AWS Games

MARCH 27, 2024

Generative artificial intelligence (AI) is rapidly transforming industries, a seismic shift that was certainly felt at the 2024 Game Developer Conference (GDC) held last week in San Francisco at the Moscone Convention Center. Explore real-world use cases for a variety of generative AI services and solutions.

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Nvidia

MAY 28, 2023

Generative AI technologies are revolutionizing how games are conceived, produced, and played. Generative AI technologies are revolutionizing how games are conceived, produced, and played. At COMPUTEX 2023 , NVIDIA announced the future of NPCs with the NVIDIA Avatar Cloud Engine (ACE) for Games.

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Game Daily

MAY 23, 2023

It’s attempting to convincingly simulate the dating experience, using AI. “We can use AI to create compelling stories that reflect human emotion,” he explains. Players create their own avatar and persona, and then try to get to know pre-programmed NPCs. When you have a conversation, the AI remembers.

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Logic Simplified

JANUARY 8, 2023

The world of technology is constantly evolving, and two of the most buzzworthy trends in recent years have been extended reality (XR) and artificial intelligence (AI). There are various levels of AI, ranging from simple rule-based systems to more advanced systems that can learn and adapt on their own. What is Extended Reality?

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Played with Fire

MARCH 12, 2025

The gaming industry is evolving at a rapid pace, with cutting-edge technologies like Virtual Reality (VR) and Artificial Intelligence (AI) playing a crucial role in shaping its future. VR & AI The Future of Gaming? Will VR and AI redefine how we play games, or are they just temporary trends?

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Half Geek

JULY 28, 2022

NPC Flight AI updated to take advantage of the larger flight area. Roguelike mode, NPC pilots will rank up and upgrade their ships more often. In the mid-game, NPCs will come equipped with better armor, shields and weapons. NPC Combat Drone AI re-coded, to optimize flight patterns enabling more shots on target.

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AWS Games

JUNE 6, 2024

In our previous blog, Operationalize generative AI applications on AWS: Part I , we covered the basics of how companies are using generative AI and Large Language Model Operations (LLMOps) on AWS. The architecture that we describe here is a solution guidance to create non-player characters (NPC) for games using generative AI services.

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PreMortem.Games

JULY 10, 2024

AI is increasingly being utilized in game development, not just for automation and cost reduction, but also as an innovative gameplay feature. Various games now incorporate versions of Chat GPT to enhance NPC interactions. ” ReLU Games is an independent studio under Krafton, aiming to create core fun through AI.

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Half Geek

JULY 10, 2022

An example of the new design below: With more space, there will also be an increase in NPC ship activity. Secondly, in Roguelike mode specifically, I have increased the AI pilot upgrades available to them, so they will gain better weapons & modules to not make them a pushover in the mid-game onwards.

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Half Geek

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

Fixed bug with new player Drone AI sometimes flying off into the void. Fixed a bug with Merchant NPC during random encounters, if the player is busy in conversation, and Pirates or Zerkers interrupt, it will now resume normal flight. Some bug fixes and re-balancing. Thank you to players who have provided feedback!

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AWS Games

AUGUST 15, 2024

Among the impressive lineup is a generative AI kiosk featuring Ada, an in-game, non-player character (NPC) created using the MetaHuman framework in Unreal Engine 5 and Amazon Bedrock , a toolset for building generative AI applications.

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AWS Games

APRIL 2, 2024

With the rising popularity of generative artificial intelligence (AI), companies are exploring foundation models (FMs) and realizing the immediate benefit they provide to their business. It takes the MLOps methodology and adds the additional skills, processes, and technologies needed to operationalize generative AI models and applications.

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Radiator Blog

MAY 5, 2021

Whenever an NPC is about to dump backstory and exposition on you, they'll ask you to take a seat. During big long quest chains, there are periodic quest stages where you have to wait 1-2 in-game days before checking in with the NPC again. Diegetically, the NPC has to prepare a machine or potion, or get supplies, or whatever.

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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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PreMortem.Games

JULY 5, 2024

Or die trying The team at Fun Dog Studios developed a dynamic combat system that keeps NPC enemies constantly fighting each other. Just remember, your character is not the chosen one determining the course of the war. They’re a mere mouse in a maze, scrounging for scraps.

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Lost Garden

NOVEMBER 12, 2022

I have a design tool I call “Don’t Solve the Hard Problem” It consists of three steps Example 1: Meaningful NPC interactions Now, people working on the hard problem of NPC AI may be upset right now. The example I just gave is SO trivial. And isn’t the problem they are pouring their lives into […]

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Game Daily

MARCH 28, 2023

Ubisoft’s recent announcement of an AI tool that generates dialog for Non-Player Characters in video games was generated with supine equanimity in most sections of the gaming media. Human writers enter details of an NPC’s roles, personality, and parameters. It’s f **g worth it.”

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Radiator Blog

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

NOT telekinesis, only works on NPCs / PvP) Havoc (temporary shield / damage buff), very useful for people who keep dying (i.e. me) or PvP buff but conceptually rather boring Aether (cloak + invisible to laser sensors, attacks cancel it, can be upgraded to only consume mana while moving). It would feel terrible.

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Nvidia

JANUARY 8, 2024

Whether you’re a creator, game designer, or developer, Convai enables you to quickly modify a non-playable character (NPC), from backstory and knowledge to voice and personality. To address these limitations, Convai has developed a proprietary AI-driven suite of technologies.

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Lost Garden

NOVEMBER 12, 2022

I have a design tool I call “Don’t Solve the Hard Problem” It consists of three steps Example 1: Meaningful NPC interactions Now, people working on the hard problem of NPC AI may be upset right now. The example I just gave is SO trivial.

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Radiator Blog

JANUARY 16, 2022

Some games do all their cutscene scripting and even enemy AI in Yarn Spinner, because really, it's just a simple scripting language that does whatever you tell it to do. Nothing stops you from adding more commands, functions, markup tags, or new ways to process the script. // custom NPC AI script example?

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Ask a Game Dev

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

We rarely want AI allies to overshadow players - doing so will break the power fantasy. You should read this archive post about [ why we don't want AI allies to be too good or too strong ]. TLDR, it doesn't feel fun if the AI allies are too strong.

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Logic Simplified

MARCH 8, 2023

AI-enabled digital coaches could offer career guidance and help train employees. AI-enabled colleagues The avatars of virtual colleagues will be the only constraint to the real-world counterparts. Many digital coworkers will join, including realistic, AI-powered, human-like bots.

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AWS Games

JUNE 20, 2024

This modular system allows for additional AWS capabilities, such as AI/ML models, to be integrated into the pipeline to provide valuable insights and recommendations to enhance player experiences.

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Raph Koster

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

It was like resetting a little stage-play; the NPC actors hit their marks and reappeared at their start location. The scripting on WoC made for better combat too, because you weren’t stuck with just the built-in combat AI for your enemies. Earlier in MUD design, these zones even “repopped” all at once.

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AWS Games

AUGUST 27, 2024

Looking ahead, nDreams is excited to explore exciting new integrations, such as an AI-driven headless game client to create a more realistic, dynamic NPC behavior. Next steps The nDreams team has done an incredible job leveraging AWS services to put their game through rigorous scale testing.

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

AUGUST 5, 2020

[link] It's been awhile since we've unveiled a new character in Kristala.which is why we're super pumped to share the progress our 3D Character Designer, Bianca, has made on the Nisargan forest nymph NPC we've got in the works. Gustav is a friendly NPC you'll encounter along your journey through Ailur.

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

DECEMBER 19, 2021

With a wealth of experience working with Unreal Engine (and particularly with enemy AI), we first tasked Ricardo with working on the behavior for a few of the enemies you'll meet in the vertical slice for Kristala. They were instead created by a special NPC for a specific purpose.

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

JULY 31, 2021

With revamped weapons well underway thanks to James, another of our talented artists, Amanda, worked on revising the concept for an important merchant NPC that will help you score all the wares and goods you need to complete your Raksaka Proving. How did they get here then, you might ask?

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CG Spectrum

JUNE 10, 2024

They are also responsible for implementing NPC (non-player character) movement, performances, and behaviors, which are controlled by AI (artificial intelligence). Game programming career paths: Game programmers may specialize in areas of coding such as graphics, AI, sound, scripting, user interface, network, tools, porting, etc.

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

JULY 6, 2020

After tweaking and testing both enemies' AI behavior, we're now confident these baddies will properly engage and attack during gameplay. As Pete's first official task for Kristala, we had him work on revising the concept art for a very important NPC, Gustav Gondasa. Take a peek!  [link].

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Keith Burgun

JULY 29, 2022

Part of what makes them so soulless is their lack of specificity: we aren’t seeing the feelings or aesthetics of any particular human, but rather the almost AI-generation-like amalgamation of what the marketing department thinks others will like.

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

Last issue, we shared 3D Character Designer Bianca's progress on the model for our Nisargan forest nymph NPC. You can get a look at the full teaser in our Game Production section below, but for now, here's a sneak peek at one of the frames Shelly worked her magic on.

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

MAY 27, 2021

[link] With Tiff working on the beginning portions of the Dalamase, the newest member of our Level Design team, Ian, got started on blocking out and detailing the underground Cave level area that's home to an important NPC featured in Kristala's storyline. We're certain our testers are especially happy to have that last one addressed.

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

In our last issue, we showed off Nicholas's progress on the details he's added to give this NPC the signature Keozan look. Bringing the new model for our Leech enemy into UE4 and transferring the stand-in Leech's AI to the new version. Fixing blending for dodging, combat, and miscellaneous actions.

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Nvidia

JANUARY 8, 2024

Generative AI technologies are revolutionizing how games are produced and played. Generative AI technologies are revolutionizing how games are produced and played. NVIDIA announced that the A2F and Riva ASR microservices are now available for middleware, tool, and game developers looking to enhance game studio NPCs.

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Radiator Blog

DECEMBER 12, 2022

The simple sheep AI now has two behaviors: they run away from you if you approach them, but they'll follow you indefinitely if you give them a carrot. In this situation, the NPC knows what you're here for and he wants it too, even if you kinda hate each other. I even thought about implementing a sheepdog.

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