we're entering a new era in AI-first game creation ☀️
up to now AAA games like Red Dead Redemption 2 cost $500M and took over 3,000 people 8 years to make
with generative AI, small teams can ship at near AAA quality but at a fraction of the cost & time
a few thoughts 👇
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1/ as a fusion of art & technology, games are infamously complex & costly to build
took a crack team of 500 developers over 9 years and ~$175M to ship, and was still widely panned at launch for being incomplete
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4/ text and dialogue generation is already here
i love this example of @ammaar using ChatGPT to write a children's storybook with illustrations from
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I spent the weekend playing with ChatGPT, MidJourney, and other AI tools… and by combining all of them, published a children’s book co-written and illustrated by AI!
Here’s how! 
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5/ all those NPCs? we'll be able to generate those too
millions have already used 's photo app Lensa to create stylized art of themselves
& with we can build 3D fully interactive NPCs using just concept art
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6/ for 3D assets, genAI could be the next level of procedural generation already used in many games
if you played , you've spent hours in worlds created with algorithms. 80% of the greenery was procedurally generated
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7/ what's exciting is that we're very much still in the early innings. as foundational models improve, we'll see better tooling which drives better end-user products
the rate of AI research progress has been exponential - just look at this chart
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1) Papers released over time is accelerating.
This is the backdrop for the recent overwhelming amount of AI progress. Let's dig in.
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8/ long-term, tools that make it easier for folks to build games will open up the market to new creators, and with them new ideas & gameplay types
a parallel: enabled unique new forms of video - where else can we find sea shanties like this?
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Making sure everyone who has been liking the sea shanty tiktoks has seen the Kermit one
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wrap/ AI-first games are poised to kick off a new cycle of industry disruption on the same level as mobile and cloud - enabling new creators, content, & biz models
for more on the genAI revolution, see this great blog from my partners
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folks - appreciate the comments. i posted a follow-up thread which takes a stab at answering some questions 👇
as a former game dev, i care deeply about the industry, the livelihood of creators, and am eager to work with y'all to figure out this new tech
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