What do players REALLY feel about AI-powered characters - when they experience them firsthand?
Today we're announcing preliminary results from the in-depth player study conducted by @BristolUni - bringing much needed nuance to the debate around AI in games @Official_GDC
Check out the full replay of our #GDC2025 session presented by @MeaningMachine_ to discover the technology behind Dead Meat's AI-powered NPC "suspects" 👀
https://t.co/4VAXV1P78M
Check out our session with @MeaningMachine_ in 30 minutes to hear about the technology behind AI-powered NPC "suspects" in Dead Meat.👀
📍Join us in room 3009, West Hall.
Join us on Thursday at 2PM to discover the technology behind Dead Meat's AI-powered NPC "suspects"🕵️
Learn how @MeaningMachine_ brought complex characters on-device with NVIDIA ACE and Game Conscious™ AI at this #GDC2025 session.
https://t.co/DG7pTdZuB5
In our #GDC2025 talk, we recommended pioneer LLM-driven games like @AI2U_game@playsuckup (cover from @Greenskullai ) @MeaningMachine_ the most important takeaway is to make AI follow design that's centered on players. Thank you for making ai-native games!
We’re speaking at @Official_GDC in collab with @nvidia!
We’ll be sharing how AI NPCs can play a meaningful part in author-driven gameplay… all on device!
Key takeaways:
- 🧙♂️yes, AI is magic; but not the kind you think
- 🎢 why your AI NPC should think like a rollercoaster
Discover the technology behind Dead Meat's AI-powered NPC "suspects"🕵️
Learn how @MeaningMachine_ brought complex characters on-device with NVIDIA ACE and Game Conscious™ AI at this #GDC2025 session.
https://t.co/H6EyD7aFmM
Discover the technology behind Dead Meat's AI-powered NPC "suspects"🕵️
Learn how @MeaningMachine_ brought complex characters on-device with NVIDIA ACE and Game Conscious™ AI at this #GDC2025 session.
https://t.co/H6EyD7aFmM
5. Dead Meat: A Murder Mystery Game Where You Control the Conversation
Dead Meat by Meaning Machine is an upcoming murder mystery game where you can ask suspects anything—whether by voice or keyboard. Want to question their alibi, explore deep topics, or even confess your love? Your words shape the game.
Persuade, manipulate, threaten, or charm your way to the truth. The interrogation room is your sandbox, and your imagination is the only limit.
At CES 2025, Dead Meat was shown running in real-time on a GeForce RTX 50 Series GPU, generating dialogue locally for the first time. Previously, it used cloud-based LLMs, but thanks to a partnership with NVIDIA, the game now runs directly on your device.
Découvrez Dead Meat de @MeaningMachine_ conçu avec NVIDIA ACE pour créer des PNJ dotés d'une IA profonde et pertinente fonctionnant localement sur des PC GeForce RTX AI.
Sieh dir Dead Meat von @MeaningMachine_ an, das mit NVIDIA ACE entwickelt wurde, um tiefe und aussagekräftige KI-gestützte NPCs zu liefern, die lokal auf GeForce RTX AI PCs laufen.
Sprawdź Dead Meat od @MeaningMachine_ zbudowane z NVIDIA ACE, aby zapewnić szczegółowe i znaczące postacie niezależne oparte na sztucznej inteligencji, działające lokalnie na komputerach PC z GeForce RTX AI.
We combined our Game Conscious™️AI with NVIDIA ACE Small Language Models to deliver a local version of our game DEAD MEAT.
Achieving psychologically rich AI NPC dialogue entirely "on device" - using models that have been trained on our own hand-written content - is a major step
Check out Dead Meat from @MeaningMachine_ built with NVIDIA ACE to deliver deep and meaningful AI-powered NPCs running locally on GeForce RTX AI PCs.
Learn More → https://t.co/igjgRYE6oI
We've been secretly collaborating with @nvidia for the past 6 months... and are now revealing the results at @CES 2025!
Together, we've brought psychologically deep AI NPCs "on device" for the very first time - with a local version of our game DEAD MEAT.
A big moment.
🎮 Developers at @MeaningMachine_ integrated NVIDIA ACE with their Game Conscious™️ AI tech to deliver deep and meaningful AI-powered NPCs locally.
Check out our partner spotlight video to learn more.
#CES2025