Dentsu Game Center Unveils AI Deck-Building Roguelike Verse of Birth
The project shows a major advertising firm applying generative AI to game design as a core play mechanic rather than a production shortcut, with developer Takuma Kawada confirming the balance is hand-controlled to keep AI output within a fixed parameter range.
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Dentsu Game Center, a division of advertising agency Dentsu, is developing Verse of Birth, a deck-building roguelike with auto-battles and generative AI. The game was playable at Tokyo Game Dungeon 13. Players place cards on a diamond grid, with attack order determined by SPD. Generative AI creates card art and original characters from player text input.
Verse of Birth is a deck-building roguelike in the Slay the Spire mold, but it swaps manual card play for auto-battles. Cards sit on a diamond-shaped grid, and each unit's SPD stat decides attack order. Placement matters because some skills affect nearby cards, and players can rearrange positions between turns.
The generative AI angle is the hook. Almost all card illustrations are AI-generated, and players can spend in-game resources to create original cards by typing words. Developer Takuma Kawada said the project started from a question about using generative AI for play, not business efficiency. Adobe Firefly handles character visuals and ChatGPT writes names and text, both through APIs. Development has taken about one year.
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