I Used An AI To Create The Video Games Of My Dreams

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If you’re reading this you probably just want to know if that picture at the top is supposed to be Master Chief and Knack kissing, and the answer is yes. That image was created by an AI model called DALL·E mini that has been making the rounds on social media this week. You can think of DALL·E mini as a Google image search of the imagination. You can type whatever you want and the AI will do its best to turn it into an image. The results are often expressionist and surreal. Like Master Chief macking on Knack, you have to squint your eyes and tilt your head to see it clearly. Psychedelics might even help, but that’s an experiment for another day.

While I’m sure there are some profound artistic and scientific applications for the AI, I’ve mostly been using it to make weird video games. The AI can put together almost anything you can think of, but it won’t do anything too lude - kissing wasn’t the first idea I had for Knack and Master Chief. I spent the afternoon experimenting with game ideas, here were the results.

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First, I started with a few fan-favorite fake games. Crash Team Racing and Jak X: Combat Racing both succeeded Naughty Dog trilogies, so why didn’t we ever get an Uncharted racing game? Well it’s finally here. I give you Unkarted: Thief Racing. If you thought Nathan Drake was cool before, just wait until you see him in a 50cc go-kart.

Nintendo fans are obsessed with getting Waluigi his own game, for some reason. One of the most popular fan concepts is a pirate-themed adventure game called Waluigi: Sea of Greed. My version of the Waluigi game is a little more abstract. As far as I can tell, it’s some kind of side-scroller/brick-breaker that features a human-sized