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Introducing Julien Solomita as friendly rodent NPC Gustav Gondasa

Astral Clock Tower Studios

Gustav is a prominent NPC with an important questline that will gradually unravel as you explore the six clan lands and complete your Raksaka Proving. He also introduces a new food mechanic , allowing you to craft delectable recipes and enjoy consumable snacks on the go. But thats not all!

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Nuverse lets AI do all the talking and moving of NPCs in Earth: Revival

PreMortem.Games

Chinese developer and publisher Nuverse is using AI for all NPC speech and animation in games. For its upcoming science fiction survival title Earth: Revival the development team used a system to generate speech and compute full body animations for NPCs, without any manual intervention. That can be very tedious and repetitive work.”

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VR & AI – The Future of Gaming?

Played with Fire

AI-driven game mechanics and VRs deep immersion are pushing the boundaries of whats possible in gaming. How does AI improve NPC behavior in games? AI enables NPCs to learn and adapt to player actions, making them more unpredictable and realistic compared to pre-scripted characters. The answer is a resounding yes.

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Year 11 of the Cogmind

Grid Sage Games

As repeated in my Year 10 review , I’ve wanted to continue the recent several years’ trend of a higher ratio of game vs. non-game work, implying a lower relative amount of community-facing work, e.g. writing articles, streaming, hanging out discussing mechanics, etc. An NPC parade, by Darby.

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AWS for Games updates from re:Invent 2023

AWS Games

Guidance for Non-Player Character (NPC) Dialogue on AWS to automate the process of creating a non-player character (NPC) for games and associated game development infrastructure.

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Indie game capsule reviews: Immortality, Wayward Strand, Cult of the Lamb, Betrayal at Club Low, Atuel

Radiator Blog

Gradually all these advancements and upgrades add up to a NPC-driven town that can maintain and feed itself automatically. And yet it doesn't get more mechanically complicated. Do you believe in the importance of live sacrifices? But also veganism? Your cute animal cult will follow whatever "Doctrines" you declare.

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What Game Should I Make First?

DameDev.tv

It allow’s the player to discover the kind of mechanics the game has and how to take control of the situation The first moments often also include figuring out the world or environment,  the enemies, NPC’s and what items (if any) you have at your disposal.

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