{"rewrite":{"id":"r_a282518c5817580f80e6f07d","clusterId":"c_3c07056c4177e10740462969","slug":"dentsu-game-center-unveils-ai-deck-building-roguelike-verse-of-birth","model":"deepseek-v4-flash:free","headline":"Dentsu Game Center Unveils AI Deck-Building Roguelike Verse of Birth","summary":"Dentsu Game Center, a division of advertising agency Dentsu, is developing Verse of Birth, a deck-building roguelike with auto-battles and generative AI. The game was playable at Tokyo Game Dungeon 13. Players place cards on a diamond grid, with attack order determined by SPD. Generative AI creates card art and original characters from player text input.","whyItMatters":"The project shows a major advertising firm applying generative AI to game design as a core play mechanic rather than a production shortcut, with developer Takuma Kawada confirming the balance is hand-controlled to keep AI output within a fixed parameter range.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eVerse of Birth is a deck-building roguelike in the Slay the Spire mold, but it swaps manual card play for auto-battles. Cards sit on a diamond-shaped grid, and each unit\u0026#39;s SPD stat decides attack order. Placement matters because some skills affect nearby cards, and players can rearrange positions between turns.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe generative AI angle is the hook. Almost all card illustrations are AI-generated, and players can spend in-game resources to create original cards by typing words. Developer Takuma Kawada said the project started from a question about using generative AI for play, not business efficiency. Adobe Firefly handles character visuals and ChatGPT writes names and text, both through APIs. Development has taken about one year.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"Dentsu Game Center's Verse of Birth turns text input into card art and characters, making player words the core resource. For an ad agency, that is a natural fit.","twitterPost":"Dentsu Game Center's Verse of Birth makes player text the core mechanic, a natural move for an ad agency.","threadsPost":"Dentsu Game Center's Verse of Birth uses generative AI to turn player text into card art and characters, so the player's vocabulary becomes the game's raw material. For a company built on words, that is less a novelty and more a corporate instinct.","newsletterBlurb":"Dentsu Game Center, part of the advertising agency, is developing Verse of Birth, a deck-building roguelike with auto-battles and generative AI. Players type words to create original cards, with Adobe Firefly generating visuals and ChatGPT handling names. Developer Takuma Kawada says balance is hand-controlled to keep AI output within set parameters.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"Game Spark\",\"url\":\"http://www.gamespark.jp/article/2026/08/11/170517.html\",\"title\":\"That Dentsu is making games...? Your words become weapons! A generative AI \\u0026 auto-battle deck-building roguelike is born: 'Verse of Birth' play report [Tokyo Game Dungeon 13]\"}]","lintFlagsJson":null,"lintHits":0,"costUsd":0,"inputTokens":4701,"outputTokens":629,"status":"published","repairAttempts":0,"nextRepairAt":null,"factsAttemptedAt":1786442417,"createdAt":"2026-08-11T09:51:03.000Z","publishedAt":"2026-08-11T09:51:44.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-08-11T09:51:03.000Z"},"cluster":{"id":"c_3c07056c4177e10740462969","canonicalTitle":"あの「電通」がゲームを…？己の言葉が武器になる！生成AI＆オートバトルなデッキ構築ローグライト誕生『Verse of Birth』プレイレポ【東京ゲームダンジョン13】","representativeArticleId":"a_d535db7b078ac0709cdd4873","sourceCount":1,"writtenSourceCount":1,"writeAttempts":0,"isSolo":true,"entitiesJson":"{\"anime_titles\":[],\"manga_titles\":[],\"work_titles\":[\"Verse of Birth\"],\"studios\":[\"Dentsu\"],\"people\":[],\"type\":\"news\",\"domain\":\"games\",\"is_roundup\":false}","contentType":"news","status":"published","firstSeenAt":"2026-08-11T03:30:02.000Z","lastSeenAt":"2026-08-11T03:30:02.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-08-11T09:51:44.000Z"},"attribution":[{"source":"Game Spark","url":"http://www.gamespark.jp/article/2026/08/11/170517.html","title":"あの「電通」がゲームを…？己の言葉が武器になる！生成AI＆オートバトルなデッキ構築ローグライト誕生『Verse of Birth』プレイレポ【東京ゲームダンジョン13】"}],"entities":{"anime_titles":[],"manga_titles":[],"work_titles":["Verse of Birth"],"studios":["Dentsu"],"people":[],"type":"news","domain":"games","is_roundup":false},"keyFacts":null}