7QUARK-developed Edo Japan-set action RPG Yasha: Legends of the Demon Blade will launch for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Switch, and PC via Steam in October, global publisher Game Source Entertainment announced.
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Auxuman said it has launched its alpha test for its Auxworld platform for automatically generating and customizing single-player games using generative AI.
Negar Shaghaghi, CEO of Auxuman, said in an interview with GamesBeat that the company is learning insights about AI that are useful.
Auxworld is built on Auxuman’s procedural game engine that allows for the creation of dynamic, player-influenced worlds.
The Auxworld platform is moving away from a text-to-game platform and focusing more on a game that is informed by any kind of custom input from a gamer. So it gives people a few choices for options and then gives them a game instantly, without having to think too much about it.
“This is a model that has worked really well for social media, like TikTok. Instead of asking you what kind of content you want to see created, it’s going to put something in front of you and then you can pick and choose how to modify it and customize it,” Shaghaghi said.
She said that game engines used today are based on years-old technology that doesn’t allow for fast iterations or incorporating user preferences or feedback in real-time. Auxworld’s procedural game compiler augments the Unreal Engine to respond and act based on input to create endless procedural from any input and create more engagement with players.
The platform is available in a limited setting for now as a free download via the Xsolla payment platform.
When it comes to people wanting to create game experiences, Auxuman found out that there are typically two kinds of users. One group knows exactly how they would design a game and others who want to have some agency and influence on the game without the burden of creation. While most UGC creation platforms focus on making production pipelines faster and easier, Auxuman saw an opportunity in letting the game designer (or studio) set creative constraints and users who just want to consume diverse content related to that intellectual property to have influence through their preferences at the point of consumption (play).
Some users might have a bad case of writer’s block, unable to type anything into a textbox for the AI chat. For those users, more guidance is necessary.
“Language is a form of expression and there are multiple ways that people can express themselves,” Shaghagi said. “So basically, what we’re really trying to capture through language is some kind of input, some kind of preference. And that was that was interesting for us.”
Auxworld wants to combine the creativity of people, social media expression, and AI tools for game creation. Auxworld gives people a kind of familiar game
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