{"id":8419,"date":"2022-01-13T17:16:41","date_gmt":"2022-01-13T08:16:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=8419"},"modified":"2022-03-08T13:27:07","modified_gmt":"2022-03-08T04:27:07","slug":"20220113-8419","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/20220113-8419\/","title":{"rendered":"Dream by Wombo is being used to create tons of AI-powered video game artwork"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Written by. Nick Mosier based on the\u00a0original Japanese article<\/a>\u00a0(original article’s publication date: 2022-01-13 13:21<\/em> JST)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n


It looks like many gamers have been using an AI-powered artwork tool called Dream<\/strong> to generate gaming-related illustrations. Dream is an app released by Canadian startup Wombo in November of last year. Users enter a keyword like \u201capple\u201d or \u201ctower\u201d and the AI generates an image based on that keyword. The images are abstract, but still \u201cfeel\u201d like an illustration based on the entered keyword. While Dream was released in November, it looks like it started catching on in Japan around December and January (Google Trends<\/a>).
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Images made using the keywords apple, tower, and samurai<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n


The AI generated illustrations often look abstract in nature, but users seem to be enjoying how they\u2019re vague, yet capture the gist of the keyword. Let\u2019s take a look at some AI generated images based on video games.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One Twitter user posted images made using Mario, Luigi, Wario, and Waluigi. They certainly each have their respective red, green, yellow, and purple coloring. It also looks like each one has a part that could be considered a hat, but nothing that really resembles a face. Perhaps the AI isn\u2019t great with eyes, noses, and other facial features.
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Let\u2019s continue by looking at an image one Reddit user generated with \u201cMetroid.\u201d The orange figure in the center of the image does resemble Samus\u2019s Power Suit. While the head area has a sense of being out of place, surprisingly, one of the arms does look arm cannon-like. The fleshy looking background is also a match with the series. Reddit poster PsycrowArchon dubbed the image, \u201cappropriately H R Giger-like nightmare fuel.\u201d
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Image credit: PsycrowArchon<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n


Next, let\u2019s take a look at an image made with \u201cLink\u2019s Awakening.\u201d Depending on what part you consider Link\u2019s face, you can see what looks to be his green tunic or the blue clothes he wears in Breath of the Wild<\/em>. You could say this one has a wide breadth in how it can be interpreted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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