Paul Sawaya
@pas.bsky.social
Startup founder, building a new kind of video games studio. 🎮 Co-founded Human Interest (YC S15). Indeed, do many things come to pass.
📍San Francisco
📍San Francisco
Awesome to see Embark using the latest tech in making its games. The success of Arc Raiders speaks for itself. Despite the confusion and misunderstanding about AI inside of some echo chambers, it's obvious generative AI will be a big part of the future of game development. :)
November 11, 2025 at 12:47 AM
Awesome to see Embark using the latest tech in making its games. The success of Arc Raiders speaks for itself. Despite the confusion and misunderstanding about AI inside of some echo chambers, it's obvious generative AI will be a big part of the future of game development. :)
Awesome! AI is the future of the games industry.
August 24, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Awesome! AI is the future of the games industry.
Love seeing an out-of-the-blue Achewood reference
August 12, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Love seeing an out-of-the-blue Achewood reference
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Hi! Are your DMs open? Am the founder of a new game studio, just tried to drop you a line
July 14, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Hi! Are your DMs open? Am the founder of a new game studio, just tried to drop you a line
Am thinking about building our graphically intense video game using CSS. Funded stealth startup. Is that something you might be interested in?
July 10, 2025 at 5:08 AM
Am thinking about building our graphically intense video game using CSS. Funded stealth startup. Is that something you might be interested in?
ChatGPT has gotten significantly better in the past two years. I wish I had benchmarks handy to link for you, but I don't atm
Here's a comparison of ~2 yrs of progress for Midjourney, though
Here's a comparison of ~2 yrs of progress for Midjourney, though
July 2, 2025 at 6:42 PM
ChatGPT has gotten significantly better in the past two years. I wish I had benchmarks handy to link for you, but I don't atm
Here's a comparison of ~2 yrs of progress for Midjourney, though
Here's a comparison of ~2 yrs of progress for Midjourney, though
Outside of games, totally. ChatGPT has something like 400M weekly active users.
I think the games industry has been slow to adopt AI. But it feels inevitable that it'll happen.
I think the games industry has been slow to adopt AI. But it feels inevitable that it'll happen.
July 2, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Outside of games, totally. ChatGPT has something like 400M weekly active users.
I think the games industry has been slow to adopt AI. But it feels inevitable that it'll happen.
I think the games industry has been slow to adopt AI. But it feels inevitable that it'll happen.
The author is a well-known games industry leader (CEO of Nexon).
Whether AI behaves like a platform or not is actually a great question. I actually think that's the weakest point in the article.
Whether AI behaves like a platform or not is actually a great question. I actually think that's the weakest point in the article.
July 2, 2025 at 6:19 PM
The author is a well-known games industry leader (CEO of Nexon).
Whether AI behaves like a platform or not is actually a great question. I actually think that's the weakest point in the article.
Whether AI behaves like a platform or not is actually a great question. I actually think that's the weakest point in the article.
It's early days, so it's hard to see a clear picture of the future!
Here's some cool stuff that feels like a glimpse of what's coming:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=2tba...
www.statusai.com
Here's some cool stuff that feels like a glimpse of what's coming:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=2tba...
www.statusai.com
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July 2, 2025 at 6:15 PM
It's early days, so it's hard to see a clear picture of the future!
Here's some cool stuff that feels like a glimpse of what's coming:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=2tba...
www.statusai.com
Here's some cool stuff that feels like a glimpse of what's coming:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=2tba...
www.statusai.com
I don't think that comparison is very fair tbh. Here's a meme my friend made:
July 2, 2025 at 6:08 PM
I don't think that comparison is very fair tbh. Here's a meme my friend made:
Gen AI is an emerging technology, so imo it's not fair to compare it to mature games. Think about how primitive the earliest 3D and online games were. AI is improving at an even faster rate than those did when they were new.
July 2, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Gen AI is an emerging technology, so imo it's not fair to compare it to mature games. Think about how primitive the earliest 3D and online games were. AI is improving at an even faster rate than those did when they were new.
"play pattern" is just a games industry term. You can just as easily say it'll enable new genres as well as revitalize old ones
July 2, 2025 at 5:57 PM
"play pattern" is just a games industry term. You can just as easily say it'll enable new genres as well as revitalize old ones
He wrote it in response to this demo: x.com/geoffkeighle...
Geoff Keighley on X: "Microsoft has created an AI-generated replica of Quake II that you can play in browser. "Every frame is created on the fly by an AI world model." Play it here: https://t.co/WGQymDOmsj https://t.co/35MX5aHPbF" / X
Microsoft has created an AI-generated replica of Quake II that you can play in browser. "Every frame is created on the fly by an AI world model." Play it here: https://t.co/WGQymDOmsj https://t.co/35MX5aHPbF
x.com
July 2, 2025 at 5:52 PM
He wrote it in response to this demo: x.com/geoffkeighle...
AI self-driving cars are here. I live in San Francisco, and Waymo is fantastic.
We've only begun to see new play patterns enabled by AI. Here's one: www.playsuckup.com
We've only begun to see new play patterns enabled by AI. Here's one: www.playsuckup.com
Suck Up!
www.playsuckup.com
July 2, 2025 at 5:50 PM
AI self-driving cars are here. I live in San Francisco, and Waymo is fantastic.
We've only begun to see new play patterns enabled by AI. Here's one: www.playsuckup.com
We've only begun to see new play patterns enabled by AI. Here's one: www.playsuckup.com
He's referring to generative AI in that tweet.
July 2, 2025 at 5:49 PM
He's referring to generative AI in that tweet.
BTW, since your bio mentions Carmack, check out this tweet: x.com/ID_AA_Carmac...
John Carmack on X: "@rubyrangerr I think you are misunderstanding what this tech demo actually is, but I will engage with what I think your gripe is — AI tooling trivializing the skillsets of programmers, artists, and designers. My first games involved hand assembling machine code and turning graph paper" / X
@rubyrangerr I think you are misunderstanding what this tech demo actually is, but I will engage with what I think your gripe is — AI tooling trivializing the skillsets of programmers, artists, and designers. My first games involved hand assembling machine code and turning graph paper
x.com
July 2, 2025 at 5:39 PM
BTW, since your bio mentions Carmack, check out this tweet: x.com/ID_AA_Carmac...
This tech is improving very rapidly. If you think AI can't do something, wait 4 months and try again.
July 2, 2025 at 5:38 PM
This tech is improving very rapidly. If you think AI can't do something, wait 4 months and try again.
Yep. On the plus side, it's fun to imagine all of the new game studios and game types AI is going to enable.
July 2, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Yep. On the plus side, it's fun to imagine all of the new game studios and game types AI is going to enable.
Cool video. You might want to check out this podcast, too: gamecraftpod.com/podcast/aipl...
Episode 07 - Gamecraft
Last season, Mitch and Blake discussed the implications of new Large Language Model Artificial Intelligence in games. In this episode, they return to the topic, this time focusing on games that are us...
gamecraftpod.com
July 1, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Cool video. You might want to check out this podcast, too: gamecraftpod.com/podcast/aipl...