The editorial team at App2Top has repeatedly approached developers for opinions on neural networks and received the most polarized responses. From “it’s random that desperately needs human intervention” to “soon AI will create a grand hit for me.” To find out what is closer to reality, we’re discussing with representatives from MidHard, Beresnev Games, Playkot, and other studios.

On May 20, Google introduced a new generative model — Veo 3. Recently, an AI enthusiast tried it in creating video gameplay and shared the costs involved in producing such clips.

One of the most significant revolutions in video game development over the past decade unfolded without much fanfare. While two years ago, generative AI could still be considered a toy, today it is a working standard in the industry.

The lead game designer at Crazy Panda, Sergey Zaigraev, shared with App2Top how he uses neural networks to work on documentation.

In the development of Aliens vs Zombies: Invasion, the studio Game Gears, which is part of the GDEV holding, actively employed AI. How exactly these tools helped optimize production is detailed in a column for App2Top by Alexander Vaschenko, the CEO and AI evangelist of the studio.

How to find a common language with AI and what part of the work can really be delegated to neural networks without loss of quality,” Andrey Novikov, an artist at ZiMAD, told in his column for App2Top.

Playkot 2D artist Tatiana Mironova has detailed how the studio implemented image-generating tools into their pipeline to create UI elements for Spring Valley. Here is what the team learned during this process and what are the clear advantages and pitfalls of training your own models.

By using a neural network in conjunction with their own extension, the team at Skywaylab Studio was able to reduce their creatives’ production time from 20 to 2 days. Right now, the studio is focused on preparations for releasing its own tool for creating 2D animations to fit its new pipeline. Aleksey Emelyanov, one of Skywaylab’s founders, told us how that’s going to work.

Vera Velichko, CEO of OWL studio, spoke about the tasks in which neural networks can help CG artists today, and in which – you should not expect much from them.

Cascadeur character animation software has reached an audience of 130 thousand people and is being released in Product Hunt today. We thought this was a great opportunity to talk to its founder about the challenges that the tool is currently facing, and, most importantly, about its integration with neural networks.

Startup Phygital+ has launched a library of neural networks. That’s what it’s called — AI Library. The service contains information about more than 1000 tools of “generative artificial intelligence“.

The use of Midjourney allowed the Lost Lore game studio to significantly optimize the costs of creating art. How exactly, — Evgeny Kitkin, the founder and CEO of the studio, told in his column.