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I Built a Pixel Art Village Where AI Characters Have Real Emotions
Community description: Last weekend I fell into a rabbit hole: what if game characters didn't just have scripted reactions,...
Dev.to | Mar 5, 2026 | devjiro
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So I built Persona World -- a pixel art village where 12 AI characters live, wander, interact, and develop real emotional states. A single insult doesn't ruin a character's day. Most AI character systems I've seen use discrete states or simple sentiment.
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