Nvidia

MAY 28, 2023

The number of pre-recorded lines has grown, the number of options a player has to interact with NPCs has increased, and facial animations have become more realistic. Yet player interactions with NPCs still tend to be transactional, scripted, and short-lived, as dialogue options exhaust quickly, serving only to push the story forward.

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Played with Fire

MARCH 12, 2025

Modern AI algorithms allow NPCs to react more naturally to players, creating dynamic and unpredictable encounters. Unlike traditional pre-scripted NPCs, AI-driven characters learn and evolve based on player decisions, making each playthrough unique. How does AI improve NPC behavior in games?

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Ask a Game Dev

JUNE 14, 2024

3:22 - Conversation wheel with “personality” icons and paraphrased words 3:39 - Dynamic inventory in game cinematics, show player’s items 3:46 - Scripted Player equipment change during cinematic 4:04 - Quest variables (e.g. Expertise on visuals like lighting, rendering, shaders, etc. should be directed elsewhere.

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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. They used NVIDIA Audio2Face to power the facial animations of their characters, and NVIDIA Riva for speech-to-text and text-to-speech.

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CG Spectrum

JUNE 10, 2024

3D Modelling 3D Animation FX Concept Art 2D Animation Game Design Game Programming 3D Modelling: Shaping Virtual Worlds “3D modelling is a rewarding career where you get to bring concepts and 2D imagery to life, sculpting personality and story into characters, objects, and environments.

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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. So… DikuMUDs started to add scripting systems , which were generally much more limited than the ones on LPMuds, but fit better with the whole “fill out some rows in a form to add content” development model. It’s generic.

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Game Daily

MARCH 28, 2023

Human writers enter details of an NPC’s roles, personality, and parameters. None of the jobs mention working with words or language, such as script writers, lawyers, or journalists. Nor did any of those jobs touch upon programmers, artists, animators, and other creative roles in digital entertainment. It’s f **g worth it.”

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