Project KARA
Project KARA: A Cross-Studio R&D Initiative in AI-Powered Game Remastering
At GDC 2024, we introduced Project AVA, an R&D initiative within Keywords Studios exploring generative AI tools in game development. While that project focused on 2D content, we recognized the need to push further - could AI meaningfully enhance 3D game art production?
Enter Project KARA. Our mission: remaster an ageing game using AI-driven pipelines, assessing whether these technologies can accelerate workflows while maintaining high-quality results. Over the past year, we've conducted extensive cross-studio research, encountering breakthroughs, challenges, and unexpected limitations.
Project KARA at GDC 2025
This GDC talk explores the transformative role of AI in game development. In this session, we unveil our findings, share real-world results, and discuss the future trajectory of AI-powered game art. Explore practical insights, cautionary tales, and predictions for the evolving role of AI in asset production.
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Project KARA
Our in-house Research and Development (R&D) Project KARA is an evolution of timeless lessons taken from our previous R&D initiative Project AVA (Presented at GDC 2024) on the challenge of utilising Generative AI (GAI) tools to assist in the design and development of a video game from scratch. This applied R&D approach gave the team the best insights into the true potential of AI for video game development. The goal of this new R&D initiative is to further extend our expertise in GAI for game development.
March Newsletter
This edition of the KARA newsletter explores how generative AI can streamline asset creation and accelerate production in game development. We highlight key experiments demonstrating its potential to enhance workflows and efficiency.
February Newsletter
This month, the team explores two key areas where AI is reshaping game dev pipelines: Lighting concept art for 3D environments and GAI-assisted graphic design and branding.
January Newsletter
In our January Newsletter we introduce you to the concept of and 'Agent Swarm', as well as exploring the powerful combination of Generative AI and procedural workflows.
December Newsletter
In our December Newsletter we look at the ways generative AI can help with automatically texturing 3D models. We’ll walk you through some of our early research that combines automation with GAI.
November Newsletter
Read the November Newsletter to find out more about how GAI tools can boost 3D art pipelines.
