Neon Rain

Neon Rain is a space station game where every character is powered by real AI. Not scripted dialogue trees or pre-written responses: actual ChatGPT and Llama models running live conversations with persistent memory and evolving relationships.

You play as crew aboard an exploration vessel, Space Station 13 style. The twist: every NPC remembers your conversations, forms opinions about you, and reveals deeper personality layers over time. Like Stardew Valley's friendship system, but the characters are genuinely thinking.

The universe itself generates through AI. When your ship discovers a new star system, LLMs create the planets, their histories, cultures, and inhabitants in real-time. No two playthroughs encounter the same galaxy.

Character sheets, backstories, and relationships all emerge from AI conversations. The engineer might reveal they're secretly writing poetry. The captain could have a gambling problem. These aren't programmed traits: they develop naturally through the AI's personality modeling.

Political tensions, economic systems, and social dynamics shift based on player choices because the AIs actually understand context and consequences. Start a rumor and watch it spread through the crew with realistic human drama.

The technical challenge was enormous: maintaining persistent character memory across sessions, and keeping responses fast enough for natural conversation flow. The prototype works, but needs optimization for a full release.

This represents a new genre: living world games where the NPCs are genuinely intelligent. With better LLM infrastructure and cost optimization, Neon Rain could pioneer gaming experiences that feel truly alive.