How to make game NPCs look like real people
How to make the progress of the game world change dynamically according to the player's behavior
The best solution that Li Zongzheng can think of is to design an independent intelligent program for NPC, so that NPC can understand the behavior of players and give corresponding feedback!
At least, it can be realized on a small number of key NPCs!
However, this idea seems simple to say, but it is not easy to realize it technically.
If Wu Fan hadn't mentioned that part of the design of the neuromimetic network that Yunmeng Technology was researching coincided with the kind of intelligent program needed by the "sandbox world", Li Zongzheng would never have thought of it on a whim. Such a wild idea came to mind.
After listening to Li Zongzheng's explanation, Wu Fan had a thoughtful expression on his face.
After a long time, he raised his eyebrows with an expression of interest, raised his head and said.
"It sounds interesting... Although I don't know much about online games, I can give it a try."
"Really?!" Du Ziteng stared at him dumbfounded, with an expression on his face as if he was constipated, "Are you sure that the... idea that Mr. Li said can really be realized through AI?"
In fact, what he originally wanted to say was a daydream.
If Li Zongzheng was not his immediate boss, he might have said this.
"Of course it's possible in theory, but I can't give you a 100% promise for something I haven't done before. And as I said, I don't know the game as well as you do. Even if it succeeds, I can't guarantee that it will meet your expectations. kind of effect."
Wu Fan gave a cautious answer to Du Ziteng's question.
However, Li Zongzheng, who was looking at him eagerly, didn't seem to hear these words. I saw Mr. Li holding his shoulders with an overjoyed expression and looking at him with bright eyes.
"There is hope after all, right?"
Looking at this hot look, Wu Fan took half a step back, sweating profusely.
"Yes... But I said, I can't protect—"
"That's OK!" The smile on Li Zongzheng's face became brighter and he patted him hard on the shoulder. "This glorious and arduous task will be left to you. I promise you that we will do our best to cooperate with you." experiment of!"
Originally, Wu Fan wanted to persuade him not to have too many illusions about such an uncertain matter. However, when he heard the second half of the sentence, he unconsciously swallowed the words that reached his lips.
Do your best to cooperate with their experiments...
This condition is almost impossible to refuse for him, who regards the completion of brain-computer interface technology as his lifelong dream.
Squeezing a smile from his face, he showed an even more exaggerated momentum than Li Zongzheng, and nodded vigorously with a confident look on his face.
"Yeah! I promise you!"
"You can trust me completely, our technology will definitely not let you down!"
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For an excellent work, the operation of drawing cakes for players is essential.
Just when Li Zongzheng decided to use Yunmeng Technology's AI technology to create a sandbox world called Azeroth, Du Ziteng, the manager of the operations department, also released this blockbuster news to everyone with his instructions. A reporter with good connections with Yunmeng Group.
There was no surprise. When they heard that Yunmeng Games planned to design World of Warcraft into a highly intelligent sandbox online game, almost players all over the world were shocked by this news.
A sandbox-style online game
What is that
[The dynamically changing continent of Azeroth? In other words, the story after the Frozen Throne is left to the players? !]
[What the hell? ? ? NPC with intelligent program implanted? ? real or fake?]
[Honestly, this is too much. The behavior of each player determines the progress of the game, and the NPC must be as smart as a living person? Unless Yunmeng Games arranges a customer service representative for every NPC.]
[I'm afraid that one won't be enough. Even if it's just a perfunctory way, at least one member of the group must be assigned to each NPC.]
[Not necessarily, they can assign a rice elf to every NPC. (funny)]
[I just want to ask, when will it be online? Do you have a chance to play it in this life?]
In the Warcraft discussion community of the Game Island Forum, posts on related topics almost occupy the entire homepage panel. Although the ways of expressing surprise and shock are different, the meanings in those posts are similar.
Or maybe he thinks Yunmeng Games is crazy.
Or you just think they are awesome!
Maintaining a dynamic world is easy, just keep releasing major updates. However, it is not so easy to determine the direction of the game world through player behavior.
First of all, player behavior is uncontrollable, but every update of the game requires a long period of preparation before it can be released. Unless Yunmeng Games can create a nearly perfect framework for World of Warcraft, and then allow subsequent games to run perfectly within this framework, and leave all subsequent updates to intelligent programs to complete.
Only in this way can the concept of a "dynamically changing game world" be realized in a true sense.
Not only lay players are amazed by the pie drawn by Yunmeng Games, but also professionals in the industry. For most of them, the concept of sandbox games is just a vague concept. Many people are still exploring how to introduce this concept into stand-alone games, and have never thought about it. Used in online games.
The reason is very simple. If any online game dares to do this, it will almost certainly be played badly by players with great imagination. Let alone a program, sometimes even I, as a human being, may not be able to understand the weird behaviors of some players in the game.
However, now, Yunmeng Games is once again at the forefront of the industry, putting design concepts in front of players that many of them would never dare to think of.
Even if it's just a piece of cake that's not yet cooked...
"Using smart technology to create a dynamically changing game world? Is this guy crazy?" Xu Qianshi looked at the news on his phone screen with a surprised expression.
After working in the gaming industry for so many years, this was the first time he heard such an outrageous idea.
And compared to the idea itself, what puzzled him even more was Hao Yun's reason for doing this. Warcraft has achieved unprecedented achievements in the history of Xia Kingdom's games. With countless fans, he does not need to take such a big risk. As long as the quality of the final product of World of Warcraft is above the passing line, thousands of players will not hesitate. pay for it.
But now, they have drawn such a big pie for the players.
Once the final product of Yunmeng Games does not realize those wild ideas, not only will players feel cheated, but they will also be suspected of deceiving consumers.
Wu Jianhua, standing in front of his desk, said with a complicated expression.
"To be honest, I don't understand the reason why they did this... But I heard that the AI technology of Yunmeng Games is provided by Yunmeng Technology."
Xu Qianshi, who had never heard of this name at all, looked at him.
"Is Yunmeng Technology famous?"
Wu Jianhua shook his head and said.
"Not famous, but relatively famous in the field of brain-computer interface. Around the beginning of the year, they seemed to have received an investment of one billion or several billion from Jiang'an Capital, and they suddenly became the leader in the entire field of brain-computer interface research. Funder. In this frontier field where the commercialization prospects are still unclear, whoever has money is the star in the circle, so many well-known domestic research institutes have cooperative relationships with them."
"Research on pseudo-neurology is currently the most mature technology with the most application scenarios in the entire field of brain-computer interface research. Even if their own background is not enough, the research institutions they sponsor with money will surely be very good. Happy to help.”
Having said this, Wu Jianhua paused for a moment and suddenly sighed softly.
"When I saw Yunmeng Group investing in brain-computer interface technology, I thought Yunmeng Group had too much money and no place to spend it, but I didn't expect that man to be playing such a big game of chess."
Once they successfully get players to accept and get used to the open-world MMOROG gameplay, other MMORPGs can hardly even raise their heads in front of World of Warcraft.
To put it bluntly, how can ordinary game companies have the spare money to invest in AI technology
Previously, he was spending money on e-sports to build a moat for the Warcraft IP, and now he is spending money on technology to create industry barriers for MMORPG. The entire industry is almost chasing his heels, but even the back of his head cannot be seen. .
Xu Qianshi, who finally came to his senses, gradually began to realize this, and the expression on his face turned serious, and then changed from solemn to fearful.
This man's strength is stronger than he imagined...