• Microsoft will launch two powerful tools for video game developers

• They will be able to turn prompts into dialogues, stories, and other elements

From ' God of War ' to ' The Witcher 3 ', games with excellent stories and dialogue are a true gem. Teams of artists, writers, and quest designers often work for months or years to bring their projects to life. However, the arrival of artificial intelligence (AI) could mark a turning point in how video games are developed.

Microsoft has just partnered with Inworld to create AI-powered storytelling tools for Xbox developers. The agreement, they explain, pursues the idea of ​​creating “even more extraordinary games,” although it may not be without controversy: it comes at the same time as the creatives in the industry they are evaluating doing a strike similar to the one that affected Hollywood.

AI in the service of video game development

The concept of AI in the world of video games is not entirely new. In fact, algorithms have been part of this industry for a long time, primarily in everything related to... related to NPCs . However, we may now be about to witness a much deeper implementation as a result of the move by the video game giant. Let's look at the topic in detail.

Microsoft will provide game developers with two powerful tools for creating dialogues, stories, and missions. One is an "AI Design Copilot." This will help team members "explore more creative ideas." How will it do this? In a way very similar to what we've seen in ChatGPT or Bing Chat , through text-based prompts.

Developers will be able to use prompts to generate detailed scripts, dialogue trees, missions and other related elements for their projects. The Redmond company doesn't provide too many details about how this Copilot works, but we assume it will be optimized for video games and will offer a number of advantages that will differentiate it from ChatGPT.

On the other hand, there will be an AI character runtime engine that can be integrated into the game client. From here, developers will be able to access dynamically generated stories, missions, and dialogue. This is an alternative that will delegate much of the creative work to AI algorithms. However, we'll have to wait to find out how it works.

As we said, this set of tools will be available to developers, but It won't be exclusive to Xbox studios . Third-party studios will also have access. Regarding Microsoft's move, the company has made a decisive shift towards artificial intelligence, investing millions of dollars in OpenAI and revitalizing Bing, Windows, and Office with its Copilots.

Source: Xataka