Krafton’s life simInZOIis making waves with its photorealistic character design and surroundings. Many people call ita worthy competitor toThe Simsbecause of its advanced creator tools and life-like NPC community simulation, allowing players to immerse themselves in the game’s world. Compared to other life sims of its kind,InZOI’s features are undoubtedly impressive.
While many people are raving aboutInZOI’s hyperrealistic creations, the 3D Printer is also one of its most innovative features. It allows players to scan real items and turn them into in-game elements. This is the first time that a life sim has incorporated a customization tool of this scale, and it’s exciting to see how this will raise the bar for the genre.
The 3D Print Feature Makes InZOI Feel More Realistic
Life simulation games likeThe SimsandInZOIare meant to give players the power to control the lives of virtual beings, letting them experience interesting events. Avid players also add personal touches to their gameplay by modeling their characters after themselves and other people, and decorating their dream homes. They sometimes go so far as to download mods to add more variety to customization.
WhenInZOIreleased a demo of its creator studio, players highlighted the many ways that they can customize their Zois' facial features, body shapes, and more. What they didn’t expect was the 3D Printer, which uses AI to scan photos of real-world items and turn them into in-game models. This allows players to easily customize the items' colors, patterns, and textures, and place them in their virtual homes.
How to Use InZOI’s 3D Printer
ManyInZOIfans found the 3D print tool to be a game-changerbecause it gave them the power to easily customize stuff without depending on mods. This also brought up the idea of using a similar tool for realistic facial capture, similar toWWE 2K’s Create-a-Wrestler feature. AlthoughInZOI’s character creation demo does allow players to track facial movements and expressions, it doesn’t allow facial scanning just yet.
InZOI’s 3D Printer is the first of its kind in the life sim genre, and it’s probably not going to be the last. It’s an innovative way to give players the power to build their unique worlds andshare them in Canvas,InZOI’s exclusive social media platform that creators can access online and offline. The online multiplayer aspect ofInZOIalso makes it more convenient to interact and inspire fellow fans to showcase their creativity.
The Controversy Surrounding InZOI’s AI Tools
WithInZOIstill in active development, it’s expected that the creator studio still has some glitches that the Krafton devs need to fix. Apart from bugs, many life sim fans have expressed displeasure aboutInZOI’s usage of AI for its customization tools, particularly the image generation feature. The latter allows players to input keywords andInZOIutilizes generative AI to create in-game items based on the prompt.
While it’s also an innovative way to designInZOI’s world, the controversy surrounding AI as a whole could spell trouble. Likewise, players are concerned aboutInZOIpotentially harvesting data from them to create content in the future. It’s still too early to say how this will affect the game’s reputation before it launches later this year, but Krafton has time to quell its audience’s worries regarding generative AI.
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inZOI is a life simulation game where the player can alter any aspect of their world to create unique stories and experiences. Just like in the real world, you’re able to find jobs to make a living while forming deep relationships through interactions. With a complete community simulation of every character acting on their free will, you can experience unexpected events to feel the various emotions life has to offer. With inZOI, we hope to share the message that “life itself is the true gift, and every journey has its own meaning.“inZOI provides a variety of creative tools, so that players can visualize the life they’ve always dreamed of. Developed using Unreal Engine 5, the game’s realistic graphics allows the players to let their imagination run free, with easy creation of different resources. Customize your character’s appearance and outfit and build your custom home using a wide selection of freely-movable furniture and structures. You can also adjust different parts of your property and surrounding roads as well as aspects of your residing city for a fully customizable experience.
