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Dragon Quest Creator Yuji Horii Thinks AI Is Amazing As He No Longer Needs To Code Or Draw To Make A Game
Kotaku • • technology
Key Points:
- Yuji Horii, creator of the Dragon Quest series and the 1983 murder mystery game The Portopia Serial Murder Case, has developed a new AI-assisted spiritual successor called Komiya in the Interrogation Room.
- Komiya is a short browser-based game focused on interrogating a suspect, requiring players to navigate lies while managing Agitation and Resistance meters to uncover the truth.
- Horii created the game in about 30 minutes using Anthropic’s AI tools, highlighting how AI now enables game creation without needing traditional skills like drawing or coding.
- Horii has expressed strong enthusiasm for AI technology in game development, contrasting it with the labor-intensive process of making his original games.
- His positive stance on AI coincides with Dragon Quest’s recent promotional collaborations involving generative AI, such as partnerships with Google’s Gemini.
