so glad you're here. If this is your first time joining us, welcome to the family! and they're not wrong. Concept Art.

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Game Dev Unchained

OCTOBER 16, 2024

As new technologies like AI and machine learning continue to shape the future of game development, studios will need to stay on top of these trends or risk being left behind. Set in the war-torn dungeons of Hadrian’s Wall, the player begins as a prisoner seeking freedom.

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Filmustage

JULY 21, 2023

Guillermo del Toro’s “Pan's Labyrinth” (2006) is a prime example of this, as it beautifully merges elements of fantasy, war, and drama, creating a visually stunning and emotionally engaging film experience that transcends genre boundaries. Relatability: Some genres resonate with certain audiences due to personal experiences or interests.

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Filmustage

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Images generated by Midjourney Generated by Dall-E2 The simplicity and accessibility excited the community, leading to controversy and fears that AI will soon completely replace designers and artists. The film industry is still very conservative and penetration of the AI technology may take years.

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Game Dev Unchained

OCTOBER 16, 2024

As new technologies like AI and machine learning continue to shape the future of game development, studios will need to stay on top of these trends or risk being left behind. Set in the war-torn dungeons of Hadrian’s Wall, the player begins as a prisoner seeking freedom.

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Filmustage

JANUARY 17, 2025

Filmustages AI-powered scheduling tools optimize resources, prioritize tasks, and keep your team aligned all with just a few clicks. This time-travel fantasy causes approximately a third part of all production delays. Take the hassle out of production planning! The biggest troublemaker? Thinking you can teleport between locations!

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Keith Burgun

JULY 29, 2022

So what we end up with, over time, is a “tradition”, or traditions within a blanket term like “RPG” There are so-called “ARPGs” like Diablo, JRPGs like Final Fantasy, CRPGs like Ultima, tactical RPGs like Fire Emblem, and so on. Over the years, I have loved games in all of these categories.

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iXie gaming

AUGUST 12, 2024

Think real-time magic, AI-driven creativity, and a level of realism that will make you wonder what’s real and what’s virtual. AI-Assisted Animation Artificial intelligence goes beyond self-driving cars and chess-playing robots. In films, it helps make amazing visual effects and bring fantasy creatures to life.

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iXie gaming

JULY 19, 2024

Research the game’s genre (like fantasy, sci-fi, action) and its setting (such as medieval, futuristic, or post-apocalyptic) to guide your visual choices. fantasy, sci-fi) and become an expert in its visual style. Use tools like AI-powered image generation to enhance your workflow. Genre and Setting. Target Audience.

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Raph Koster

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

The scripting on WoC made for better combat too, because you weren’t stuck with just the built-in combat AI for your enemies. AI had more sophisticated combat tactics, because designers could add fresh behaviors to the monsters. A bit of ACTS scripting from LegendMUD. On LegendMUD , though, we chased after something else. So is FFXIV.

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Filmustage

JANUARY 14, 2025

Craft a powerful synopsis effortlessly with Filmustage's AI-powered tools. Welcome to the future of script summarization, where Filmustage's AI technology transforms the daunting task of synopsis writing into a streamlined, professional process. Simplify Your Storytelling!

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

MAY 27, 2021

Although this is typically the only place where you can get a monthly peek into all the development that goes into Kristala—a 3D dark fantasy ARPG from female-lead Astral Clocktower Studios—things will soon be changing. Ready to see how things are going now in the fantasy world of Ailur? Let's dive in. Concept Art.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

OCTOBER 7, 2018

Several options will be available based on attendees' interests: platformer shooter, space shooter with enemy AI, drift racing game, and pong with a twist - destructive environment. He loves sci-fi and fantasy - both movies, books and games - and works on ΔV - Rings of Saturn with Godot 3.1.

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CG Spectrum

JUNE 10, 2024

Creature animator - Breathing life into real-life and fantasy creatures, creature animators add nuance and personality through movements, gestures, facial expressions, and how the creature interacts (and reacts) with its environment and other characters/creatures. to evoke empathy in the audience or player.

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Game Designing

MARCH 24, 2023

By combining real and virtual worlds, directors can create a wide range of scenes, even fantastical worlds for sci-fi and fantasy productions. Another future could see AI technology being used to quickly generate realistic sets in no time at all.

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Deconstructor of Fun

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

INVESTING / M&A ForeVR raises $10m to create the "Wii Sports of VR" Ubisoft’s mobile wing is key to the company’s success, suggests financial report Cozy Grove developer Spry Fox joins Netflix Games Modl.ai raises $8.4M

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Sirlin

JULY 25, 2019

Fantasy Strike is available now on Nintendo Switch , PlayStation 4 , and Steam (Windows / Mac / Linux). In Fantasy Strike, you just click on anyone in your in-game friends list to challenge them. Netcode Fantasy Strike’s netcode is a different kind of innovation. Innovation can come in many different flavors. No, you would not.

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The Liquid Fire

JANUARY 17, 2024

In addition, the pathfinding rules for Pathfinder are far more complex and varied than those found in games like Final Fantasy Tactics. However, it will include one of most requested features that the previous lesson was missing – tiles of different terrain types, and how that can affect move cost.

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The Bottom Feeder

DECEMBER 17, 2024

AI In Disney, The Malcontent's Paradise Every month or two, I see an article about Disney trying to work AI into their attractions. Of course, trolls and malcontents (like, let's be honest, me) would immediately try to trick the AI agents into saying horrible things. It's a fascinating problem, because AI is so uncontrollable.

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Sirlin

JULY 21, 2020

The Fantasy Strike fighting game is now free to play. That’s very unusual, and hardly any major f2p games work this way—but Fantasy Strike does. Fantasy Strike’s free-to-play system involves giving everyone immediate access to ALL our characters, including the two new characters we just released (Quince and Onimaru).

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Radiator Blog

JUNE 2, 2023

There's no Destiny-like seamless matchmaking and no Left 4 Dead style good-enough bot AI. They could maybe pull off a No Man's Sky / Final Fantasy 14 style maneuver and reboot it as Redfall: Revamped next year, but that's probably not the complete second chance that the team wants. So everyone's hoping Arkane gets another chance.

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PreMortem.Games

JULY 5, 2024

Video games are no stranger to the power fantasy of a lone hero who single-handedly turns the tides of war and saves the day, world, or universe. This is not the case in the upcoming four-player sci-fi tactical survival horror shooter, The Forever Winter. Just trying to survive another day is all the victory you can hope for.

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Brand Game Development

DECEMBER 2, 2019

Long story short, it’s got a cute fantasy theme with really well-executed worker placement mechanics. What you have here is a classic, gorgeous fantasy game that never feels stale. The theme, backed up by lots of story, is incredibly in tune with gamers’ desires for rich, lived-in fantasy worlds. Everdell ( $54.94

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