AWS Games

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Exiting the data center: A League of Legends and VALORANT story: Riot Games details how it moved two of the largest games from on-premises to the cloud without interruption.

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AWS Games

APRIL 2, 2024

FMs are large machine learning models that are pre-trained on vast amounts of data, which can perform many tasks such as text, code, and generate images. Creating a unique experience each time a player interacts with an NPC or watches a cut scene can increase player satisfaction. The choice of customization depends on the use case.

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Ask a Game Dev

JUNE 14, 2024

Expertise on visuals like lighting, rendering, shaders, etc. should be directed elsewhere. Expertise on visuals like lighting, rendering, shaders, etc. should be directed elsewhere. Likely also locks players off from returning to the previous area. Likely also locks players off from returning to the previous area.

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Grid Sage Games

DECEMBER 19, 2024

Development Time As usual, the end of the year is when I carry out the final compilation of all my financial and development data, especially the latter being recorded in detail on a daily basis. An NPC parade, by Darby. In fact, game-specific work in 2024 reached the highest level of any prior year in Cogmind’s history!

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Logic Simplified

JANUARY 8, 2023

It can help businesses process large amounts of data more efficiently, make better-informed decisions, and improve customer service. For example, the AI-driven NPC (non-player characters) in the game can have their own behaviors and motivations, making them feel more like real characters. Image Source: McKinsey.

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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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Mircosoft Game Dev

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

This accounts for a lot of data going back and forth, and a need for accessible, predictable & clearly defined states. More than that, it’s conveniently network-able code, you get beautiful GameStates out of the box – sequential data, vectorized iterations and all that lovely stuff. Architecture - by Karim Rizk, Project Manager.

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Logic Simplified

MARCH 8, 2023

IoT provides the metaverse with real-time data gathered from the physical world. Such data can enhance the accuracy of the virtual world’s activities and make them relevant in the actual world. Its ability to efficiently and accurately handle large amounts of data can be quite useful.

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AWS Games

AUGUST 27, 2024

Amazon API Gateway Amazon API Gateway was used to present an API for game clients to request login, matchmaking, and game session action, as well as to accept user data updates and gameplay data relevant for downstream analytics. Amazon ElastiCache for Redis ElastiCache for Redis is a fast in-memory database.

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iXie gaming

MAY 24, 2023

Moreover, AI algorithms analyze vast amounts of data, including player behavior and preferences, to create personalized and adaptive gaming experiences. Therefore, these characters are always monitoring user gameplay data and reacting appropriately to increase the fun and challenge of games.

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SOVEREIGN MOON

OCTOBER 9, 2020

Words like “typed data”, “variable” or “function” are thrown around without having the user understand conceptually what those words mean. There are sequence ports and data ports. Next, there are data ports. Data ports allow you to connect “ typed values ” to nodes. So that’s one common use case for strings.

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iXie gaming

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

For instance, in the pool billiards pro game, the player can play against a “computer” – an AI-powered NPC. Some studios use renewable energy sources to power game servers and data centers. They can adapt dynamically to players’ strategies and actions. Optimizing game engines for energy efficiency.

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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. All the content in the game was just data in fields. On the flip side, adding data was really easy. Earlier in MUD design, these zones even “repopped” all at once. Why did something like that come to be?

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Deconstructor of Fun

MAY 15, 2022

These dialogues, sounding more akin to whispering, usually take place among the crowds of NPCs who don't have names. Data: Initial Spike and a Steady Return to Normal Back to the game itself. Since Lost Ark is free to play on PC, there is no revenue data publicly available (Amazon has not shared their revenue).

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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). Impressive animations by professional Gameplay Animator Aaron Skinner (League of Geeks, Sledgehammer Games, EA Games).

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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. Kind of sad.

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Radiator Blog

JANUARY 16, 2022

Nothing stops you from adding more commands, functions, markup tags, or new ways to process the script. // custom NPC AI script example? Both of those famous games are very typical video game RPG style things where you walk around a world and talk to NPCs, one at a time.

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Grid Sage Games

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

Some items can also be transformed through external means, such as being cooked, coated, rusted, or upgraded by NPC services (one of the main uses for gold). Other types of NPCs can modify or convert other types of items. Normally at startup Cogmind loads all the game data, including item stats, and references it during play.

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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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Game Global

JULY 12, 2021

Wrangling a dialogue system, from data entry all the way through to troubleshooting or bug fixing, is a common requirement. How can I get this NPC to convey a specific emotion if I don’t have that specific animation in my toolbox? How should I space out my content to create the pacing I want? Localization.

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Real Programming

OCTOBER 30, 2024

Course Curriculum Intermediate Level AI Course: Aimed at students aged 13 to 18, this course covers essential AI concepts, including: Pathfinding: Techniques to enable non-player characters (NPCs) to navigate game worlds efficiently. State Machines and Behavior Trees: Tools for designing intelligent NPC behaviors and interactions.

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Radiator Blog

APRIL 6, 2025

To plug your game state or progress into Yarn, you have to translate that data into Yarn variables, potentially hundreds or thousands of variables if you track every single thing a player does. YS3 will adapt to whatever it detects you're using.)

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