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There was an Ask HN post about that idea a couple of months ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34478503 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34478503 I

There was an Ask HN post about that idea a couple of months ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34478503 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34478503 I have long wished for less linear stories in video games, where branching narrative (a la Choose Your Own Adventure) is one possible way to give the player agency. The problem is, true branches are expensive, because you end up writing a bunch of content the player never experiences. I see a lot of potential, but it's going to take a different kind of craftsmanship, and likely many iterations, to realize something more than a novelty.

causality0 4y ago
I much prefer handcrafted stories and quests. Characters that respond dynamically to the story and the player's actions, however, is quite tantalizing.
- ElFitz 4y ago
  We could have handcrafted stories and quests, with LLM-driven dialogues for NPCs canned responses (ie the infamous arrow and the proverbial knee). And teams with limited resources could also still handcraft the stories and quests but use LLMs to generate or add some variety or context awareness to the dialogues, at a lower cost.
bick_nyers 4y ago
In general I would say story =/= dialogue (which an LLM can much more easily be used for). I see two main "tricks" that would make the more complicated case (story) possible. 1. You bound the branching in a particular fashion, and provide overall "pressures" into certain story arcs. 2. You use generative AI in a LOT more places in the game. What happens when you are playing a Sci-Fi game, and you get the enemy NPC to somehow hallucinate that he is the King of Dragons, but you don't have Dragon models/animations/movesets in your game files? You either bound the LLM to not hallucinate that, or you generate that dragon live. I guess a 3rd option, is your game is a comedy and the King NPC gets labeled a crazy person.

causality0 4y ago

I much prefer handcrafted stories and quests. Characters that respond dynamically to the story and the player's actions, however, is quite tantalizing.

ElFitz 4y ago
We could have handcrafted stories and quests, with LLM-driven dialogues for NPCs canned responses (ie the infamous arrow and the proverbial knee). And teams with limited resources could also still handcraft the stories and quests but use LLMs to generate or add some variety or context awareness to the dialogues, at a lower cost.

bick_nyers 4y ago

In general I would say story =/= dialogue (which an LLM can much more easily be used for). I see two main "tricks" that would make the more complicated case (story) possible. 1. You bound the branching in a particular fashion, and provide overall "pressures" into certain story arcs. 2. You use generative AI in a LOT more places in the game. What happens when you are playing a Sci-Fi game, and you get the enemy NPC to somehow hallucinate that he is the King of Dragons, but you don't have Dragon models/animations/movesets in your game files? You either bound the LLM to not hallucinate that, or you generate that dragon live. I guess a 3rd option, is your game is a comedy and the King NPC gets labeled a crazy person.