Baldur's Gate 3's mocap director goes into the full performance process
Game Developer
AUGUST 29, 2023
Every NPC for Baldur's Gate 3 had to be mocapped, said capture director Aliona Baranova, and it was to the game's benefit that they were.
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Game Developer
AUGUST 29, 2023
Every NPC for Baldur's Gate 3 had to be mocapped, said capture director Aliona Baranova, and it was to the game's benefit that they were.
Game Developer
MARCH 21, 2023
Ubisoft gets into the AI game with its Ghostwriter tool to handle the NPC barks in its games.
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GamesIndustry.biz
APRIL 21, 2023
Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox You'd be forgiven for feeling a little cynical about the sudden explosion of hype around artificial intelligence and LLMs (Large Language Models) that we've seen in the past few weeks; after all, it's once bitten, twice shy, and we've all just spent a couple of years being (..)
Half Geek
JULY 28, 2022
NPC Flight AI updated to take advantage of the larger flight area. Roguelike mode, NPC pilots will rank up and upgrade their ships more often. In the mid-game, NPCs will come equipped with better armor, shields and weapons. NPC Combat Drone AI re-coded, to optimize flight patterns enabling more shots on target.
Nvidia
MAY 28, 2023
To further align the NPC’s behavior with expectations, in the future, you can apply reinforcement learning from human feedback (RLHF) to receive real-time feedback from designers during the development process. After the NPC is fully aligned, the final step is to apply NeMo Guardrails , which adds programmable rules for NPCs.
Half Geek
JULY 10, 2022
An example of the new design below: With more space, there will also be an increase in NPC ship activity. Other NPC ugprades include additional missile launchers and drone bays on ships that field drones. It’s a balancing act between more vision, and avoiding everything looking too small on mobile screens.
Game Daily
MAY 23, 2023
Players create their own avatar and persona, and then try to get to know pre-programmed NPCs. You win by ingratiating yourself to the NPC, by saying the right things, and not saying the wrong things. Should the player and the NPC that they are with age together? It’s about creating comfort between the player and the NPC.
Half Geek
SEPTEMBER 2, 2022
Fixed a bug with Merchant NPC during random encounters, if the player is busy in conversation, and Pirates or Zerkers interrupt, it will now resume normal flight. Some bug fixes and re-balancing. Thank you to players who have provided feedback! Fixed bug with new player Drone AI sometimes flying off into the void.
PreMortem.Games
MARCH 22, 2023
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.
Lost Garden
NOVEMBER 12, 2022
I have a design tool I call “Don’t Solve the Hard Problem” It consists of three steps Example 1: Meaningful NPC interactions Now, people working on the hard problem of NPC AI may be upset right now. The example I just gave is SO trivial. And isn’t the problem they are pouring their lives into […].
Indie DB
FEBRUARY 2, 2023
A new shopkeeper NPC is the latest addition to this fantasy RPG indie
Radiator Blog
MAY 19, 2023
But the game doesn't tutorialize this or dispatch an NPC to spell it out. The game never says "each NPC has a favorite type of gift item type, and you should equip it and talk to them", you have to guess that this mechanic exists from playing previous farming games or just out of sheer luck. You're just an NPC in their story.
Radiator Blog
NOVEMBER 3, 2021
A hostile NPC statue wakes up, which means you can lure it away from the door.) SHINY ART STYLE: The most obvious difference vs its Skyrim mod roots is the art style -- it went from 2011 pre-PBR Skyrim to 2020 UE4 Quixel 4k photoscans with subsurface scatter'd Character Creator NPCs.
Indie DB
MAY 3, 2023
This fantasy turn-based RPG discusses NPC interactions
Game Industry News
JULY 29, 2021
Plot: The plot of this second volume deals with Shin looking for his first support NPC Schnee who has been traveling around the world while waiting for him to return. Hey all I’m back with another entry in Shin’s journey in a new world for this week’s Translation Necessary Thursday. It’s The New Gate Volume 02 by Kazanami Shinogi!
Mircosoft Game Dev
FEBRUARY 15, 2021
Add-on: The NPC Editor - by Yael Atletl, Tools Programmer. I’ve been a developer at Moonwards for 2 years now and though I’ve had many roles and done many things, from debugging, refactoring code, networking, fixing materials and more, lately I’m the NPCs and tools guy. The NPC Editor creates State Machines and Behavior trees.
Game Errors
NOVEMBER 9, 2023
Like a Dragon Gaiden FPS improvement Tips and Tricks: NPC Density Settings: Look for options to reduce NPC density in the game’s settings, lessening the load on your CPU and GPU. Replace the old PSU by disconnecting it, unscrewing it from the case, and reversing the process to install the new one.
Ask a Game Dev
AUGUST 31, 2023
You already have all of these things you’re thinking about already - this quest for this NPC, that collection for the thing you wanted to craft, how to defeat these particular monsters, etc. When you’re already near your cognitive load limit, this sensation turns to overwhelming instead.
DameDev.tv
DECEMBER 5, 2022
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. Would VR Games be Considered a Difficult First Game to Make? (1:07:27
Radiator Blog
MAY 5, 2021
Whenever an NPC is about to dump backstory and exposition on you, they'll ask you to take a seat. During big long quest chains, there are periodic quest stages where you have to wait 1-2 in-game days before checking in with the NPC again. Diegetically, the NPC has to prepare a machine or potion, or get supplies, or whatever.
Radiator Blog
NOVEMBER 10, 2021
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.
iXie gaming
SEPTEMBER 8, 2023
For instance, in the pool billiards pro game, the player can play against a “computer” – an AI-powered NPC. They can adapt dynamically to players’ strategies and actions. What’s more, you can select the difficulty level for a more challenging gaming experience.
Yobob Games
AUGUST 12, 2022
It also doesn’t have to be stamina bars, it can just be about how fighting is done in farming games or talking to an npc. And it needs to be talked about it more for new innovative game designs.
Radiator Blog
DECEMBER 12, 2022
In this situation, the NPC knows what you're here for and he wants it too, even if you kinda hate each other. That difficulty is supposed to imbue the NPC relationship with human complexity and psychological realism, as if only the gamers with a true emotional connection deserve to see the dick.
Game Errors
JANUARY 25, 2023
Players reported that when they look at an NPC or when they get near random objects or towns, for example, Whiterun, their game simply crashes. You encounter this issue because you are not playing on your dedicated GPU, you are playing with the one integrated into your processing unit.
iXie gaming
MAY 24, 2023
NPC (non-player character) Intelligence Enhancement The majority of the enemies in today’s games are non-player characters (NPCs), however, advances in AI are making it possible to give these characters some degree of intelligence.
Logic Simplified
JANUARY 8, 2023
For example, the AI-driven NPC (non-player characters) in the game can have their own behaviors and motivations, making them feel more like real characters. When XR and AI are combined, the possibilities for gaming are endless.
Logic Simplified
MARCH 8, 2023
In addition, it can be used to design non-player characters (NPC) that the players cannot control. NPCs respond to player activities automatically using predetermined algorithms. AI is crucial in the development stages of the metaverse. Its ability to efficiently and accurately handle large amounts of data can be quite useful.
Astral Clock Tower Studios
MAY 14, 2020
In addition to a major NPC that we're currently keeping under wraps until our gameplay trailer is finished, Shelly also started working on the model for our male playable character. First, Shelly gave a little facelift to the texturing used on our Masarusa enemy. Animation / Rigging / Production.
Astral Clock Tower Studios
AUGUST 5, 2020
[link] It's been awhile since we've unveiled a new character in Kristala.which is why we're super pumped to share the progress our 3D Character Designer, Bianca, has made on the Nisargan forest nymph NPC we've got in the works. Gustav is a friendly NPC you'll encounter along your journey through Ailur.
Astral Clock Tower Studios
MARCH 20, 2021
This week, Cass continued chipping away at the base model for the Cathedral, adding a secret attic area that will house an important NPC you'll will meet along your journey. Stay tuned to hear more about the Cathedral and the mysterious attic NPC in future social posts and development blogs!
Radiator Blog
OCTOBER 13, 2022
Gradually all these advancements and upgrades add up to a NPC-driven town that can maintain and feed itself automatically. Do you believe in the importance of live sacrifices? But also veganism? Your cute animal cult will follow whatever "Doctrines" you declare.
Yobob Games
NOVEMBER 23, 2020
A very important NPC in the game. When the first minute of the trailer is done, there’s the last few seconds at the end of the trailer if anyone ever watches that far. It’s a vending machine. It doesn’t talk but I gave it a name. It means tea in Japanese, signifying that this came from Japan.
Game Global
JUNE 28, 2021
You had a brilliant idea for that NPC or weapon name that you are very proud of? Therefore, one of the responsibilities of a good localizer is leaving some legacy for posterity in the form of glossaries and style guides.
Astral Clock Tower Studios
JULY 31, 2021
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?
Radiator Blog
JANUARY 16, 2022
Nothing stops you from adding more commands, functions, markup tags, or new ways to process the script. // custom NPC AI script example? Both of those famous games are very typical video game RPG style things where you walk around a world and talk to NPCs, one at a time.
The Bottom Feeder
MAY 11, 2022
Either NPC characters, ghost monsters, or actual human players. Balancing Two Games At a Time Is Impossible Allegedly, Elden Ring doesn't have different difficulty levels. In reality, it has two. You can choose to summon friends to help you with bosses.
Astral Clock Tower Studios
APRIL 21, 2021
One such creature featured in Kristala is a sweet and gentle Hemani named Cloudette, an NPC you'll encounter in a unique level area called The Hermitage. The last concept we were able to cross off our list this sprint is a character concept featuring a jolly and loveable Ana NPC named Neil of Nisarga.
Game Global
JULY 12, 2021
How can I get this NPC to convey a specific emotion if I don’t have that specific animation in my toolbox? Getting your hands regularly dirty in the editor will allow you to eventually answer questions like: What unused or underused storytelling vehicles are available to us through the editor?
Astral Clock Tower Studios
AUGUST 31, 2021
There's a specific role the damaged piece plays in the Kristala demo's core storyline, and it coincides with an NPC we've been keeping under wraps up until this point. You'll notice that the amulet in the second concept below includes both an intact and broken version.
Raph Koster
SEPTEMBER 1, 2022
It was like resetting a little stage-play; the NPC actors hit their marks and reappeared at their start location. Earlier in MUD design, these zones even “repopped” all at once. That is to say, players ran in, and killed stuff, and the zone respawned all the mobs at once, on a timer. Why did something like that come to be?
Keith Burgun
JULY 29, 2022
Specifically in the case of RPGs, though, I think it’s really important that the player finds themselves asking, “I wonder if I can X” That X might be, “get to the top of that mountain”, or “combine this class with that class”, or “steal a precious quest item back from the NPC I gave it to” JRPGs (..)
SOVEREIGN MOON
OCTOBER 1, 2020
We don’t want it to trigger if an enemy or NPC walks within the area, so let’s set up a Unit which will allow for the identification of our player. Step 5: Target the Character Tag. Next, we only want this trigger to be activated if our character walks within the area of the object.
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