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I've actually never been to this, but most of the talks Ive seen from it are great! If you are doing anything interesting PCGwise maybe see if you could submit something?

Everything Procedural Conference@everythingproc.bsky.social

The Call for Speakers is still open, we are very curious to what you have been up to!

Tazer_Silverscar ⚡🐺🇮🇪

@tazer-silverscar.bsky.social

23 Jan

I mean, I'd be curious to see what people are doing in this part of the industry, but I worry that there'll be quite a few who can't tell the difference between procedural generation and AI generation 🤔

Sam Swain

@sam.apparance.uk

There are usually some AI talks, most are trying to use it in interesting/clever ways (e.g. local, narrative, reviewing output, testing). A couple have been more blatant but the audience are very aware of what's what.

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Tazer_Silverscar ⚡🐺🇮🇪

@tazer-silverscar.bsky.social

26 Jan

We shouldn't have to be using it for narrative though. That's the creative bit! Why would anyone who cares even remotely about creativity want to hand the narrative off to a machine?

Sam Swain

@sam.apparance.uk

26 Jan

This is true, and I'm not convinced by those talk(s), but I suggest giving them a watch as there is still food for thought within. Some examples to follow...

Sam Swain

@sam.apparance.uk

26 Jan

Sorry @tomnullpointer.bsky.social, for slightly derailing your post/thread. :)

Sam Swain

@sam.apparance.uk

26 Jan

And a couple of "in-between" talks: "This title wasn’t generated in ChatGPT" www.youtube.com/watch?v=NZfN... "The Elephant in the Writing Room" www.youtube.com/watch?v=FDpL... "Making Game Characters come alive with Language Models" www.youtube.com/watch?v=aOkw...

youtube.comEPC2023 | This title wasn’t generated in ChatGPT | Paul Ambrosiussen & Moritz SchwindYouTube video by BUas Games

Sam Swain

@sam.apparance.uk

26 Jan

One of the very worst: "Worlds from Words" www.youtube.com/watch?v=ztYQ...

youtube.comEPC2025 | Worlds from Words | Thomas TobinYouTube video by Everything Procedural

Tazer_Silverscar ⚡🐺🇮🇪

@tazer-silverscar.bsky.social

26 Jan

I've seen this before, and it never looks any better. Yikes.

Sam Swain

@sam.apparance.uk

26 Jan

One of the better approaches: "Creative Support for Game Writing: How LLMs can Complement Human Creativity" www.youtube.com/watch?v=XzEF...

youtube.comEPC2025 | Creative Support for Game Writing: How LLMs can Complement Human Creativity |Ashwathy ReviYouTube video by Everything Procedural

Tazer_Silverscar ⚡🐺🇮🇪

@tazer-silverscar.bsky.social

26 Jan

Mmm... it takes her a while to get to her point, but what she's actually talking about is getting rid of testers. Both internal and external. Funny that she says it doesn't replace actual play testing, because that's exactly what studio CEOs want, and if she thinks that's not the case, she's naive.