Drecom Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo; President and CEO: Yuki Naito) announced a new AI Saas platform dedicated to game development "ai and", at CEDEC2024, a conference for game developers, that will jumpstart the creativity of all those involved in game development. In addition, the platform has begun accepting early access applications through a special site from August 21, 2024, on an approval basis. 

Furthermore, by cooperating with each partner company, the platform will expand the business to which "ai and" can be applied and provide tools more suitable for practical use in various development fields.

"Creating IP with Humans and AI" - About "ai and", the AI platform supporting the creative field

"ai and" is an AI SaaS platform dedicated to game development that dramatically improves the creativity of all creators involved in game development. The platform provides a one-stop shop for multiple products on the platform to meet the needs of various work scenarios, creating an environment where developers can focus on more creative work while streamlining their routine work.

In daily use, the platform provides flexible outputs tailored to each process, allowing development teams to efficiently obtain the most appropriate deliverables according to project progress and requirements. With an intuitive and easy to customize UI, users can quickly reflect necessary modifications and work proceeds without interruption. Furthermore, by learning from the revision history to improve the next output, it can increase the accuracy and usability of the platform and further increase the productivity of the development team.

In addition, the continuous use of the platform allows each to accumulate strictly controlled data of each IP (intellectual property), which can then be optimized across the entire product to facilitate proper learning. As a result, the entire development team can enjoy the operational support of highly accurate generative AI specific to each IP.

"ai and" is now accepting early access applications so that you can actually experience its use at your development site. For details, please visit the following special site.

▼"ai and" Special Site
URL: https://www.aiand.drecom.co.jp

SaaS Product Lineup for Game Developers

The "ai and" platform offers the following SaaS products. The features and functions of each product are as follows:
(Development cooperation: SHIFT Inc.）

Products	Characteristics and Features
ai and Translation	AI learns from existing translations and assists human translators. Learns fixed translations of proper nouns and any unique quirks of past translations, and manages different guideline information for each IP.
ai and Insight	Automated survey collecting to support user insight analysis. Converts qualitative information into quantitative information and automatically performs cross-analysis to propose action plans.
ai and Chat	Combining secure data management and flexible UI/UX, an AI chat tailored for each organization is implemented for secure and intuitive use.
ai and Scenario	Automatic generation of simple scenarios and repeated lines based on existing scenario patterns.

Cooperating with partner companies with expertise in various fields. Providing higher quality products

In addition to products developed in-house, "ai and" offers other optimized products for a wide range of work scenarios through business alliances with partner companies.

By collaborating with partners who have extensive expertise in their respective fields, the platform has incorporated diverse perspectives and know-how, aiming to become an AI platform that provides more innovative and high-quality solutions.

SaaS product features and functions provided through the alliances with partner companies are as follows.
*These are provided as an option.

Products	Features and Functions
ai and QA	(Provided by: AIQVE ONE) AI agent (Playable! Mobile) that can run in natural language to automate the QA testing process.。
ai and Customer Support	(Provided by: PKSHA Communication Inc.) AI chatbot (PKSHA Chatbot for Games) to level the quality of customer service and improve response speed.

Proven Implementation Results

Upon the release of "ai and", Drecom conducted a thorough implementation effectiveness test to ensure that game developers could quickly and effectively implement the platform into their operations. As a result, the improvement in productivity and efficiency of each product were confirmed. Below are just a few of the examples of the implementation.
Results are based on actual game development and include concrete figures and results, such as comparisons with actual operating hours.

Product	Implementation Results (results per game title)
ai and Translation	・Translation Production Cost:  40% reduction ・Translation Suggestion Relevance: 85%
ai and Insight	・Survey Summary Production Cost: 10 hours reduction ・Suggestion Deduction Cost based on Survey Results: 5 hours reduction
ai and QA (Provided by: AIQVE ONE)	・QA Work Automation: 50% (90%+ for degrade testing) ・Quality Variance: Reduced
ai and Customer Support (Provided by: PKSHA Communication Inc.)	・Solution Relevance via Chat Bot: 50%+ ・Customer Satisfaction: Increased

Messages from collaborating companies and our company for future efforts

■Message from Masaru Tange - President of SHIFT Inc. 
We believe that in order to create high-quality, appealing games, thorough project management and precise work as well as flexible, out-of-the-box thinking and creative ideas by engineers and designers will be crucial. We feel that "ai and" is a product that will bring about significant change in the field of game development and management, where there is not always a single answer. We feel honored to be involved in the release of a service that has the potential to revolutionize the industry, and we look forward to its further development in the future.

■Message from Taro Yamazaki - President of AIQVE ONE
I would like to congratulate Drecom on the announcement of "ai and". We hope that people involved in game development will be able to focus more on the creative and new content creation by using AI technology. "Playable!Mobile," our product that automates testing through generative AI, will make QA for mobile games more advanced and faster, and we hope that it will provide more opportunities for creators to take on new challenges.

■Message from Katsuya Uenoyama - President of PKSHA Technology Inc. 
We are very pleased to announce that "PKSHA Chatbot for Games" has been implemented to "ai and", a new service that connects AI and game developers. We hope to contribute to improving the experience for more developers and players through PKSHA products.

■Message from Yuki Naito - President of Drecom Co., Ltd. 
Since the launch of ChatGPT in the fall of 2022, we have been thinking about how we can utilize generative AI in the development of entertainment content. "ai and" has been one of the solutions we have been working on. As a service that fills the last one mile for integrating generative AI into the development process, we will continue to promote the use of AI in a variety of processes.

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