Livestream – Jodie Burchell, Matt Ellis, Khalid Abuhakmeh, and Maarten Balliauw – AI in Game Development With JetBrains AI Assistant – Recording Available

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The livestream for AI in Game Development With JetBrains AI Assistant, with JetBrains Developer Advocates Jodie Burchell, Matt Ellis, Khalid Abuhakmeh, and Maarten Balliauw, is now available on JetBrains TV on YouTube.

Game development has entered a new era with the rise of AI-powered tools. But where is AI truly helpful, and where should we tread carefully? Join JetBrains Developer Advocates as they explore the role of AI in game development and showcase the capabilities of JetBrains AI Assistant.

In this session, we will:

• Share insights from a survey of game developers on their views and experiences with AI tools, including where they see the most potential and the biggest challenges.
• Discuss the strengths and limitations of large language models (LLMs) in the context of game development tasks. 
• Learn where AI can help, and where traditional tools and methods are preferable.
• Demonstrate how to use AI Assistant in JetBrains Rider to boost your productivity when working with Unity, Unreal Engine, and Godot.

This livestream will be held on YouTube. It is for game developers of all levels who are curious about AI and its potential impact on the industry. Come learn how to create better games, faster – with or without AI.

You can register for the AI in Game Development With JetBrains AI Assistant livestream to receive a reminder closer to the date.

Agenda

• 00:00:00 – Introduction
• 00:02:00 – 100 devs survey
• 00:04:35 – How do LLMs work? with Jodie
• 00:11:11 – Which types of generative AI tools?
• 00:13:47 – Areas of AI problem-solving
• 00:19:20 – Unity Code Generation Demo with Maarten
• 00:37:16 – What would you delegate to AI?
• 00:51:25 – Unity, Unreal, and Godot AI Assistant features with Matt
• 01:09:24 – Would you use remote AI features?
• 01:14:48 – Biggest difficulties with AI in game dev
• 01:20:15 – Wrap up

About the presenters

Jodie Burchell

Dr. Jodie Burchell is the Developer Advocate for Data Science at JetBrains, having previously held the position of Lead Data Scientist at Verve Group Europe. She completed a PhD in clinical psychology and a postdoc in biostatistics, before leaving academia for a data science career. She has worked for eight years as a data scientist in both Australia and Germany, developing a range of products including recommendation systems, analysis platforms, search engine improvements, and audience profiling tools. She has held a broad range of responsibilities in her career, including everything from data analytics roles to maintaining machine learning solutions in production.

Matt Ellis

Matt Ellis is a Developer Advocate at JetBrains, working with lots of different IDEs and technologies such as the Unity and Unreal Engine game development tools in Rider, as well as Code With Me for collaborative editing and JetBrains Gateway for remote development. He has spent well over 20 years shipping software in various industries, and thoroughly enjoys working with IDEs and development tools as well as having fun with syntax trees and source code analysis. He also helps develop Rider’s Unity support and contributes to the popular IdeaVim plugin.

Khalid Abuhakmeh

Khalid Abuhakmeh is a JetBrains Developer Advocate focusing primarily on the .NET technology stack. He’s best known for his blog posts, open-source work, podcasts, and community engagement efforts, such as livestreams and event hosting.

Maarten Balliauw

Maarten Balliauw loves building web and cloud apps. His main interests are .NET web technologies, C#, Microsoft Azure, and application performance. He is a JetBrains Developer Advocate and the creator of SpeakerTravel. Maarten is a frequent speaker at various national and international events. In his free time, he brews his own beer. Maarten’s blog can be found at https://blog.maartenballiauw.be.

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