Welcome to Branching Factor, a podcast about video games from people who play, develop and research video games.
In each episode, join our host Dr. Tommy Thompson as he sits down with co-hosts Dr. Anne Sullivan, George Osborn, Dr. Mike Cook, and Quang as they explore the gaming world.
Learn about how video games are made, the goings-on of the games industry, what academic research in games is all about, interviews with guests, and more!
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Welcome to Branching Factor, a podcast about video games from people who play, develop and research video games.
In each episode, join our host Dr. Tommy Thompson as he sits down with co-hosts Dr. Anne Sullivan, George Osborn, Dr. Mike Cook, and Quang as they explore the gaming world.
Learn about how video games are made, the goings-on of the games industry, what academic research in games is all about, interviews with guests, and more!
Branching Factor is brought to you by the AI and Games YouTube channel, watch episodes on AI and Games Plus, and become a Patron to support the show.
Watch episodes of Branching Factor on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/@AIandGamesPlus
Learn About AI and Games: http://www.youtube.com/@AIandGames
Become an AI and Games Patron: http://www.patreon.com/ai_and_games
Follow AI and Games on Twitter, Mastodon and TikTok
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Tommy is joined by three of the developers behind ‘Little Learning Machines’: a puzzle game that entrusts players with teaching AI agents called Animos to solve puzzles in a variety of idyllic environments.
With a huge content update coming on September 5th to Steam, Tommy sits down with art director Nick Counter, technical lead Dante Camarena and community manager Fiona Firby from Transitional Forms to discuss the game and the year as they transition from early access to full launch, plus winning awards, delivering talks at GDC, and some of the other work they're up to as well!
Little Learning Machines is available right now on Steam, with a free update coming September 5th:
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1993710/Little_Learning_Machines/
Catch the video version of this podcast on @AIandGamesPlus
https://youtu.be/pG7-ubbNZFI
Find out more about Little Learning Machines via the links below.
Website: https://www.transforms.ai/little-learning-machines
Learning Companion (PDF): https://www.transforms.ai/learning
GDC Postmortem Talk: https://gdcvault.com/play/1034597/AI-Summit-Little-Learning-Machines
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