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By: Editorial | 11-27-23
Generative AI has become an important tool today thanks to the possibilities it offers, a revolution when creating images, texts, translations or programming code, among much more. In this sense, the video game sector is already working with AI to offer new experiences or facilitate the development of upcoming titles.
What is generative AI?
AI is a technology that was born practically in the 1950s, offering great technological uses starting in the 1990s, where a machine, software o hardware, imitates both logical and mechanical human behaviors. In recent times, generative AI is a trend due to its ability to paint images of any artistic style, write texts on different topics or generate audios in a multitude of languages and even imitating real people. All of this with a quality quite similar to what a human being would offer, although with certain deficiencies or errors that could be corrected over time.
In the field of video games, generative AI could help as a tool to create random scenarios in Strategy gamespresent more believable characters with their answers in role-playing games or create side quests in any known genre.
Implementation of generative AI in video games
One of the main contributions of AI in games is to generate content, such as levels, missions and even automatic story plots, in order to adapt to each player style. Currently, the content generated in this way is quite simple, as in the case of the successful Starfield in gamepass which randomly builds the scenario of hundreds of planets or creates secondary missions for the player who prefers to explore the universe instead of continuing the main plot.
The AI would also improve interaction with characters, making them more realistic thanks to their dialogues consistent with each situation. Non-player characters would respond to a wide range of questions or directly act on the player’s actions, thus making the experience more immersive.
NVIDIA works on the AI implementation generative, with technologies such as NeMo, Riva or Omniverse Audio2Face, to provide greater realism to the characters, as shown in the ACE for Games technical demo, where an NPC naturally engages in a conversation directly by voice. Tools that will be compatible with the main graphics engines on the market such as Unreal Engine 5 or Unity.
Another important point is to create a playable experience that adapts to the player, with artificial intelligence that learns from their actions, for example, to balance the difficulty with an organic implementation that differs from a simple difficulty selector.
Without forgetting the creation of soundtracks or sound effects that can be molded to the player’s experience, changing musical styles depending on the actions, such as action or exploration.
In summary, AI will be an important tool for video game development. We already found a multitude of experiments with AI and let’s give techniques with satisfactory results, although there are still points to correct, the implementation of which will offer the best experience to the player.
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