Next Level @ King's College London

A day of talks about science, research and the future of videogames. October 25th 2024, at King's College London.

[Next Level @ King's College London @nextlevelkcl]

Next Level 2024 is happening tomorrow! We'll have the coffee ready at 10.30am and our talks will begin at 11am. See you there...

[Next Level @ King's College London @nextlevelkcl]

Raluca Gaina is an AI researcher and the co-founder of Tabletop R&D! She'll be speaking at Next Level about testing tabletop games using AI, and what that means for game designers.

We have a few free tickets left! https://t.co/wJ0TecDcMm

[Next Level @ King's College London @nextlevelkcl]

We're delighted to welcome Lisa Kasatkina from Jagex, developers of Runescape, who will be speaking about QA in the games industry today, how it's changed and what the big challenges of today are.

Grab your free tickets here: https://t.co/4ms8CDWUtp

[Florence Smith Nicholls @florencesn]

Oh hey, it's me 😄
Come along on October 25th if you want to hear the latest results from my PhD research 👀

[Next Level @ King's College London @nextlevelkcl]

We're also showcasing research at King's College London at Next Level - like @Sinem_Gorucu who will be speaking about her work on using boardgames to explore people's relationship with their environment (and each other)!

Tickets: https://t.co/wJ0TecDKBU

[mike cook @mtrc]

Are you coming to Next Level? We've already announced four of our speakers, with more to come! Join us at @kclinformatics later this month for a day of amazing talks.

Free tickets: https://t.co/aF8a8lXpc6

[Next Level @ King's College London @nextlevelkcl]

Next Level 2024 will feature @florencesn, an AI PhD student, writer and archaeologist talking about how archaeological methods can help players, designers and preservationists record games and play.

Join us in October - grab your free ticket now: https://t.co/Y7aTTbJ8cT

[Next Level @ King's College London @nextlevelkcl]

Our next speaker is quantum computing expert James Wooton (@decodoku) from Moth Quantum! What on earth is a quantum computer exactly, and what does it have to do with videogames? James is a world expert on both topics!

Grab your free tickets here: https://t.co/Y7aTTbJ8cT

[Dr Kate Compton @GalaxyKate]

Hey guess whos dropping a HOT NEW ONTOLOGY in London in a month?

[Next Level @ King's College London @nextlevelkcl]

We're delighted to announce @GalaxyKate as our second speaker! The inventor of Tracery, wrangler of bots, and world-renowned expert in Making Computers Cool And Weird will be speaking about the past and future of generativity.

Grab a free ticket: https://t.co/wJ0TecDKBU

[Next Level @ King's College London @nextlevelkcl]

Tommy is also one of the organisers of the AI & Games Conference, happening a little later this year! https://t.co/0DFCAOb1dh

[AI and Games Conference 2025 @GameAIEvents]

Announcing the AI and Games Conference 2024.

Bringing together the leading experts in AI for the video games industry.

- November 8th 2024, hosted @GoldsmithsUoL
- Two tracks of talks on AI in game development.

Early bird tickets on sale now at:
https://t.co/CB1G66vU1e

[Next Level @ King's College London @nextlevelkcl]

It's time to introduce some of our speakers for 2024! Starting off with the inimitable Tommy Thompson of @AIandGames, who'll be doing what he does best: taking us on a tour of the weird and the wonderful of AI for games.

Grab your free tickets here: https://t.co/4ms8CDWUtp

[mike cook @mtrc]

.@o_withington is opening today at #fdg24 with a really vital analysis of procedural generation systems and how we evaluate them.

[mike cook @mtrc]

Woo! My Roguelike Celebration talk is done. Here's some assorted slides, including a couple of cut ones with zero context. I had so much fun writing it, and I have a really fun follow-up paper for 2024, so stay tuned!

[mike cook @mtrc]

You can see Cat Royale at @SciGalleryLon as part of their ongoing AI exhibition, "AI: Who's Looking After Me"!

https://t.co/8LMld4Lisp

https://t.co/DLdJJ4MCGw

[mike cook @mtrc]

Good morning! Phew, I'm feeling a bit lighter today, I gotta say. Thank you to everyone who came to @nextlevelkcl yesterday, sorry to those I didn't get a chance to say hi to. Very proud to be a part of the @aiatkings Festival of AI.

[Next Level @ King's College London @nextlevelkcl]

Mike references @maxkreminski, who made the point that if your tool is being used by countless creatives to make half baked ideas - then it's a success!
#nextlevel23

[Next Level @ King's College London @nextlevelkcl]

"Automate with purpose!"
@aleenachia gives a call for us as toolmakers and creators to shape the conversation around labour, creativity and AI
#nextlevel23

[Next Level @ King's College London @nextlevelkcl]

Our final talk is Next Level organiser @mtrc talking about their experience working on procgen and games for the last 10 years, and what the future might hold - does there have to be a sad ending for AI and games, and society more generally?
#nextlevel23

[Michael Luck @michaelluck]

The silhouette of @mtrc as he brings to a close the @aiatkings Festival of AI’s amazing games day @nextlevelkcl that he put together.

[Nathan Gavenski @NGavenski]

Great day at @aiatkings's Festival of AI. A lot of different topics involving games and AI 🕹️👾 Very inspiring and a lot of ideas to work with 😅😁