Dragon Quest co-creator Yuji Horii has simply launched a brand new recreation that he says was made (or, reasonably, prompted) in about half an hour because of gen-AI.
In a web-based submit from this weekend, the famed recreation developer recalled how he created 1983’s The Portopia Serial Homicide Case totally on his lonesome. “I got here up with the story myself, drew the photographs myself, did the programming myself, and created the sport all on my own,” Horii wrote on X.
“And now, by utilizing AI, even when I am unable to draw photos or program, I can simply give directions to the AI and create a good recreation all on my own. It is actually astonishing. By the best way, the manufacturing time for the sport beneath was nearly half-hour. Oh, and do not press the increase button,” he provides, whereas linking to a text-based interrogation recreation.
その昔、PCで『ポートピア連続殺人事件』を作った時は、自分で物語を考え、絵も描いて、プログラムもして、ひとりでゲームを作りました。そして今、ＡＩを使えば、絵を描けなくても、プログラムしなくても、ＡＩに指図するだけで、ひとりで、そこそこのゲームを作れてしまいます。ホントびっくりです。ちなみに下のゲームの制作時間は、ほんの30分ほどでしたよ。あ、ブーストするボタンは押さないように。
https://t.co/slczyG52ZQ— 堀井雄二 (@YujiHorii) October 11, 2026
Horii’s love affair with the tech began some time in the past. Earlier this yr, MMO Dragon Quest 10 teamed up with Google’s Gemini AI to energy an NPC chatbot known as “Chatty Slimey”, an in-game character that may speak to gamers in case they’re, you recognize, ravenous for human interplay in a massively multiplayer on-line RPG. The 72-year-old dev defended the choice in an interview with Famitsu, translated by GamesRadar, months later: “As a result of these days AI is absolutely sensible, it is enjoyable. It would not matter what I ask it, it hardly makes issues up [anymore]… It is evolving, and recently there are quite a lot of issues you are able to do with it. Slimey is a conversational companion, so I feel it lowers the barrier of entry to interacting with AI.”
As famous by VGC, Horii can also be toying with the concept of an AI-powered chatbot for one in all his future video games, as properly. He is at present concerned with Dragon Quest 12: Past Desires and a shock sequel to The Portopia Serial Homicide Case many years within the making.
Generative-AI and its makes use of in recreation improvement have been massively controversial in recent times – with gamers, builders and online game actors apprehensive about job safety. Simply this month, Google and Unity revealed a fairly miserable AI-game-making device, too.