Tech investor Weili Dai unveils Story Machine generative AI game creation platform
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Tech investor and entrepreneur Weili Dai today unveiled her latest venture: Story Machine, a generative AI tool for creating art or programming for games.
Built by game development studio Robot Invader, Story Machine is a generative AI-infused 2D game creation platform and engine.
Story Machine wants to empower creators by building generative AI tools directly into a cross-platform interactive game engine. While the use of generative AI in gaming is in its early days, Story Machine’s integration is useful for creators today, said Dai in an interview with GamesBeat. The company made the announcement at the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco.
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“In my ecosystem, I always have the passion to empower the young generation with creativity, for education, to express themselves now with another choice of Story Machine,” said Dai. “I think we can serve the masses with this technology and its affordable costs. We’re very excited. This is why we are launching at the Game Developers Conference.”
While it’s not likely that generative AI can spit out awesome games anytime soon, helping game creators with tools that can help them generate better art is a big opportunity, said James Kaplan, CEO of Meetkai, one of Dai’s metaverse platform companies, in an interview with GamesBeat.
“We’re thrilled to finally unveil Story Machine at GDC,” said Gregory Love, COO of Robot Invader, in a
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