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Chat-GPT generated dialogue for AI characters
I had always planned on using Chat-GPT for creating the dialogue for the non-human characters. This is my experience of it.
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UI systems
Creating the UI for an adventure game is a fun little bite sized challenge I enjoy doing. The UI for Echoes of Somewhere is finally finding its groove.
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Upgrading the main character
I had planned to keep the characters far away from the camera, as they were not the best quality. But as I have been working on these scenes the main character creeps closer and closer. So I needed to make him look better.
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Home location – part 2: combining the scenes
In part 1, we used Midjourney and Photoshop to create the 2D locations, Now it is time to merge them together – in 3D.
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Home location – part 1: Adobe Firefly
Sometimes we need to have different spaces link together. This calls for a very accurate reconstruction of the locations. Here is my journey on connecting multiple AI generated rooms together.
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The labyrinth – part 1
The later part of the game features a classic labyrinth puzzle. This post is a step by step walkthrough how I used Midjourney and Stable diffusion to achieve the location and the compromises we needed to make along the way.
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AI supercharged water simulations
As the story is about water, I wanted to use some AI accelerated realtime fluid simulations.
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Weekly update #22
Spring is here and so is the yard work. So this week has been slow for the project. Here is a quick overview of what is going on.
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About the story
This week’s update will be about writing the story for the first episode.
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AI powered fluid simulations
I took an upcoming AI powered fluid simulation tool for a test dive to see if it would allow me to add realistic, interactive smoke to the game.
