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Roundtable Discussion March 8

Roundtable discussion: OpenAI’s Sora in game development, imminent revolution or tool with its limitations?

Last month, OpenAI unveiled its new text-to-video model Sora, causing a stir among professionals and casual users alike. Although it is yet to be released publicly, we decided to discuss whether it can be used in game development, as well as its potential pitfalls and limitations, with experts from ZiMAD, Skywaylab, Playkot, Lost Lore, and Charisma.

Industry News February 5

Spring Valley surpasses 11 million downloads, while its lifetime revenue approaches $10 million

Spring Valley, a mobile farming game by Playkot, has reached a new milestone. It now has 11,584,618 lifetime downloads.

Game Development June 5, 2023

UI meets AI: lessons learned from implementing image-generating tools into Playkot’s pipeline

Playkot 2D artist Tatiana Mironova has detailed how the studio implemented image-generating tools into their pipeline to create UI elements for Spring Valley. Here is what the team learned during this process and what are the clear advantages and pitfalls of training your own models.

Dev Interviews April 3, 2023

Navigating game licensing in China: Insights from Playkot on getting ISBN for Spring Valley

At the end of March, Playkot became one of 27 companies that received a special license to release their game, Spring Valley, in China. In our interview with Jane Artemova, the company’s Business Development Manager, we discussed how expensive it was to apply for an ISBN, how long the review process took, what changes were requested by the regulator, and more.