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The Future of Art & AI in Game Production

iXie gaming

More Realistic Gaming Online gaming companies stand to benefit significantly from the application of artificial intelligence (AI), particularly in the areas of simulation performance, graphic quality, and realism. This feature is especially helpful for online games, which rely on real-time simulations to work successfully.

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Sandbox vs themepark

Raph Koster

It was like resetting a little stage-play; the NPC actors hit their marks and reappeared at their start location. We used the term actively on MUD-Dev back in the day, making the distinction between simulation and “stagecraft.” MUD2 had far more simulation than MUDs did in the 90s … or any MMOs today! Enter “simulationism.”

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Deathloop deconstruction / design thoughts

Radiator Blog

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.

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Zugzwang as a pole dance upward unto heaven

Radiator Blog

In my simulation code, men can have one of five sexual moods: Top, Bottom, VersBottom (Versatile), TrueVers, and Voyeur. Some players may try to guess an NPC's sexual mood based on stereotypes like muscular tops, skinny submissive twink bottoms, etc. But as you continue, you'll gradually understand more of what you're seeing.

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