Ep 8: GenAI as Development Accelerant (AUDIO ONLY)

Playing With Inference

AUDIO ONLY VERSION
In this episode, we talk with Irena Pereira about her dual role in running Unleashed Games and Infinite Realms. Irena shares insights into how she is using AI to accelerate game development in a way that she believes ensures job security for developers. We talk a lot about how she's used GenAI with her small team to deliver outsized results, and how it compares to her experiences with larger teams on games like World of Warcraft. We talk a lot about the core of the idea at Infinite Realms, using GenAI to do rapid preproduction on written IP's that might otherwise be overlooked, allowing teams and IP holders to deliver games and experiences with small teams that might otherwise not be accessible to players at all.

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00:00 Introduction to AI in Game Development
00:11 Meet Irena Pereira: The Dual Startup Founder
01:16 Keynote Experience and AI's Role in Game Development
03:28 Infinite Realms: Bringing Literary Worlds to Life
06:52 Unleashed Games: Family-Friendly Cooperative RPGs
10:38 AI in Game Development: Challenges and Innovations
19:48 Distilling IPs into Game Development Artifacts
29:00 Reception and Future of AI Tools in Game Development
32:05 Career Beginnings and Challenges
32:41 Joining the United States Air Force
33:26 Innovations in Air Tasking Orders
36:01 AI in Game Development
37:20 Effective Use of AI in Collaboration
40:03 Prototyping and Iteration with AI
48:13 Art Style Testing with AI
51:48 Future of Game Development with AI
01:04:48 Closing Thoughts and Contact Information

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