title: Position: Interactive Generative Video as Next-Generation Game Engine
summary: Modern game development faces significant challenges in creativity and cost
  due to predetermined content in traditional game engines. Recent breakthroughs
  in video generation models, capable of synthesizing realistic and interactive
  virtual environments, present an opportunity to revolutionize game creation. In
  this position paper, we propose Interactive Generative Video (IGV) as the
  foundation for Generative Game Engines (GGE), enabling unlimited novel content
  generation in next-generation gaming. GGE leverages IGV's unique strengths in
  unlimited high-quality content synthesis, physics-aware world modeling,
  user-controlled interactivity, long-term memory capabilities, and causal
  reasoning. We present a comprehensive framework detailing GGE's core modules
  and a hierarchical maturity roadmap (L0-L4) to guide its evolution. Our work
  charts a new course for game development in the AI era, envisioning a future
  where AI-powered generative systems fundamentally reshape how games are created
  and experienced.
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paper_title: Position: Interactive Generative Video as Next-Generation Game Engine
paper_summary: Modern game development faces significant challenges in creativity and cost
  due to predetermined content in traditional game engines. Recent breakthroughs
  in video generation models, capable of synthesizing realistic and interactive
  virtual environments, present an opportunity to revolutionize game creation. In
  this position paper, we propose Interactive Generative Video (IGV) as the
  foundation for Generative Game Engines (GGE), enabling unlimited novel content
  generation in next-generation gaming. GGE leverages IGV's unique strengths in
  unlimited high-quality content synthesis, physics-aware world modeling,
  user-controlled interactivity, long-term memory capabilities, and causal
  reasoning. We present a comprehensive framework detailing GGE's core modules
  and a hierarchical maturity roadmap (L0-L4) to guide its evolution. Our work
  charts a new course for game development in the AI era, envisioning a future
  where AI-powered generative systems fundamentally reshape how games are created
  and experienced.
paper_ai_summary: A new framework for generative game engines using Interactive Generative Video to enable endless creation of realistic, interactive virtual environments with AI-driven capabilities.
paper_ai_keywords: Interactive Generative Video GGE Generative Game Engines unlimited content generation physics-aware modeling user-controlled interactivity long-term memory causal reasoning