Join us for an exciting evening exploring the future of game development and AI-driven characters with Jai Campbell, Google Developer Expert (GDE) in AI, Google Cloud and Modern & Enterprise Infrastructure 🤖☁️

In this session, Jai will demonstrate how to transform non-player characters (NPCs) from simple scripted bots into rich, memorable personalities using the Agent Development Kit (ADK), Gemini, Gemma and the Google Cloud Platform (GCP) ✨. Forget rigid dialogue trees, imagine NPCs that truly talk back, with dynamic conversations, real-time reactions and even responses to voice, video or emotional cues 💬

These AI-powered characters don’t just follow scripts; they learn, adapt and evolve alongside the game world 🌍

Whether you’re building a noir mystery 🕵️‍♂️ or a vast open-world adventure 🗺️, large language models (LLMs) can give every NPC a distinct personality, backstory and spark of life players won’t forget 🔥

👾 Live demos will include:

• 💬 Procedural dialogue: NPCs that converse dynamically based on context and player input.

• 🎭 Real-time behaviour modulation: Characters that respond instantly to player actions and decisions.

• 🌱 Environment-aware logic: NPCs that evolve as the world around them changes.

• 🧠 Personality & memory: Adding depth through vector memory and narrative conditioning.

Whether you’re a game developer, AI enthusiast or agent builder, this session will show how generative AI is levelling up NPCs from background filler to adaptive, unforgettable characters 🔝🔝