Google presented this Wednesday Playgroundan experimental platform that allows create video games from the browser, using text instructions in natural language and without requiring programming knowledge. The service initially debuts in USA and is aimed at users over 18 years of age
The user can start from their own idea to start creating a video gamemodify the platform’s initial proposals or resort to the guided help of Playground. The interface works like a conversation in which you explain what you want to build and then he asks for the changes he considers necessary.
The instructions you enter allow you to adjust the physics of the game, change its rules, customize the characters or transform the scenarios without writing code. The creator can test the result immediately and continue making adjustments until it is close to what they had in mind.
Once the game is finished, its author can share it via a link or publish it in the gallery Explore for other users to discover. Playground allows creations in both 2D and 3D and some genres support multiplayer and rankingswhile player ratings and activity serve to highlight the creations within the platform.
The operation of Playground is supported by artificial intelligence models Gemini, Nano Banana and Lyriaas explained to The Verge Nia CarterGoogle spokesperson. The company combines them with a system developed to coordinate them that it has perfected through games and internal evaluations, although it has not detailed the specific versions used or how all the tasks are distributed.
Access to Playground it’s freebut its use has weekly limits measured in tokens, the units of information that the models process. The subscribers of Google One They will have upper limits according to their plan.
Google and Unity have also announced UnitySparka creation tool with AI aimed at more ambitious projects that will allow you to work simultaneously with other people. Spark will expand the creation possibilities with Pro-level mechanics and higher fidelity 3D graphicswhile maintaining an accessible interface
Spark leverages technology from the popular Unity video game engine and Integrates with Playground to share your creations therealthough it is still in testing and its closed beta is scheduled for the end of this year, with a waiting list open from today.