We’re Not Hiding Our AI — It's the Main Event
The video game industry says “don’t use AI."
They punish developers for using it...
We say: bring the fight on.
We’re not just breaking the mold—we’re breaking the rules. While the game industry tries to gatekeep AI, we’re going to use it anyway. We are going to use it responsibly. What does that mean? It means we are not just letting AI build you a slop fest. As a matter a fact, AI is not doing any of the coding, modeling, story writing, or development of our new game SMOKEWOOD. And yet, it is still going to change everything about this game.
"This is the path to revolutionize gaming with AI and still preserve our integrity" ~ Matt Mazer - CTO Sakatumi Games
SMOKEWOOD is the first game utilizing dynamic AI to give you a unique experience based on who you are. A living, breathing narrative that is uniquely yours and impossible to fake or repeat. A narrative you control, not AI. So what is the AI doing?
Our AI is responsible for generating individualized unique visual content based on your personality, character, and decisions. It does not run or alter the game in any way, but reacts to the events of it, and produces imagery and video personalized for each player.
This isn’t just a new feature—it’s a revolution.
Why is this so important? Cutscenes and visuals are what immerse people in games and connect them to their experience. The ability to generate personalized visuals is a "game changer" because it allows us to develop story type games without defined linear story lines. The largest limiting factor for these type of games is the cost of producing cutscenes. Game development has been stuck spending 90% of their budget trying to produce Hollywood quality cutscenes by posing and animating game models.
We Are Thinking Bigger...
We want to remove that huge budgetary hinderance, expand it to a personalized experience, and get back to what game development is really about. Writing games. And not just for us and this game. Even before our game is released, we will be releasing our AI integration Assets on the Unity Asset Store to integrate AI visuals into their Unity game projects. We don't expect you to wait for our game to see the possibilities.
We’re proud to be outlaws. We’re proud to be first. This is going to change everything...
Sakatumi Games is
Independent. Intentional. Uncompromising.
We are an independent game studio dedicated to creating narratively rich games that challenge players to think about their choices and their consequences. We believe games should be more than entertainment—they should be mirrors held up to the world, forcing us to confront difficult questions about who we are and who we want to become.