{"id":17889,"date":"2023-02-16T11:18:07","date_gmt":"2023-02-16T02:18:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=17889"},"modified":"2023-02-16T11:18:07","modified_gmt":"2023-02-16T02:18:07","slug":"20230216-17889","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/indie-games\/20230216-17889\/","title":{"rendered":"AInder is a Tinder-like date sim with AI-generated girls"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><br><br>Indie game publisher Annulus has announced <em><strong>AInder<\/strong><\/em> for Steam, due out March 14 (JST).<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"AInder PV\" width=\"1160\" height=\"653\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ZWzhC4CWc88?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><br><em>AInder <\/em>is a dating simulation game using AI-generated images. Players use the fictional dating app AInder to look at AI-generated illustrations of girls and decide whether to \u201cLike\u201d or \u201cNope\u201d them in the same vein as dating apps such as <em>Tinder<\/em>. The player then searches for a character that matches their preferences from an almost unlimited number of images generated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While full details of the gameplay are not yet available, it appears that after finding a girl of your choice, you will chat with her as though you have matched on a dating app. There is also an image of a scene where the user selects an answer from several options to a question from a girl. It also appears that there are characters mixed with inanimate objects, typical of AI-generated images, such as one girl that is also part-cake and one girl that is a train. The promotional material asks the questions \u201cwhat is AI?\u201d and \u201cwhat is love?\u201d and also states that humans and AI will learn something about these questions via everyday conversation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to the press release, light novelist Aoi Togai is in charge of the story and AI operator. Director Haruku Umemura is a 19-year-old creator of Killinzy, an online game development service, and Killin Engine, a development tool. HolmoN, a first-year college student, is also participating in the development as a programmer.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" src=\"http:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/20230215-237366-header.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17895\" srcset=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/20230215-237366-header.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/20230215-237366-header-600x338.jpg 600w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/20230215-237366-header-380x214.jpg 380w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/20230215-237366-header-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/20230215-237366-header-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/20230215-237366-header-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/20230215-237366-header-696x392.jpg 696w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/20230215-237366-header-1068x601.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/20230215-237366-header-747x420.jpg 747w\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"715\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" src=\"http:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/20230215-237366-002en.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17891\" srcset=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/20230215-237366-002en.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/20230215-237366-002en-600x335.jpg 600w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/20230215-237366-002en-380x212.jpg 380w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/20230215-237366-002en-768x429.jpg 768w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/20230215-237366-002en-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/20230215-237366-002en-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/20230215-237366-002en-696x389.jpg 696w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/20230215-237366-002en-1068x597.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/20230215-237366-002en-752x420.jpg 752w\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><br><a href=\"https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/app\/2301260\/AInder\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Click here<\/a> to visit the Steam store page for <em>AInder<\/em>.<br><br><br><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:12px\"><em>Written by. Connor Lawless based on the <a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/articles\/newsjp\/20230215-237366\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">original Japanese article<\/a> (original article&#8217;s publication date: 2023-02-15 18:00 JST)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AInder is a Tinder-like date sim with AI-generated girls. 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