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Interesting point. In a way this is a "simulated game engine", trained from actual game engine data. But I would argue a working simulated game engine becomes

Interesting point. In a way this is a "simulated game engine", trained from actual game engine data. But I would argue a working simulated game engine becomes a game engine of its own, as it is then able to "propell the game" as you say. The way it achieves this becomes irrelevant, in one case the content was crafted by humans, in the other case it mimics existing game content, the player really doesn't care! > An engine would also work offroad. Here you could imagine that such a "generative game engine" could also go offroad, extrapolating what would happen if you go to unseen places. I'd even say extrapolation capabilities of such a model could be better than a traditional game engine, as it can make things up as it goes, while if you accidentally cross a wall in a typical game engine the screen goes blank.

jsheard 2y ago
> Here you could imagine that such a "generative game engine" could also go offroad, extrapolating what would happen if you go to unseen places. They easily could have demonstrated this by seeding the model with images of Doom maps which weren't in the training set, but they chose not to. I'm sure they tried it and the results just weren't good, probably morphing the map into one of the ones it was trained on at the first opportunity.
HellDunkel 2y ago
The game doom is more than a game engine, isnt it? I‘d be okay with calling the above a „simulated game“ or a „game“. My point is: let‘s not conflate the idea of a „game engine“ which is a construct of intellectual concepts put together to create a simulation of „things happening in time“ and deriving output (audio and visual). the engine is fed with input and data (levels and other assets) and then drives(EDIT) a „game“. training the model with a final game will never give you an engine. maybe a „simulated game“ or even a „game“ but certainly not an „engine“. the latter would mean the model would be capable to derive and extract the technical and intellectual concepts and apply them elsewhere.

jsheard 2y ago

> Here you could imagine that such a "generative game engine" could also go offroad, extrapolating what would happen if you go to unseen places. They easily could have demonstrated this by seeding the model with images of Doom maps which weren't in the training set, but they chose not to. I'm sure they tried it and the results just weren't good, probably morphing the map into one of the ones it was trained on at the first opportunity.

HellDunkel 2y ago

The game doom is more than a game engine, isnt it? I‘d be okay with calling the above a „simulated game“ or a „game“. My point is: let‘s not conflate the idea of a „game engine“ which is a construct of intellectual concepts put together to create a simulation of „things happening in time“ and deriving output (audio and visual). the engine is fed with input and data (levels and other assets) and then drives(EDIT) a „game“. training the model with a final game will never give you an engine. maybe a „simulated game“ or even a „game“ but certainly not an „engine“. the latter would mean the model would be capable to derive and extract the technical and intellectual concepts and apply them elsewhere.