Some time in the past, I received to interview a Romanian sport developer by the identify of Cristian Gajda who’s engaged on some very bold tasks that I can’t assist cheer on. They’re at present engaged on a TTRPG primarily based on Getae mythology by the identify of Flagstone: Desires of God in addition to an Sandbox-Roguelike-RPG set in the identical universe by the identify of Flagstone: Desires of God.
The video games are nonetheless very a lot in improvement however after speaking to Cristian Gajda, CEO of Gacriva Studio, I received to expertise the fervour behind these tasks first hand.
Flagstone: Desires of God is a TTRPG the place folks derive their energy from their creativeness. The facility idea is fairly fascinating with a novel spell-building mechanic that enables for lots of creativity and enjoyable. Equally, their Roguelike sport set in the identical universe, Flagstone: Getae Legacy, is meant to offer near-infinite quantities of content material, a residing and ever-changing world, on high of some moderately bold however fascinating parts.
Now, clearly, “close to infinite quantities of content material” sounds presumably a bit triggering, particularly this present day, attributable to the truth that Machine Studying algorithms and AI are threatening many various livelihoods, however I used to be positively stunned to see how Anti-AI Cristian Gajda was.
Their sport does function machine studying BUT they use their very own information units to coach their “AI”. As such, it’s moral within the sense that each one information they use is their very own to make use of. Gacriva Studios’ artists all create their very own artwork, meshes, designs and objects. AI is just not getting used for the artwork itself… simply parts of the sport which can be being generated, like questlines, dialogue and even the ever-changing world… and even then, it’s completely underneath the management of the builders with limitations, quite a lot of prompts and inputs, in addition to many various situations created by the builders which the AI takes “inspiration” from, principally.
Other than that elephant within the room, we additionally talked concerning the Getae, a bunch of individuals whose tales, legends and tales are a lot underrepresented in trendy media. As an enormous mythology nerd, I used to be actually completely happy to listen to about them not simply making a sport impressed by Getae “lore” but in addition working with professionals to make sure accuracy.
The total interview could be discovered on my YouTube channel (additionally embedded above). Make certain to test it out!
Additionally, be sure that to try GacrivaStudio’s web site if you happen to’re thinking about their work!
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