https://www.rickvu.com/ Rick Vu is a founder in Ho Chi Minh City building AI-native games and tools: Red Dog Studio and Scoat. en https://www.rickvu.com/ai-writing/are-there-released-games-with-ai-npcs/ https://www.rickvu.com/ai-writing/are-there-released-games-with-ai-npcs/ Sun, 11 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT Yes. As of October 2026, AI NPCs have shipped in inZOI, Fortnite, Where Winds Meet, and indie games. PUBG Ally and Ubisoft's NEO NPC have not. https://www.rickvu.com/ai-writing/ai-npc-startups-and-funding/ https://www.rickvu.com/ai-writing/ai-npc-startups-and-funding/ Sun, 11 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT Who builds AI NPC tools in 2026, what each company sells, and what a funding round does and does not tell a studio choosing a vendor. https://www.rickvu.com/ai-writing/steam-ai-disclosure-explained/ https://www.rickvu.com/ai-writing/steam-ai-disclosure-explained/ Sun, 11 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT About 19.5% of June 2026 Steam Next Fest entries carried an AI disclosure. Here is what Valve asks developers to disclose and what that figure counts. https://www.rickvu.com/ai-writing/keeping-ai-npcs-safe-from-jailbreaks/ https://www.rickvu.com/ai-writing/keeping-ai-npcs-safe-from-jailbreaks/ Sun, 11 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT No model is immune to jailbreaks, so a safe AI NPC keeps its limits in game code. Allowed actions, input and output filters, fallback lines, and logs. https://www.rickvu.com/ai-writing/llm-or-scripted-npc-dialogue/ https://www.rickvu.com/ai-writing/llm-or-scripted-npc-dialogue/ Sun, 11 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT Script NPC lines when writers can list every situation or a wrong line would hurt. Use a live model for what nobody can list. Many characters need both. https://www.rickvu.com/ai-writing/what-is-an-ai-native-game-studio/ https://www.rickvu.com/ai-writing/what-is-an-ai-native-game-studio/ Fri, 09 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT An AI-native game studio ships games that stop working without generative AI at runtime. Here is a test that separates it from a studio using AI tools. https://www.rickvu.com/ai-writing/how-ai-npcs-work/ https://www.rickvu.com/ai-writing/how-ai-npcs-work/ Fri, 09 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT An AI NPC is a language model inside rules the game owns. Here is how the persona, memory, game state, tool calls, latency, and voice fit together. https://www.rickvu.com/ai-writing/ai-npc-cost-per-player/ https://www.rickvu.com/ai-writing/ai-npc-cost-per-player/ Fri, 09 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT A worked cost model for LLM NPCs built from public API list prices, with a formula you can rerun and the levers that cut cost and latency. https://www.rickvu.com/ai-writing/ai-native-startups-gaming-2026/ https://www.rickvu.com/ai-writing/ai-native-startups-gaming-2026/ Fri, 09 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT A dated map of AI-native gaming startups by category, with named examples, why each category exists, and what has to be true for it to work. https://www.rickvu.com/ai-writing/ai-game-maker-vs-game-engine/ https://www.rickvu.com/ai-writing/ai-game-maker-vs-game-engine/ Fri, 09 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT An AI game maker turns prompts into a playable game in minutes. A game engine gives you full control of the project. Pick by what you plan to ship. https://www.rickvu.com/ai-writing/how-to-choose-an-ai-game-maker/ https://www.rickvu.com/ai-writing/how-to-choose-an-ai-game-maker/ Fri, 09 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT Give every AI game maker the same prompt, then check export, ownership, offline play, multiplayer, pricing, and Steam AI disclosure before you commit. https://www.rickvu.com/ai-writing/game-developers-distrust-generative-ai/ https://www.rickvu.com/ai-writing/game-developers-distrust-generative-ai/ Fri, 09 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT In GDC's 2026 survey, 52% of game developers said generative AI has a negative impact on the industry, yet 36% use it. Here is why both hold. https://www.rickvu.com/ai-writing/ai-native-game-studio-vietnam/ https://www.rickvu.com/ai-writing/ai-native-game-studio-vietnam/ Fri, 09 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT Vietnam ships billions of mobile game downloads a year. Here is how its game industry works and what an AI-native studio in Ho Chi Minh City changes. https://www.rickvu.com/ai-writing/how-ai-npcs-remember/ https://www.rickvu.com/ai-writing/how-ai-npcs-remember/ Fri, 09 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT An AI NPC remembers through three layers the game controls, which are recent turns, a ranked long-term store, and reflections. What to store and what it costs. https://www.rickvu.com/ai-writing/keeping-ai-npcs-in-character/ https://www.rickvu.com/ai-writing/keeping-ai-npcs-in-character/ Fri, 09 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT AI NPCs can stay in character most of the time but not every time. Why they drift, how teams test for it, and what happens when a check fails. https://www.rickvu.com/ai-writing/ai-npc-latency-and-voice/ https://www.rickvu.com/ai-writing/ai-npc-latency-and-voice/ Fri, 09 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT A spoken AI NPC turn spends its time on turn detection, speech recognition, first tokens, and voice. Here is the budget and what cuts each step. https://www.rickvu.com/ai-writing/what-are-ai-native-games/ https://www.rickvu.com/ai-writing/what-are-ai-native-games/ Fri, 09 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT An AI-native game needs a generative model running during play to work at all. Here is the definition, the six kinds, and games you can play. https://www.rickvu.com/ai-writing/ai-npc-engines-compared/ https://www.rickvu.com/ai-writing/ai-npc-engines-compared/ Fri, 09 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT A criteria-based comparison of AI NPC tools, from Inworld and Convai to NVIDIA ACE, Artificial Agency, Fortnite, and a raw model API. No ranking. https://www.rickvu.com/ai-writing/world-models-and-games/ https://www.rickvu.com/ai-writing/world-models-and-games/ Fri, 09 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT A world model draws each frame of a game from past frames and your input, with no engine behind it. What Genie 3, Oasis, and Muse show, and where they stop. https://www.rickvu.com/writing/game-design-lifecycle-vs-software-lifecycle/ https://www.rickvu.com/writing/game-design-lifecycle-vs-software-lifecycle/ Thu, 08 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT Try the vibe first, edit on the go, and let an agent write the code. What software development can borrow from game design.