“Will AI Replace Game Developers or Make Games Better?”

[talkaboutspiffy]

Lately, the gaming industry is buzzing with talk about artificial intelligence (AI). We already see it being used in NPC dialogues, procedural generation, testing, and even music/sound design. But here’s the big question:

👉 Will AI eventually replace game developers, writers, and artists, or will it simply be another powerful tool to help them?

For example:

NPC Dialogues: Games like Cyberpunk 2077 and Skyrim (with mods) already experiment with AI-driven dialogues. Imagine NPCs that never repeat themselves and can hold unique conversations every playthrough. But does that mean writers will no longer be needed?

Level Design & Procedural Generation: Games like Minecraft and No Man’s Sky already rely heavily on procedural systems. With AI, entire worlds could be built instantly. But is that exciting… or does it remove the “human touch” in design?

AI as a Co-Developer: Ubisoft, for example, has already announced AI tools that help writers generate NPC barks (short lines). This can speed up development, but also raise questions about creativity and originality.

Some researchers suggest that AI won’t replace creativity but will amplify it — making it easier for small studios to build massive worlds. On the other hand, critics warn that publishers could start replacing human jobs with AI-generated assets, leading to “soulless” games.

🎮 Questions for discussion:

Would you play a game where 90% of the dialogues, quests, and music were made by AI?

Do you think AI-generated content will eventually surpass human creativity, or will it always feel “fake”?

Should game developers openly disclose which parts of a game were created with AI?

I personally think the best future is a hybrid — AI as a tool, humans as the visionaries. But the debate is heating up, and it’s worth talking about.

[Mr. Smiles]

Given your AI generated OP, probably not.

Also this forum is for help and tips for the steam client. Not slop. Take it to OT.

[nullable]

Originally posted by karen:

“Will AI Replace Game Developers or Make Games Better?”

Define better?

At the end of the day, it can be a useful tool. I write boring business software, and I'm about zero percent worried about being replaced at the moment.

[Dranak]

AI need specilist or experts help, there was a cancer department that use it, and AI could predict maybe they have issue down the road, and send founding cases to experts , but we are also over in so many cells that even humans have issue with see it all.

AI need so much data, so it can say i think this look like this in earlig state. very tough predictions.

Human cretivity is hard to beat, we can make pathways not logic , they can not, require you tell them how to do such.

[Princess Luna]

Not buying AI made games

[vkobe]

Originally posted by karen:

Lately, the gaming industry is buzzing with talk about artificial intelligence (AI). We already see it being used in NPC dialogues, procedural generation, testing, and even music/sound design. But here’s the big question:

👉 Will AI eventually replace game developers, writers, and artists, or will it simply be another powerful tool to help them?

For example:

NPC Dialogues: Games like Cyberpunk 2077 and Skyrim (with mods) already experiment with AI-driven dialogues. Imagine NPCs that never repeat themselves and can hold unique conversations every playthrough. But does that mean writers will no longer be needed?

Level Design & Procedural Generation: Games like Minecraft and No Man’s Sky already rely heavily on procedural systems. With AI, entire worlds could be built instantly. But is that exciting… or does it remove the “human touch” in design?

AI as a Co-Developer: Ubisoft, for example, has already announced AI tools that help writers generate NPC barks (short lines). This can speed up development, but also raise questions about creativity and originality.

Some researchers suggest that AI won’t replace creativity but will amplify it — making it easier for small studios to build massive worlds. On the other hand, critics warn that publishers could start replacing human jobs with AI-generated assets, leading to “soulless” games.

🎮 Questions for discussion:

Would you play a game where 90% of the dialogues, quests, and music were made by AI?

Do you think AI-generated content will eventually surpass human creativity, or will it always feel “fake”?

Should game developers openly disclose which parts of a game were created with AI?

I personally think the best future is a hybrid — AI as a tool, humans as the visionaries. But the debate is heating up, and it’s worth talking about.

100% i dont think

but AI like tool for developer yes the game should be better, it is faster, especially for translation, dub, you can also copy paste with slighty difference for character and map, the only limit is the size on your hdd, ssd, but if we get petabyte hdd or ssd the space should not be problem

maybe after 2040 AI going to be advanced enough to made video game without developer, but currently AI is not ready for that, AI can made fun video, but you see its limits, we still need 2 or 3 new gen of AI before AI can seriously compete and threat against disney pixar for fun anime, but currently AI is only good for short clip or easy clip, they can also made some porn movie, but not level of anime of 20 minutes long

[vkobe]

Originally posted by nullable:

Originally posted by karen:

“Will AI Replace Game Developers or Make Games Better?”

Define better?

At the end of the day, it can be a useful tool. I write boring business software, and I'm about zero percent worried about being replaced at the moment.

at least for translation and dub, think japanese game like yakuza or sword art online or any chinese game

[ALLCAPS ALVIN]

Life is a game.

How come you're not playing?

[Corvus XIII]

You can make dialogues not repeating on many languages you don't need AI to do that.
Maybe save the time of typing it out and just copy paste whatever the ai comes up with.

You can already get a lot of auto generating worlds and characters and dialogue.

Currently AI will just be an advanced search that can go through all the folders and say yep we got this now and plaster it up for you.

The Questions :
1. I might do and it may become the norm for gaming but game after game will lose out.
Look at games of past, many of them could be limiting and flawed BUT that is what made games so interesting how differently they operated / played like even of similar genres.
AI may make everything a plod through.

2. It depends on how much experience the end user has of using their mind creatively.
You could fool people with AI.
Even now with authors who seem to copy a style i dislike (mentioned in book review topic) my patience wears thin and so it would be with AI.

3. Where does a person stop and AI begin? We all use programs to assist with coding. My limit is notepad ++ other people go further wit things that literally lay everything out for you and correct all your typos or incorrect syntax even. That is not even AI.

4. pretty much.

[Adversary]

AI is a tool like any other. What matters is not the existence of the tool, but how it is used.

That being said if a machine can do your job then it probably should. Doesn't matter what the context is, automation will inevitably replace anything and everything that it is able to. And I have no sympathy for those who lack the foresight or the wherewithal to both understand that and thus improve their lot to the point of being irreplaceable.

The only person to blame when your job is given to a computer is you. You did nothing to make yourself more valuable than the computer and in the end that's why you were let go.

[Corvus XIII]

Originally posted by Adversary:

AI is a tool like any other. What matters is not the existence of the tool, but how it is used.

That being said if a machine can do your job then it probably should. Doesn't matter what the context is, automation will inevitably replace anything and everything that it is able to. And I have no sympathy for those who lack the foresight or the wherewithal to both understand that and thus improve their lot to the point of being irreplaceable.

The only person to blame when your job is given to a computer is you. You did nothing to make yourself more valuable than the computer and in the end that's why you were let go.

How do you feel about the Luddites?

[Adversary]

Originally posted by Corvus NaN:

Originally posted by Adversary:

AI is a tool like any other. What matters is not the existence of the tool, but how it is used.

That being said if a machine can do your job then it probably should. Doesn't matter what the context is, automation will inevitably replace anything and everything that it is able to. And I have no sympathy for those who lack the foresight or the wherewithal to both understand that and thus improve their lot to the point of being irreplaceable.

The only person to blame when your job is given to a computer is you. You did nothing to make yourself more valuable than the computer and in the end that's why you were let go.

How do you feel about the Luddites?

I don't.

[talemore]

Yes.

[Crystal Sharrd]

Hahahahahahaha, no.
AI can't replace actual game development, though it might be able to do AI slop shovelware.

[Learing]

Gradually...

It will be universal and something we accept in concession eventually I predict
It sucks if you value creativity and see video games as art.

AI used in the planning/etc of a game to assist with ideas is fine but generative AI stuff shipped into the game, outputted, low effort upscaled textures etc? I ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ hate it

Dead Rising Deluxe Remaster and GTA Definitive Trilogy used AI upscaling for the textures and it's so disgustingly lazy.

https://www.thegamer.com/dead-rising-deluxe-remaster-seemingly-uses-ai-upscaling-for-shop-items-storefronts-willamette-mall/

[talemore]

We already have 100% AI generating movie makers and videogames are repeated patterns.