{"id":46470,"date":"2025-03-31T15:13:54","date_gmt":"2025-03-31T06:13:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=46470"},"modified":"2025-03-31T17:07:04","modified_gmt":"2025-03-31T08:07:04","slug":"persona-and-shin-megami-tensei-artist-kazuma-kanekos-new-game-has-a-card-generating-ai-trained-on-his-own-art","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/persona-and-shin-megami-tensei-artist-kazuma-kanekos-new-game-has-a-card-generating-ai-trained-on-his-own-art\/","title":{"rendered":"Persona and Shin Megami Tensei artist Kazuma Kaneko\u2019s new game has a card generating AI trained on his own art\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>COLOPL and former Atlus developer Kazuma Kaneko announced the roguelike deckbuilder<strong> <\/strong><strong>Tsukuyomi: The Divine Hunter<\/strong> on March 31. The game is currently in development for PC (Steam) and mobile platforms. Interestingly, the game comes with an \u201cAI Kaneko\u201d system, which is trained on Kaneko himself.&nbsp;<\/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=\"\u300cproject MASK\u300d\u30a2\u30ca\u30a6\u30f3\u30b9\u30c8\u30ec\u30fc\u30e9\u30fc\" width=\"1160\" height=\"653\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/wlQw50nXklE?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>Originally announced in May 2024 under the name \u201cProject MASK,\u201d Tsukuyomi: The Divine Hunter is Kazuma Kaneko\u2019s first official project <a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/shin-megami-tensei-and-persona-artist-kazuma-kaneko-leaves-atlus-uses-regular-career-agent-to-switch-jobs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">since joining Colopl in 2023<\/a>. Up until his departure from Atlus, Kaneko was involved in the majority of its games, most notably the Persona and Shin Megami Tensei franchises. While he&#8217;s most famous for his iconic monster designs, he has worked in positions ranging from character designer, scenario writer, art director to producer.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After joining Colopl, Kaneko created the original concept, characters and worldbuilding for Tsukuyomi: The Divine Hunter. The upcoming roguelike is set in The Hashira, a state-of-the-art, high-rise housing complex towering over the Tokyo Bay area. The tower has been sealed off by monstrous beings, its residents trapped inside. As the protagonist, who belongs to the national secret organization &#8220;Tsukuyomi,&#8221; you take on The Hashira, aiming to defeat the enemy on its highest floor in a mix of dungeon-exploration and turn-based card battles.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1425\" height=\"801\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1425px) 100vw, 1425px\" src=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/20250331-46470-001.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-46475\" srcset=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/20250331-46470-001.jpg 1425w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/20250331-46470-001-380x214.jpg 380w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/20250331-46470-001-768x432.jpg 768w\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In an interview with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.4gamer.net\/games\/999\/G999905\/20250307002\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">4Gamer<\/a>, Kaneko and Tsukuyomi: The Divine Hunter\u2019s producer reveal that the game incorporates a system called \u201cAI Kaneko.\u201d As you play, AI Kaneko analyzes your runs, including the actions you take, the enemies you fight, dialogue choices you make, and based on this information \u2013 it generates custom cards, with their unique names and effects. The illustrations are generated using a model trained on Kaneko\u2019s work.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to the producer, the AI model was trained by being fed dozens of Kaneko\u2019s illustrations made for the project. The team refined the quality of output through a cycle of generating hundreds of thousands of images and then manually selecting the good vs bad quality results.&nbsp;The good results were then used for further learning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1257\" height=\"703\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1257px) 100vw, 1257px\" src=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/20250331-46470-002.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-46474\" srcset=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/20250331-46470-002.jpg 1257w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/20250331-46470-002-380x213.jpg 380w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/20250331-46470-002-768x430.jpg 768w\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Asked what he feels about having AI learn from his artwork, Kaneko comments that \u201cIt can learn all it wants,\u201d noting that he\u2019s happier to have a model based on his art developed and used by his company than for someone to do it without his permission. \u201cI didn\u2019t feel any aversion to what the AI output. For example, even if you ask me and AI Kaneko to draw illustrations based on the theme of \u201cgod,\u201d we would come up with different pictures. Besides, AI Kaneko exists merely as data, so I don\u2019t find it scary.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/jintsuku.jp\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Tsukuyomi: The Divine Hunter<\/a> is currently in development for the PC (<a href=\"https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/app\/3360010\/Tsukuyomi_The_Divine_Hunter\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Steam<\/a>), iOS and Android. English language support is planned.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Related Article: <a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/game-development\/capcom-is-experimenting-with-generative-ai-to-help-generate-the-hundreds-of-thousands-of-ideas-needed-for-game-development\/\">Capcom is experimenting with generative AI to help generate the \u201chundreds of thousands of ideas needed for game development\u201d\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former Atlus creator Kazuma Kaneko has officially announced his new game with Colopl, titled Tsukiyomi: The Divine Hunter.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":55,"featured_media":46473,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_gspb_post_css":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[67,17],"class_list":["post-46470","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-ai","tag-japan-related-news"],"blocksy_meta":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - 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