Autonomous AI agents are coming to Blocklords

Introducing its AI venture with agent Elisa Revard in late 2024, Metaking Studios is now taking things to a new level by fully embracing the concept of AI agents in its mediaeval grand strategy game Blocklords.

What started with Elisa Revard – who initially was used as an experiment where players competed to convince her to marry them – will expand to enable players to create their own in-game agents. These will help users with strategic decision making in terms of trading and farm management.

In addition, Blocklords will see the integration of autonomous AI-powered heroes and generals in its forthcoming battle mode Battleborne, according to the game’s new AI roadmap. To ensure transparency, agent activities will be recorded and stored on Blocklords‘ Base L3 Lordchain.

The key issue of course, is getting the balance right in terms of making AI agents a fun part of the game but not too autonomous to reduce player agency.

Not related to AI, the new roadmap also reveals that the top players – who will eventually control regions on the world map – will be able to create their own in-game tokens. It’s also rolling out an onboarding campaign rewarding users that bring in new players.

In related news, Metaking has announced it’s using Nvidia’s DLSS tech to level up the game’s graphics in its forthcoming Battleborne update.