The skeleton and foundation of all new Halo games are reportedly being built using Xbox's generative AI technology in a bid to streamline development.
  • Maxxie@piefed.blahaj.zoneEnglish
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    2 months ago

    AI accelerates development by enhancing enemy behavior, terrain, and streamlining tasks, enabling faster production and innovation.

    Terrain – sure, good use-case.

    Enemy behavior – probably just a buzzword for what enemy algorithms have been for decades.

    Streamlining tasks – ai summaries for git commits instead of typing it out? work for work’s sake, kinda hate it

    developers are expected to meet similar to quicker deadlines and the only means to do so is through the use of AI, whether that’s mundane tasks like scheduling things or writing emails, all the way to actual game development

    this is the real scoop. use llm to generate code, touch a bit then shove into main branch without any understanding.

    development is getting the “translation treatment”, when it went from being a skilled field into a minimum-wage one crowded by overworked interns with google translate.

    • Rayquetzalcoatl@lemmy.worldEnglish
      10·
      2 months ago

      I would argue that terrain is a poor use-case. Well thought-out environmental design is really important; the environment of the game is the space you play in, and really informs how a game feels and how a player plays.

      Shipping that all out to a chatbot feels like… Well, nobody’s designed these levels, so why would I want to play them?

  • Sabata@ani.socialEnglish
    3·
    2 months ago

    Pretty obvious they killed the golden goose and are just selling its rotting meat.