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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. It even helps writing the lines.

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Quest Feedback

Grumpy Gamer

Helping a NPC gets you a pet/sidekick [link] may I chime in? I like quests which turn out to be something completely different than you expect, and where the good writing/setup makes you forget that its a scripted event. Funny, and builds NPC character (which they don't do much with after). RPG or adventure, makes no difference.

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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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A day in the life of a narrative designer

Game Global

You should concentrate on building up your writing portfolio and getting regular game writing work. They’re related, but the difference is this: A game writer’s primary responsibility is to promote the story that the game tells through the scripts they write. Creative writing. Technical writing.

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Harvest Island Demo & The Behind The Scenes Trailer

Yobob Games

Sometimes it’s not always that and the siblings get along, but I’m using my own experience to write Will and Samantha’s stories. . A very important NPC in the game. There won’t be any huge mechanics to show in the game, but a little nice story for you to enjoy. It looks bright, colorful, and wholesome.

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Item Variants and Randomization in Roguelikes

Grid Sage Games

Items in Rogue may also be cursed and therefore non-removable except via special means, though that is a tangential mechanic tied more to the identification minigame rather than item randomization itself.) Other types of NPCs can modify or convert other types of items. Find a Mechanic who may be hanging around a Repair Station.

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The Kristala Dev Blog - Issue #31

Astral Clock Tower Studios

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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