ARC Raiders just delivered one of the strongest proofs that AI powered gaming is making an impact. 🎮 AI enhancing without replacing 🧵 👇

Prompt 2 Play is back with our 4th partner, Triumph Games. There’s a new chance to create a game and win prizes if your game is one of the top 3! Livestream in the Triumph Discord starts December 04, 10 AM EST (3 PM UTC).

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Although there was slight call out of the AI voice acting at launch, 99% of their gamers looked past this bc the game is fun. With time, AI developed games will become more and more accepted. This will lead to a Cambrian explosion in the types of games that can be created. 🎮💥

Enemy behaviour also uses machine learning systems. Instead of predictable patterns, combat encounters feel reactive to the player.

The key was AI didn’t replace talent. It allowed for writers to iterate quicker, characters feel more alive and world interactions grow deeper with AI trained on the VAs in-game dialogue.

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Behind that success the team made a bold choice. They used a mix of real voice actors and AI assisted TTS to build a more dynamic dialogue experience with limited resources, allowing a 60-person team to create at AAA scale.

Within its first week, ARC Raiders sold 2.5 million copies ($100M in sales), now at just over 4 million copies ($160M). On Steam alone the game touched more than 459,000 peak concurrent players.

Had an awesome last week with @BawsaXBT and @heurist_ai last week. Here's my take on how the future of vibe coding will be no coding at all, just on demand generation at every level.

Tomorrow at 11AM EST, we're hosting an X Space on vibe coding. Building products that resonate beyond features. Aesthetic coherence and cultural alignment determine adoption. Vibe can be designed.

If you want to learn about AI game dev check out @DannyLimanseta’s content. Here’s my own rendition of the example game Danny made. Was able to brush off the dust on cursor with this one!

Mobile gamers, get ready for Wednesday! 🫡 We’ll talk about the mobile gaming boom and whether it can eclipse PC & consoles. Speakers from: @planetx, @sansound3, @Gamegptofficial, @TheNoppera Set a reminder below 👇

Prompt To Play Week 1 Highlights! We had WAY more entries than expected, so we need a little more time to choose. New time for Winner Announcement: 6 PM EST (10 PM UTC)

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Hey fam, going live in @isekaiblade discord in 1 hour! We’ll be building a game live, then starting the Prompt to Play campaign. Build your own game and earn USDC!

💡 The bigger picture  Megabonk proves one person can outsell some AAA game titles on release. AI enables indie studios to build better and better games faster and more efficiently than ever before. The next viral hit may not be from company, but from a solo founder + AI.

🤖 Did it use AI? No. But the question now is, could this have been built with AI? AI can already help with • Art and animation • Coding and testing • Music and sound design • Level and world generation The low-poly art design in Megabonk is entirely possible to generate

💰 The results : • 2.7 million copies × $10 = around $25-27 million in sales • After Steam’s share, roughly $17-19 million net For a one person game, that’s a massive success story. I suspect this is a trend and not an anomaly.

👤 The developer - Created entirely by one person known as Vedinad. No publisher, no team, no expensive marketing. Just one creator building something people genuinely enjoyed.

🔥 Why it went viral : • Easy to play and high dopamine • Reasonably priced at $9.99 • Creator previously had YT channel and strictly promoted through YT Shorts • Weekly organic growth made others take note and share

🎮 What is Megabonk? A fast and funny survival game where you fight endless waves of enemies, collect upgrades, and try to survive as long as possible. Vampire Survivors in 3D some would say.