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An interesting game from Square Enix has appeared on Steam, which is an AI tech preview on The Portopia Serial Murder Case, which was first published in Japan in 1983. According to the game’s Steam page, it is “a demonstration of Natural Language Processing (NLP), an AI technology, as applied to the adventure game.” Players will be able to talk to their partner, give him instructions, and try to solve the string of mysterious murders.
The game goes live on April 23, 2023 and it will be free to play. Basically, Square Enix is using the game as a test case to show the capabilities of modern NLP and the impact it can have on adventure games. There’s also a trailer, which you can watch below, that shows the interesting possibilities NLP has for adventure games. We look forward to checking this out in a couple of days.
Square Enix AI Tech Preview: The Portopia Serial Murder Case
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With over 20 years in online publishing, Jason Siu is the Community Director at Autoverse Studios, where he also contributes to the design and development of Auto Legends. His extensive background includes serving as Content Director at VerticalScope and writing about cars for prominent sites like AutoGuide, The Truth About Cars, EV Pulse, FlatSixes, and Tire Authority. As a co-founder of Tunerzine.com and former West Coast Editor of Modified Magazine, Jason has also authored two books for CarTech Books. In his spare time, he founded FullCleared to channel his passion for gaming, with a particular fondness for RPGs.
