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I wonder how much AI models can help. If they are trained on enough real world content, they should be able to produce rough models based on descriptions: "Gene

I wonder how much AI models can help. If they are trained on enough real world content, they should be able to produce rough models based on descriptions: "Generate a tropical island about 5km in width by 10km length with an active volcano in the center" and then then the artists adjust/massage as needed.

T-A 3y ago
https://analyticsindiamag.com/raja-koduri-gives-a-sneak-peek-into-his-new-startup/ https://analyticsindiamag.com/raja-koduri-gives-a-sneak-peek...
imiric 3y ago
Right, we're already there, and the tech is quickly improving. I'm not sure why GP thinks this will remain the most expensive process of game development. Generating assets using AI will drastically cut costs and turnaround time. I'm eager to see these tools generate assets in real-time. Imagine being able to interact with an endless possibility of scenes. Games would ship with a generative model, and entire levels could be created on the fly, ensuring every play through is as different as the authors want it to be. Exciting stuff.
- andrewmcwatters 3y ago
  I never said it will remain the most expensive part; that's what I hope more engineering effort will go into. The graphics capabilities we use today are already commonplace and well written about. Fast content creation isn't, or the tools are sparse and locked behind small, costly proprietary silos.
xh-dude 3y ago
I’m not sure text prompts offer the kind of plasticity needed for artists to really do their thing. Frank Gehry used to do really chaotic abstract drawings and hand them off to aerospace CAD operators to turn them into something that could be engineered and machined and assembled. Lots of people could do the drawings and have magic mushroom facades but Gehry understood the resulting interior spaces as well … I think it’s there is a ton of potential for great tools employing the past decade or so of ML/AI but ISTM it should empower the process rather than replace it.

T-A 3y ago

https://analyticsindiamag.com/raja-koduri-gives-a-sneak-peek-into-his-new-startup/ https://analyticsindiamag.com/raja-koduri-gives-a-sneak-peek...

imiric 3y ago

Right, we're already there, and the tech is quickly improving. I'm not sure why GP thinks this will remain the most expensive process of game development. Generating assets using AI will drastically cut costs and turnaround time. I'm eager to see these tools generate assets in real-time. Imagine being able to interact with an endless possibility of scenes. Games would ship with a generative model, and entire levels could be created on the fly, ensuring every play through is as different as the authors want it to be. Exciting stuff.

andrewmcwatters 3y ago
I never said it will remain the most expensive part; that's what I hope more engineering effort will go into. The graphics capabilities we use today are already commonplace and well written about. Fast content creation isn't, or the tools are sparse and locked behind small, costly proprietary silos.

xh-dude 3y ago

I’m not sure text prompts offer the kind of plasticity needed for artists to really do their thing. Frank Gehry used to do really chaotic abstract drawings and hand them off to aerospace CAD operators to turn them into something that could be engineered and machined and assembled. Lots of people could do the drawings and have magic mushroom facades but Gehry understood the resulting interior spaces as well … I think it’s there is a ton of potential for great tools employing the past decade or so of ML/AI but ISTM it should empower the process rather than replace it.