Unawake: Lifelike Characters Powered By NVIDIA’s Audio2Face AI Technology

Written by Ben

March 22, 2024

Independent development team RealityArts Studio and Publisher Toplitz Productions are proud to announce that Unawake, the upcoming action adventure game will utilize Audio2Face technology from NVIDIA to enhance their character animations.

With the integration of Audio2FaceUnawake utilizes a generative AI to create emotional and lifelike facial animations from pre-recorded voiceover samples. Showcased at the NVIDIA booth at this year’s GDC in San Francisco, the inclusion of this technology will leave a mark on the intense gameplay and story-telling the players will experience when they get their hands on Unawake later this year.

“We are humbled and honored that NVIDIA chose Unawake to showcase their AI tools,” says Ismail Kemal Ciftcioglu, RealityArts co-founder and Game Director for Unawake“In development, Audio2Face saves us a lot of time so we can focus on storytelling and delivering the best game possible. Thank you for giving us the opportunity to spearhead a new era in content creation!”

This milestone marks the next step in the progress the anticipated first person melee action game has made since its last public showing with a Halloween themed demo at Steam Scream Fest 2023.

After collecting the feedback from the thousands of players, RealityArts not only made significant improvements to the gameplay side of Unawake, but also worked on visuals, e.g. with integration of Epic’s MetaHuman toolset and Audio2Face, while adding more content in general.

Further information on Unawake is available on the official product page on Steam, where the game can already be wishlisted. 

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About the game:

In Unawake, you decide the fate of humanity amidst the turmoil of merciless wars between nightmarish creatures from Heaven and Hell. Take the fight to your opponents in this action-adventure as you battle them in intense first-person melee skirmishes. You are the last bastion.

Features

  • Breathtakingly surreal levels with details only Unreal Engine 5 can deliver
  • An epic story blending fantasy and history
  • Fast and tactical first-person melee combat
  • Story based game progression
  • Experience-based character and skill progression
  • More than 20 skills to customize your way of play
  • Vanquish your enemies with a multitude of weapons
  • Customize your weapons to gain the advantage in relentless battles

About RealityArts Studio
RealityArts Studio, founded in Istanbul 2016 by film and production veterans Ismail Kemal Ciftcioglu and Bahar Baziki, swiftly rose to prominence as Turkey’s premier independent gaming company. Their Steam Greenlight success propelled them onto Steam’s platform, and they gained recognition from industry giants like Epic Games, Nvidia, Microsoft Turkey, HTC Vive, and MSI. Honored by Endeavor in 2016 and four times by Epic Games with 3 Epic Megagrants and a Best Game award; they secured a coveted place in the global indie game community.
https://realityartsstudio.com/

About Toplitz Productions
The German-Austrian publisher, whose name originates from the mysterious Toplitz Lake in the heart of Austria, develops and publishes games with “heart & soul” for all platforms. The company consists of a healthy mix of experienced industry veterans and young talents, all of whom are passionate gamers. They enjoy working with creative developers on many exciting titles, such as those from the “Dynasty” and “Giant” series.

Stay up to date and learn everything worth knowing about Toplitz Productions by following the company on XFacebook, the official website and Instagram.

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