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Unleashing Creative Play in Wolcen: Lords of Mayhem

Freed from the constraints of canned scripting, Wolcen: Lords of Mayhem delivers a level of spontaneous gameplay previously unknown in its genre. Kythera’s adaptive AI offers the perfect channel for the player’s ingenuity – meaning in-game problems can have creative solutions that even the designers never dreamed of. With Kythera, a challenge need never have a single “right answer”. Read More

The Formations of Wolcen

In this article we’ll take an in-depth look at one particular AI feature that helped bridge the gap from classic RTS and RPG gameplay to a new ARPG experience: formations. Read More

An Endlessly Adaptive World in Wolcen: Lords of Mayhem

Before Kythera, something as simple as opening a gate presented a full-blown AI programming task. But Wolcen's developers pictured a truly interactive open world – and they wanted to deliver it without extensive, time-consuming scripting. With Kythera’s automatic behavior trees and dynamic navigation, they found the tool they needed to bring their vision to life. Read More