2026-11-01T18:05:04Z https://nostr.now AI and Games https://nostr.now/npub1ha0232kjd7dwtum8skkzah90c4g779j6dre00f954qrssrzxu58szutp6z https://cdn.masto.host/mastodongamedevplace/accounts/avatars/109/364/195/542/195/971/original/15754dd61c74ad92.png https://cdn.masto.host/mastodongamedevplace/accounts/avatars/109/364/195/542/195/971/original/15754dd61c74ad92.png https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs2ll9yrlcfqh0uagxeru6gdnzajezu7r4s2n7d4scw7a208k0felczyzl4a2926fhe4e0nv7z6ctku4lz4rmcktf509aaykj5qwzqvgmjs74mgemv In this weeks bumper issue of the AI and Games Newsletter, I share my thoughts from playing the alpha demo of &#39;AI People&#39; - a game by GoodAI that uses Large Language Models to build interactive non-player characters much like &#39;The Sims&#39;. <br/><br/>Plus updates on the Goal State Kickstarter, GOTY 2024, plus AI in gaming news too!<br/><a href="https://www.aiandgames.com/p/early-impressions-of-the-ai-people">https://www.aiandgames.com/p/early-impressions-of-the-ai-people</a><br/> <img src="https://cdn.masto.host/mastodongamedevplace/media_attachments/files/113/554/363/240/106/777/original/c285c3bb871c1367.jpeg"> <br/> 2024-11-27T10:07:58Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsz38pzh8un957p44ua00llhtgn9d90xvgm4kxllg0qv3ln5qfh69czyzl4a2926fhe4e0nv7z6ctku4lz4rmcktf509aaykj5qwzqvgmjs7cz86eq We&#39;re now halfway to our first stretch goal for Goal State: a stack of video tutorials on implementing Game AI in the Unity engine. <br/><br/>After that, our next stretch goal is a deep dive analysis of the DOOM source code and how the AI systems within it actually work. Plus Unreal tutorials in the not too distant future as well! <br/><br/>Check out the Kickstarter at: http//bit.ly/GoalState<br/> <img src="https://cdn.masto.host/mastodongamedevplace/media_attachments/files/113/527/331/930/922/983/original/c57de3750fe91c47.jpeg"> <br/> 2024-11-22T15:33:32Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsq9yzasfclp3u42udhj47aunrg2htxgzsfkwxmzaup6690n3anz5qzyzl4a2926fhe4e0nv7z6ctku4lz4rmcktf509aaykj5qwzqvgmjs7l4ukuf Goal State, the online course series from AI and Games is live on Kickstarter. <br/>- We raised £25K in 3 days for our 1st lecture series &#39;Game AI 101&#39;.<br/>- Now funding stretch goals that add tutorials in different game engines.<br/>- Plus additional bonus content &amp; even extra courses! <br/><br/>On the push right now to hit our stretch goal targets, let&#39;s go! <br/><a href="https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/aiandgames/goalstate">https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/aiandgames/goalstate</a><br/> <img src="https://cdn.masto.host/mastodongamedevplace/media_attachments/files/113/521/308/091/530/461/original/910f5c4263180555.jpeg"> <br/> 2024-11-21T14:01:36Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsz0gfc5ukp946xz04mu4rlql5dpdl442gdfgzswjexfqmhcc685zqzyzl4a2926fhe4e0nv7z6ctku4lz4rmcktf509aaykj5qwzqvgmjs7273swz Goal State, the online course series from AI and Games is now live on Kickstarter. -<br/> 30 days to raise £25K for our initial lecture series &#39;Game AI 101&#39;.<br/>- Stretch goals covering a variety of practical tasks and homework assignments<br/>- Distant stretch goals for a 2nd course: &#39;ML for Games 101&#39;<br/>- Standard and premium tiers for supporters with bonus content.<br/><br/>Let&#39;s go!<br/><a href="http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/aiandgames/goalstate">http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/aiandgames/goalstate</a><br/><br/>#crowdfunding #kickstarter #gamedev #gamedevelopment #gaming #AI #ML #gameAI #AIandGames<br/> <img src="https://cdn.masto.host/mastodongamedevplace/media_attachments/files/113/487/603/368/546/113/original/62cf757ffd8f0ca2.jpeg"> <br/> 2024-11-15T15:10:03Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsqu8kasaq7qtfd5samxqtame2vwngesjxsrgvffyf4wvw9y5v937czyzl4a2926fhe4e0nv7z6ctku4lz4rmcktf509aaykj5qwzqvgmjs7wex7zp IT ALL KICKS OFF TOMORROW!<br/><br/>#GoalState is finally happening! <br/>Accessible, practical, relevant material on AI for game development.<br/><br/>The anxiety is high and I&#39;m pushing through! <br/>All we need is 200 awesome people to back the course and and it&#39;s funded.<br/><br/>Do you know 200 awesome people? I think I do... <br/><a href="http://bit.ly/GoalState">http://bit.ly/GoalState</a><br/> <img src="https://cdn.masto.host/mastodongamedevplace/media_attachments/files/113/481/082/514/843/547/original/bba50d54887bbcee.jpeg"> <br/> 2024-11-14T11:31:43Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsdl4ht2tjl5vsf2jyxdrdu08s3p9j8v52s8j48kge8narwl4w06xgzyzl4a2926fhe4e0nv7z6ctku4lz4rmcktf509aaykj5qwzqvgmjs7unfvk8 NEW VIDEO!<br/><br/>I chat once again with Jeff Orkin, the AI programmer on FEAR, about his career after the release of the game. How it led him to grad school, building a game where AI behaviour was crowdsourced, and his new start-up BitPart AI.<br/><br/>Watch on YouTube: <a href="https://youtu.be/4ExkkUV7GOY">https://youtu.be/4ExkkUV7GOY</a> <br/><br/>Read on Substack:<br/><a href="https://www.aiandgames.com/p/crowdsourcing-intelligence-in-the">https://www.aiandgames.com/p/crowdsourcing-intelligence-in-the</a><br/><video controls width="100%" class="max-h-[90vh] bg-neutral-300 dark:bg-zinc-700"><source src="https://cdn.masto.host/mastodongamedevplace/media_attachments/files/113/430/390/544/927/121/original/bd409259fa17bc6c.mp4"></video><br/> 2024-11-05T12:40:08Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqszqthp0zc95yupjag33x53c8es4e8f6cdvxpc8yyvqvvcp7fcklwszyzl4a2926fhe4e0nv7z6ctku4lz4rmcktf509aaykj5qwzqvgmjs7n694wg The November issue of the Sponsor Newsletter goes live early today, as next week I&#39;ll be knee deep in organising the conference.<br/><br/>Plus we have an open call for your #GOTY 2024 submissions that could appear in our final newsletters in December.<br/><a href="https://www.aiandgames.com/p/november-2024-sponsor-newsletter">https://www.aiandgames.com/p/november-2024-sponsor-newsletter</a><br/> <img src="https://cdn.masto.host/mastodongamedevplace/media_attachments/files/113/396/082/410/397/919/original/14b93d39d445591f.jpeg"> <br/> 2024-10-30T11:15:04Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsd220ppce9r2x7n6cw5pekxxymks0y57mq46jlu9l02ja7ett8scszyzl4a2926fhe4e0nv7z6ctku4lz4rmcktf509aaykj5qwzqvgmjs7mrcd0k I&#39;m pleased to announce the Kickstarter campaign for my online course series &#39;Goal State&#39; goes live on November 15th.<br/><br/>Check out this weeks newsletter for all the details: the content, the budget, the funding goals, the stretch goals and more! Let&#39;s go!<br/> <br/><a href="https://www.aiandgames.com/p/goal-state-launches-on-kickstarter">https://www.aiandgames.com/p/goal-state-launches-on-kickstarter</a><br/> <img src="https://cdn.masto.host/mastodongamedevplace/media_attachments/files/113/356/381/374/780/233/original/96800efc0d127486.jpeg"> <br/> 2024-10-23T10:58:34Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqswdd0cjcvzk9c30j0mn3wvmr0t9s5axcyw4s0vnfz6a952qm73x3gzyzl4a2926fhe4e0nv7z6ctku4lz4rmcktf509aaykj5qwzqvgmjs7mtk9pt What with all the excitement surrounding the AI and Games Conference, news on the upcoming Kickstarter for my online course series &#39;Goal State&#39; has been a little quiet.<br/><br/>Today I published a breakdown of the syllabus of the 1st proposed course: Game AI 101, plus future courses I have planned. <br/><br/><a href="https://www.aiandgames.com/p/goal-states-1st-course-game-ai-101">https://www.aiandgames.com/p/goal-states-1st-course-game-ai-101</a><br/> <img src="https://cdn.masto.host/mastodongamedevplace/media_attachments/files/113/187/536/963/926/915/original/5129a945fa417403.jpeg"> <br/> 2024-09-23T15:19:13Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs0fpvzzga9nqh52gjnntwgfppgslswd2zma750adsz9msn86mpd4gzyzl4a2926fhe4e0nv7z6ctku4lz4rmcktf509aaykj5qwzqvgmjs7krkzyj In my latest (sponsored) episode, I sit down with developers from Transitional Forms to talk about &#39;Little Learning Machines&#39; - a puzzle game where you train AI NPCs called &#39;Animos&#39; to solve them for you! Just in time for its big (free) content update coming to Steam on September 5th <br/><br/>YouTube: <a href="https://youtu.be/keCc1QB7Fvk">https://youtu.be/keCc1QB7Fvk</a><br/> <img src="https://cdn.masto.host/mastodongamedevplace/media_attachments/files/113/067/894/048/368/529/original/f8d1728e998e9919.jpeg"> <br/> 2024-09-02T12:12:27Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsp7vf99a2wnj02uj0cwevmffuxmrrrl0lqlamz7vffmzrtwjnp5cqzyzl4a2926fhe4e0nv7z6ctku4lz4rmcktf509aaykj5qwzqvgmjs756dxsm In the latest edition of the AI and Games newsletter, I dig into the archives to re-release several case studies looking at player modelling: a process of analysing data produced by players, and what you can do with that data. <br/><br/><a href="https://www.aiandgames.com/p/how-ai-is-used-to-model-players-ai">https://www.aiandgames.com/p/how-ai-is-used-to-model-players-ai</a><br/> <img src="https://cdn.masto.host/mastodongamedevplace/media_attachments/files/113/039/265/794/038/418/original/7e78bdb08c04d341.jpeg"> <br/> 2024-08-28T10:51:55Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsq5h2tkx0wz38ycecyujgftn4enn23xuhe00yqln5ca0dj7n7ftmczyzl4a2926fhe4e0nv7z6ctku4lz4rmcktf509aaykj5qwzqvgmjs7a9w4cl Announcing the first ever AI and Games Conference 2024.<br/><br/>Bringing together the leading experts in AI for the video games industry.<br/><br/>- November 8th 2024, hosted at Goldsmiths, University of London <br/>- Two tracks of talks on AI for gameplay, and production.<br/>- First wave of talks announced from Sony AI, EA, Hawkswell, Oxide Games and more.<br/><br/>Early bird tickets on sale now at:<br/><a href="http://aiandgamesconference.com">http://aiandgamesconference.com</a> <br/><br/>Find out more on the AI and Games Substack:<br/><a href="https://www.aiandgames.com/p/introducing-the-ai-and-games-conference">https://www.aiandgames.com/p/introducing-the-ai-and-games-conference</a> <br/><br/>#AIandGamesConf24<br/> <img src="https://cdn.masto.host/mastodongamedevplace/media_attachments/files/112/959/801/400/430/432/original/2bb5f303d417509c.jpeg"> <br/> 2024-08-14T10:03:05Z