Capcom Seems Sold on Using AI to Help Out with Game Development

Capcom appears to be pushing forward with plans to implement AI in its game development process.

As per a recent interview with Google Cloud Japan (as translated by Automaton), Capcom technical director Kazuki Abe seems pretty positive on the use of AI programs — especially during the conceptualisation phase of a project.

Abe says that one of the most time-consuming parts of game development is the creation of "hundreds of thousands of unique ideas" when it comes to things like settings and environmental design.

Typically, concept artists are the ones who have to come up with this stuff, based on briefs. Ideas are churned out as quickly as possible, before the vast majority of work is dismissed in favour of what seems to be the best fit.

In particular, Abe talks about about environmental objects; items placed within the game world that all need to be drafted, designed, and then realised in-engine. Again, Abe laments the sheer amount of work that has to go into details like this — the kind of details that, arguably, many players won't even stop to notice.