The future is here: 8 games with advanced AI
Artificial intelligence is not just a technology that is now widely known, but also a new form of interactivity. In recent decades, many games have been released that use advanced AI solutions in game design. At the same time, some users confuse modern neural networks and the "old type" — programmed systems that animate game worlds. It is interesting to look at vivid examples of both the former and the latter using textual and visual generative models. For more information, see the Izvestia article.
No Man’s Sky
Type: Software AI
Release year: 2023
Genre: Action-RPG, science fiction
Developer: Team Miaozi
What to play on: PC, PlayStation 5
AI in No Man's Sky plays a big role in creating the feeling of a living, procedurally generated world. It is involved in the behavior of wild fauna, space guards, NPC characters, and ship navigation. Here it is rather not a single system, but a set of adaptive behaviors that make the universe "real" and responsive to the player. AI helps create the illusion of an autonomous, inhabited space, where every creature, ship, or settlement behaves according to its own rules. AI guides the behavior of intelligent beings that can be found on stations, planets, and buildings. Dialogue systems with AI elements provide contextual responses depending on the player's reputation level and the words of alien languages learned. And with the release of the Frontiers update, AI manages entire settlements, where residents have their own roles, needs, and may be unhappy with the player's decisions as a manager.
Alien: Isolation
Type: Software AI
Release year: 2014
Genre: Horror, stealth
Developer: Creative Assembly
What to play on: PC, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Xbox 360, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
In Alien: Isolation, artificial intelligence is the heart of horror, which makes this game one of the most memorable in the genre of "survival horror".
The main innovation of Alien: Isolation at the time of release was a two-tier AI system consisting of an invisible overseer who monitors the player's behavior and regulates the intensity of fear. It is this level that decides when and where the xenomorph should begin to actively pursue the victim. And the alien's behavioral AI controls the xenomorph itself: its movement, hunting, and reaction to sounds. The alien has no predefined routes, it finds a target with the help of hearing, vision and logic. He also uses pseudo-learning mechanics: if the player often hides in closets, the xenomorph will start looking there.
AI Dungeon 2
Type: Generative AI
Release year: 2019
Genre: text adventure, sandbox
Developer: Nick Walton / Latitude
What to play on: PC, Android, iOS, Web browser
One of the first text-based games to use generative AI capabilities to create endless adventures. Players can enter any actions or dialogues, and the AI reacts by continuing the story in unpredictable creative ways. The game started using the GPT-2 model, and was later upgraded to GPT-3, and this significantly improved the quality and consistency of the generated stories.
Infinite Craft
Type: Generative AI
Release year: 2024
Genre: Sandbox
Developer: Neal Agarwal
What to play on: Web, iOS, Android
A sandbox in which players combine different elements to create new ones. The game uses Llama 2.7 and Llama 3.1 AI models to generate new elements and assign them unique characteristics. Each new combination of elements can lead to unexpected results, and this makes the gameplay truly unpredictable.
Generated Adventure
Type: Generative AI
Release year: 2023
Genre: Adventure game
Developer: Luden.io
What to play on: PC
A small fantasy game, an experiment by natives of the Nival Interactive studio, created entirely using generative AI. Every aspect of it, from the artwork and plot to the dialogues, characters, locations, and music, was done using AI tools: Stable Diffusion, Midjourney, and ChatGPT.
Caves of Qud
Type: Software AI
Release year: 2024
Genre: roglike, RPG
Developer: Freehold Games
What to play on: PC, Mac OS, Linux
An RPG is an open-world "roguelike" game that is partly predefined and partly randomly generated. The setting is a post—apocalyptic sci-fi world inspired by tabletop role-playing games. Deeply simulated physical and political systems that are randomly generated at each launch make each playthrough unique and enhance replayability.
Dungeons 4
Type: Software AI
Release year: 2023
Genre: strategy, dungeon management simulator
Developer: Realmforge Studios
What to play on: PC, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series
The essence of the Dungeons 4 gameplay is that players control a dungeon, build traps, and fight against heroes trying to get inside. The game combines elements of resource management and tactical battles, offering a variety of strategic options. Artificial intelligence here plays a key role in controlling the behavior of opponents and the reactions of underground inhabitants to the player's actions.
Cygnus Enterprises
Type: Software AI
Release year: 2023
Genre: Action-RPG, science fiction
Developer: Team Miaozi
What to play on: PC
In Cygnus Enterprises, the player takes on the role of a contractor who has been abandoned to rebuild an abandoned outpost on the planet Mytilus. One of the features of Cygnus Enterprises is the integration of advanced artificial intelligence to control non-player characters. In collaboration with the Inworld AI platform, the developers have implemented a system that allows NPCs to interact in real time, conduct dialogues with the player, responding to his actions and commands. In addition, players can give voice commands to their personal electronic assistant, which is able to collect resources, activate shields, heal the character and perform other tasks. Each NPC has his own memory, knowledge of the history of the game world and individual character traits, which makes interaction with them more lively and unpredictable.
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