Catly developer denies using generative AI or blockchain technology in its open-world cat game

The developer of Catly, an open-world cat game featured in most of The Sport Awards, has denied the use of generative AI for the game‘s trailer or the game itself.

The game is set to launch on Steam, Nintendo Switch, and Apple Keep, and its trailer features a hyper-realistic cat design that briefly raised eyebrows when audiences suspected the generative AI was broken.

Since the disclosure, Reddit users have noticed numerous oddities and signs of deteriorated AI art on the online game‘s website, some of which have reportedly been removed. Additionally, commenters recommended that the developer have hyperlinks to blockchain and NFT games, which it has now denied.

A remark from a PR consultant for Catly developer SuperAuthenti, shared with IGN and Sport Developer, mentioned that generative AI had no longer been affected for the trailer or the game. “In fact, these speculations surprise us greatly,” the observation reads. “We don’t believe there is any AI tool that can produce a video like this. Industry experts have echoed this view.”

Both stores saw in-progress footage of The game Awards trailer, which seemed to demonstrate that the trailer was not AI-generated.

A co-founder of SuperAuthenti is Kevin Yeung, who also co-founded TenthPlanet, a studio that reportedly operates two blockchain video games. One of them is Alien Mews, a virtual simulation of a cat month integrated into Unreal Engine 5 that basically has similarities with Catly. Reddit users have also pointed out a previous game published through SuperAuthenti called Plantly: Conscious Gardening that has since been removed from the internet but appears to have affected the blockchain generation.

Catly’s Steam page also includes a testimonial quote from League of Legends and Arcane maker Thomas Vu, a renowned web3 investor.

Another quote is from Ben Brode, Hearthstone’s recreation director, who responded on BlueSky to mention that he had noticed 20 minutes of gameplay footage and “thought it looked cool, so they asked me for a quote,” adding “it looks good enough.” real as to To me, the cats seemed wild.

As reported by Sport Developer, SuperAuthenti did not mention any commercial connection, but said that “Catly is not a blockchain game” and “there is no NFT.” The observation stuck: “Our company/project has never issued any blockchain coins or NFTs. Our company does not and has never owned any blockchain coins or NFTs.”

SuperAuthenti also showed IGN that Catly has evolved on Unreal Engine 5, with “various software” modified to create hyper-realistic hair and fur.

What is undeniably positive is that the superiority of AI in the video game industry makes it difficult to determine what is generated by AI and what is done by hand.

AI is transforming video game construction forever, as its usefulness is becoming common in animation, screenwriting, color rendering, and more.

More recently, Google launched its Genie 2 device which it claims can create playable three-dimensional worlds from a single symbol. He stressed that the instrument is intended for “rapid prototyping.”