u/sporkyuncle

The store page for Wayward Realms says this:

> AI Generated Content Disclosure > > The developers describe how their game uses AI Generated Content like this: > > This game uses a Large Language Model to help parse out in-game player character data (quests, allied factions, in-game world events, NPCs the player has interacted with, etc.) to customize quest objectives and reword hand written dialogue to fit that particular player character's playthrough.

However, I saw some discussion in the Steam forums from a representative that said this:

> Let us reiterate as well, the LLM is NOT the VGM, it is only a small part of it. We have switched away from using an LLM for Dialogue curling. Instead we use translation tech to reword dialogue, which gives us much better control of the output without any potential for hallucination.

If the translation software used isn't generative AI, it might be worth changing the store page description, as a number of people are quite against AI usage and might write off the game just due to the disclosure being there. Just, considering the idea that the early access launch period is fairly important for future success.

A lot of what I've seen of Wayward Realms so far has been things like a written novel, a lorebook reading on Youtube, just in general there seems to be an air of back story that needs to be dived into. And I know that was partly the design ethos of Daggerfall as well, and it's important for a game like this to have a solid lore foundation to build everything on.

My question is, do you expect to provide an experience that's just as engaging for those less interested in diving that deep, and the lore is mostly optional? Or would you say the game is not for those people?

For me, I'm fine with getting into lore and books, but a lot of that comes after the game has demonstrated that its world is interesting and engaging enough to be worth spending the time to understand it better. I've seen enough fantasy stories that when I hear stuff like "the Marquis DeBalastos was slain on the eve of Twicemorrow by the servants of the Garfleon Horde" I start glazing over, but personal stories told with fun character writing can get my attention. I want to meet eccentric characters, like a lady oddly obsessed with pillows, or a shy goblin who is bad at hiding an embarrassing secret, not just "slay me 12 skeletons."

Will there potentially be some worldbuilding scenes like those seen in games like Skyrim, where the first time you enter a handcrafted, important town square something might be going on to observe? Do you believe that sort of game design is at odds with the goals of Wayward Realms?

Imagine that tomorrow, Toby Fox makes a public statement.

"Look," he says. "While I'm really happy that people enjoy the characters of the Undertale universe as much as they have, enough is enough. I would please ask that no one draw them anymore, don't draw Sans or Papyrus or Undine or especially Toriel or any of the rest. The exception is AI art, I'm totally fine if you want to generate them...I just would really ask for people's understanding and respect here that we don't want there to be any more drawn depictions of these characters. Thanks everyone, really, it means a lot."

What do you think the internet would do in response to this request?