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AI driving game demo costs developers more than $1,000 a day to run
Easy Fox is developing Teach My Little Sister How To Drive, a game where players coach a virtual learner driver by speaking to an AI chatbot.
The studio says the demo’s player numbers grew more than twentyfold in the past month.
That surge has raised the cost of running the AI to more than $1,000 a day, according to Easy Fox.
The small development team says it has taken out a bank loan to keep the demo operating.
It may have to close the demo before the full game is released, but has not made that decision.
Easy Fox says it plans to include expected AI costs in the game’s price, rather than charging players separately for their use of the AI.
The studio is also exploring options such as running AI locally on players’ computers.
Easy Fox says it is spending more than $1,000 a day on AI services to keep the demo of Teach My Little Sister How To Drive running.
The studio says demo players grew more than twentyfold over the past month, increasing operating costs.
Easy Fox has taken out a bank loan to help maintain the demo.
The studio says financial pressure could force it to close the demo before the full game is released, but it has not made that decision.
Easy Fox plans to include expected AI use in the game’s price and says players will not pay separately for their individual token use.
- Who
- Easy Fox, the four-person development team behind Teach My Little Sister How To Drive.
- What
- The studio says AI services for the game’s demo cost more than $1,000 a day. It has taken out a bank loan to help keep the demo running.
- When
- The demo’s player count grew more than twentyfold over the past month. The demo was released in February.
- Where
- The demo is available on Steam.
- Why
- Players’ use of the AI chatbot has increased operating costs.
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
We want to continue operating the demo and would love for more people to enjoy it
However, we are a small team of four, and financial pressure may mean we have to close the demo earlier than expected before the full release. We have not made that decision at this time.
spending over $1,000 per day on AI services for the demo
This growth has also increased our operating costs considerably.
Easy Fox released the demo for Teach My Little Sister How To Drive.
The number of demo players grew more than twentyfold, according to Easy Fox.
Easy Fox took out a bank loan to help keep the demo running.
- Daily AI costs
- More than $1,000
- Player growth
- More than twentyfold over the past month
- Development team
- Four people
- AI model in current demo
- OpenAI model
- Planned AI model for full release
- Gemini
Sources
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