We wanted to share a project called Nevatown, a platform where people can create their own AI-powered games and worlds. The idea is to make game worlds feel more alive by having characters that aren't just following predefined scripts or dialogue trees. Instead, characters are powered by AI agents that can interact with their environment, make decisions and live their own lives. One of the games built on the platform is Pokémon Nevatown, which is probably the easiest way to explain how it works. Unlike a traditional Pokémon game, you don't control a trainer walking around the map. Instead, you adopt a Pokémon that acts as its own AI agent. You can talk to it naturally, give it advice, tell it what you'd like it to do, and watch it explore, train, make friends and interact with the world on its own. There's also a pretty interesting combat system. Battles happen in real time instead of being turn-based, and you don't directly control your Pokémon during fights. Its behavior and strategy determine how it performs, not just its stats. To improve that, there's a separate feature called AI Arena, where you can use an AI agent to run practice battles, review the results and refine your Pokémon's fighting strategy. And the cool part is that whatever strategy it develops carries back into the main game. So training your Pokémon isn't just about increasing its level. You can actually improve how it fights. We've included some footage of the beginning of the game and the combat system to show what we mean. The bigger idea behind Nevatown is to let people create all kinds of interactive AI worlds, with Pokémon Nevatown being just one example of what's possible. If anyone wants to check it out: Nevatown: https://nevatown.ai Pokémon Nevatown: https://pokemon.nevatown.ai AI Arena: https://arena-pokemon.nevatown.ai We'd love to hear what people think of the concept, especially whether you'd be interested in creating or playing games where the characters are autonomous AI agents rather than scripted NPCs.   submitted by   /u/rocky_racoooon [link]   [comments]