AI Dungeon Proves Machine Learning Games Are the Future
AI Dungeon Proves Machine Learning Games Are the Future
AI Dungeon Proves Machine Learning Games Are the Future
By Jacob Creswell
November 17, 2020
Summary
AI Dungeon is a web-based AI text adventure that aims to generate an original adventure each time it's played.
AI Dungeon's AI model responds to the player's inputs and attempts to create a fitting response that still fits with the tone of the story.
The best way to describe AI Dungeon is that it plays like a sandbox text adventure where the player can quite literally do anything they can think of.
Granted, the AI works much better when the general tone and quest of the prompt are followed, but there's plenty of ways for the player to get the AI to work in their favor.
AI Dungeon includes a few tools for the player to help build the model.
AI Dungeon can sometimes feel like it's the AI vs. the player, rather than the AI working with the player to tell an engaging story.
When the AI flows with the player's decisions, AI Dungeon is an incredibly innovative experience that may reflect on the future of video game storytelling.
Games like the mobile-focused Choices do find ways to capitalize on the limiting nature of choices, though there's a sense of freedom that would come with a true choices matter philosophy where the player can make any choice they could think of.
AI could be used in story-focused sandbox games to help account for player freedom, accounting for player choices that developers may not have thought of.
The basic version of AI Dungeon's AI is available for free, with an updated "Dragon AI" model available for players who support the game.
Reference
Creswell, J. (2020, November 17). AI Dungeon Proves Machine Learning Games Are the Future. Retrieved November 30, 2020, from https://www.cbr.com/ai-dungeon-machine-learning-future-of-games/