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Developing Pine – a new game concept based on new tech

30 minutes presentation
Matthijs van de Laar Twirlbound

In this presentation, Matthijs presents the development of Pine, an action adventure simulation game that was released internationally in fall of 2019. Crowdsourcing the start of the development process, and completing the game with a team of only 7 developers, presented challenges that were met by using data along the way. But the novelty of the game can also be found in the technological underpinnings. Special AI was used to generate changing world that challenge the players along their journey.

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Matthijs van de Laar

Matthijs van de Laar

Twirlbound

Matthijs van de Laar is the founder and creative director of game development company Twirlbound. Currently, Matthijs is mainly occupied with Pine, a game about adaptation. Pine is an action adventure simulation game, in which an intricate game ecology adapts to your actions and inactions.