Past battle · 2024-11-20 UTC
Large Language Models (LLMs) Showdown — November 20, 2024
From the Large Language Models (LLMs) category. 12 marks placed across 3 fighters. Interactive LLM-Powered NPCs took the crown.
Final standings
The line-up
The fighters
Profiles of every tool that competed in this battle, ranked by their final score.
Interactive LLM-Powered NPCs
Open-source toolkit for adding LLM-driven conversational NPCs to games
Interactive LLM-Powered NPCs is an open-source project that lets game developers replace scripted dialogue trees with dynamic, language-model-driven characters. By wiring large language models into NPC behavior, it enables characters to hold context-aware conversations, react to player input in natural language, and improvise responses beyond pre-written scripts. The project is aimed at developers, modders, and researchers exploring how generative AI can reshape interactive storytelling. Because it is open source, teams can self-host models, customize prompts and personas, and integrate the system into their own engines or prototypes without vendor lock-in. It fits well for indie experiments, game jams, research demos, and studios prototyping next-generation NPC interactions before committing to a production pipeline.
Criteria breakdown
- LLM-driven NPC conversation system
- Configurable character personalities
- Context and memory handling for dialogue
- Integration hooks for game engines
- Open-source, modifiable codebase
- Support for custom or local models
Sudowrite
AI writing partner built for novelists and storytellers to beat blocks and expand ideas.
Sudowrite is an AI-powered writing assistant tailored to fiction authors, helping them draft, revise, and brainstorm long-form stories. Unlike general-purpose chatbots, it offers tools shaped around the craft of storytelling, including scene expansion, descriptive rewrites, and character development prompts. Writers can use it to push past blank pages by generating continuations, exploring alternative plot directions, or fleshing out settings and dialogue. It works alongside the author rather than replacing them, suggesting options that can be accepted, edited, or ignored. Sudowrite is browser-based and supports projects of novel length, making it a practical companion for both hobbyists working on first drafts and professional authors refining manuscripts.
Criteria breakdown
- Story expansion and continuation tools
- Describe and rewrite functions for prose polishing
- Brainstorm tool for plot and character ideas
- Canvas for outlining and world-building
- Adjustable tone, style, and genre controls
- Chapter-length document editor
Poe is a platform from Quora that lets users interact with a wide range of AI chatbots through a single interface. It provides access to popular large language models such as GPT-4, Claude, Gemini, and Llama, along with image generation models and specialized custom bots created by the community. Users can switch between models mid-conversation, compare responses, and build their own bots using custom prompts or API integrations. Poe is available on the web, iOS, Android, macOS, and Windows, with a subscription tier that unlocks higher usage limits and access to premium models.
Criteria breakdown
- Multi-model chat with GPT, Claude, Gemini, and more
- Custom bot creation with prompts or API
- Image generation models included
- Shared chat links and conversation history
- Apps for web, mobile, and desktop
- Community bot directory