In an interview with VGC, Kosuke Okatani, producer on Foamstars, stated that the event group used AI era instrument Midjourney to create in-game artwork for album covers for the sport’s soundtracks however defined that almost all of the sport was nonetheless made by people.
“All the core components in Foamstars — the core gameplay, and the issues that make the sport satisfying — these are all made by hand,” Okatani advised VGC. “Nevertheless, we did need to experiment with AI as effectively.”
Earlier this 12 months, Sq. Enix president Takashi Kiryu stated in his New Yr’s Day letter that Sq. Enix intends to be “aggressive” in its use of AI in improvement and publishing.
“Within the quick time period, our objective shall be to boost our improvement productiveness and obtain larger sophistication in our advertising efforts. In the long term, we hope to leverage these applied sciences to create new types of content material for customers, as we consider that technological innovation represents enterprise alternatives,” the letter learn.
Earlier this month, SAG-AFTRA signed a cope with Duplicate Studios, an AI voice software program firm, that might permit performers to license their voice solely with the corporate to be used in online game initiatives.
A Sq. Enix PR consultant additional elaborated on Foamstars’ use of AI to VGC: “On this occasion, we experimented with Midjourney utilizing easy prompts to provide summary pictures. We liked what was created and used them as the ultimate album covers gamers will see within the recreation. Every thing else was created solely by our improvement group.”