More initiatives of the Hamburg Kreativ Gesellschaft
De
More initiatives of the Hamburg Kreativ Gesellschaft

Recap: Gamecity Forecast: AI in game production

On Feb. 21, we invited people from Hamburg’s games industry and beyond to our online event “Gamecity Forecast: AI in game production”. Our Forecast sessions aim to spark discussion on trends and developments affecting the games industry, identify challenges and opportunities and exchange experiences. Here's what we took away as our key learnings from the evening!

We’re very happy that we had the support of our guest expert Matthew Dion for this edition – he gave an excellent talk about what’s possible today and what will become possible in the near future when it comes to putting AI-powered tools to work in the production process.

The topic sparked a great deal of interest, we saw registration from all over the world and had a very lively discussion at the event. With games professionals from games and tech companies alike sharing their opinions, thoughts, questions and best practices.

Thank you very much to everyone who attended and especially to Matt Dion for the great input!

Here’s what we took away from the evening as our key learnings:

  • We’re already in the middle of it: AI-powered tools are already in use in many steps of the game production process, giving inspiration, allowing for fast prototyping and freeing up capacity from simpler tasks to be invested in fine-tuning, coming up with new ideas and delivering higher quality.
  • The human factor remains crucial I: AI-generated content is often-times far from perfect. It needs human inputs, supervision, selection, and correction. The skills required to make games might expand to being well-versed in using AI tools, but game production will continue to be in need of experts knowing their craft. Also, data science skills will become even more sought after in companies that want to implement their own AI models.
  • The human factor remains crucial II: Key to implementing AI-assisted tools in a game production workflow is acceptance by the team that should use them. Creating spaces to experiment and have fun with new possibilities can help overcome initial concerns, building acceptance and inspire new best practices.
  • Organizational boost: Outside of creative tasks, AI has not been in the focus, yet. But integration of AI-assisted functions in commonly used tools for project and production management might boost productivity also for non-tech and non-creative members of the production team.
  • The future will come fast: While more general-purpose generative AI applications like ChatGPT or Stable Diffusion are very visible already, companies around the globe are working on domain-specific solutions that are tuned to help with specific tasks. When these products reach the market, we will see another boost in the use of AI-powered tools.

Watch Matt’s keynote below, giving an overview about use cases for AI-powered tools as well as some outlooks into the future!

You can also find his slides and his sources in his blog article.

News

Games Lift: Meet you at the top

For its 2023 edition, the Games Lift Incubator launches with a new space, new concepts, five brand-new teams - and with years of experience.

Games Lift Kick-Off 2023 in New SPACE Innovation Rooms

On Monday, September 11, 2023, the official kick-off of the Games Lift Incubator 2023 took place in the new SPACE innovation space of the Hamburg Kreativ Gesellschaft.

Road to Polaris - Gamecity Hamburg brings 5 indie games to the convention

From October 13 to 15, Polaris, Hamburg's new community convention dedicated to gaming, anime, manga, and Asian pop culture, will open its doors for the second time.

Recap: gamescom 2023

gamescom 2023 was a blast once again – we met some people we rarely see throughout the year otherwise, made new connections and, most importantly, enabled five studios from Hamburg to present their games at the shared Gamecity Hamburg Booth at the Indie Arena Booth.

Hamburg: The Right Place for Your Next Career Level

Hamburg is home to a vast and growing games industry landscape, with over 200 games companies and roughly 2,450 people working in the games sector. Let’s introduce you to the vast amount of companies, educational programs and resources for reaching your next career level.

How to: Make the most of gamescom 2023

For some new members of the industry gamescom 2023 might be their very first visit at the biggest German gaming convention and one of the most important games events worldwide, while others might appreciate a quick refresher on what's going on at gamescom. It's big, it's crazy and it's a lot of fun! Let's take a look at how you can make the most of it as a business visitor.

Road to Polaris 2023 - Apply until August 28

The community convention Polaris takes place on October 13-15 with a three-day program including gaming, e-sports, anime and manga, cosplay, and content creation. Gamecity Hamburg provides free booth packages for Hamburg-based developers, teams, and studios. This way you can present your games, prototypes and demos to the audience and collect direct feedback from your target groups. Applications are open until August 28!

InnoGames Forge of Empires generates one billion euros in lifetime revenues

In 2012, the Hamburg-based developer studio InnoGames launched their strategy hit Forge of Empires, which is still enjoying huge popularity more than 11 years after release. Now, Forge of Empires has surpassed one billion euros in sales. A huge milestone for InnoGames, which shows that successful games can generate significant profits even after years.

Three Questions to: Tiny Roar on their partnership with AONIC

Tiny Roar has become a small institution here in Hamburg since its founding in 2015, both with their original titles, such as their current project "Wanderful" and through collaboration with other studios. This week they announced their partnership with the Swedish investor AONIC, who is now the majority shareholder of Tiny Roar. We took this opportunity to speak to one of the two founders, Maurice Hagelstein, about what this news means for the studio and its future.

Bigpoint celebrates 20 years anniversary

With titles like Farmerama, Seafight and DarkOrbit Reloaded, Bigpoint has been a leading player in the games industry in Hamburg and beyond and is celebrating more than 20 years anniversary! We took this amazing opportunity to talk with Managing Director Michelle Zou about the company and future developments.

Neurodactics releases math learning app Mambio

2021 the Hamburg math learning app Mambio by neurodactics GmbH was supported with 39,273€ with Gamecity Hamburg's prototype funding and 1,172 360€ from the BMWK and has now successfully celebrated its final app release on June 26.

The five winning teams of Games Lift Incubator 2023

Games Lift 2023: These are the five teams

For 2023, five great teams of Hamburg game developers impressed the awarding committee of the Games Lift Incubator with their exciting projects.

More News
Cookies are used to make this website work and to enhance your experience.

To learn more about the types of cookies this website uses, see our Cookie Policy. You can decide for yourself which categories you want to allow. Please note that based on your settings, not all functions of the website may be available.

Cookies are used to make this website work and to enhance your experience.

To learn more about the types of cookies this website uses, see our Cookie Policy. You can decide for yourself which categories you want to allow. Please note that based on your settings, not all functions of the website may be available.

Your cookie preferences have been saved.