A Spring Breakout daily quest tasks players with giving a command to a hired specialist. There are several hireable characters across the map who aren’t specialists, so check our specialist guide to ...

AI-powered NPCs that don’t need a script could make games—and other worlds—deeply immersive. First, a confession. I only got into playing video games a little over a year ago (I know, I know). A ...

Throughout its history, Ubisoft has ushered in new standards for what a game can be and look like which shook the industry when they first arrived and all these years later have become foundational ...

Avoid creating full character sheets for NPCs to maintain game balance and avoid disadvantages. Keep NPC information concise to streamline gameplay and reduce confusion during sessions. Ensure NPCs ...

In late 2018, just weeks before the U.S. midterm election, a term any gamer would recognize began to bubble up into political conversation. NPC (short for non-player character) became the alt-right ...

Creating a compelling adventure hook to entice your table is one of the most important cornerstones of any great Dungeons & Dragons campaign. While you may design your campaign to have grander arcs ...

Radiant AI was introduced in The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion (2006) as a system enabling NPCs to make autonomous choices and follow daily routines, rather than just scripted patterns. Each NPC had ...