The edited clips will be played before each panel session. Procedural Direction Learn what the future holds for game design. This panel presents a snapshot of the current state of procedural simulation and its potential. Video and computer games have come a long way from their simple beginnings in the arcades. As consoles have evolved, game development has become incredibly complex, exceeded only by consumer expectations for a higher level of game art and game play.
Game developers continue to rely on labor-intensive traditional methods.
Production schedules have gone from one year to 2.5 years. Procedural simulation may change everything. For the developer, procedural simulation offers a lighter, more versatile library of assets. The payoff will be a new art form and a more cost-effective method of recreating intelligence, behavior, physics, and modeled environments. From mad texting that incites political revolutions to alien-fish swapping games, the usefulness, richness, and whimsy found in the world of instant messaging is often lost on North American audiences.