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VR & AI – The Future of Gaming?

Played with Fire

AI-powered NPCs and Adaptive Gameplay Artificial Intelligence has significantly improved the behavior of non-playable characters (NPCs). Modern AI algorithms allow NPCs to react more naturally to players, creating dynamic and unpredictable encounters. How does AI improve NPC behavior in games?

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Godot Visual Scripting Tutorial For Absolute Beginners

SOVEREIGN MOON

SOVEREIGN MOON PRESENTS… Godot Visual Scripting Tutorial For Beginners. In this tutorial we’ll learn how to use Godot’s visual scripting tools to create video games from scratch. . How to Use Godot’s Visual Scripting Tools. Introduction to Godot’s Visual Scripting Tools. So let’s jump in.

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Generative AI Sparks Life into Virtual Characters with NVIDIA ACE for Games

Nvidia

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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Vertical Slice Breakdown - Dragon Age Veilguard

Ask a Game Dev

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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Operationalize generative AI applications on AWS: Part I – Overview of LLMOps solution

AWS Games

Unique non-player character (NPC) dialogue Game replay is important to ensure players return to the game and do not quit when having to replay a certain section, for example due to continued defeat against a difficult adversary. Script writing efficiency NPCs are sometimes meant to say a specific script, and uniqueness isn’t a requirement.

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Spotlight: Convai Reinvents Non-Playable Character Interactions

Nvidia

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. Context-aware responsiveness This innovative approach consists of enabling adaptive and context-aware NPC responsiveness.

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Guest post - “Small Team, Big Project”: Building Moonwards

Mircosoft Game Dev

Construct your scenes however, and they’ll work – it’s the definition of a “scripted game”. Add-on: The NPC Editor - by Yael Atletl, Tools Programmer. I made the Dialog system (and its editor), the Workstations and Navigation system and most importantly, the NPC Editor - and the NPCs that use it. For a networked sandbox?

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