Ex-Blizzard employee has 'vibe' coded a new game engine with backing from AMD: 'We're developing 93x faster than we ever did before with Unreal'

An ex-Blizzard employee has reportedly developed a new game engine called Kun-Zhi. This engine, entirely vibe-coded using artificial intelligence, is being described as 93 times faster than Unreal Engine. Mark Kern, the developer, worked on World of Warcraft and previously helped found Red 5 Studios. Em-8er, the game built on this engine, is set to feature advanced character animation, world collision meshes, AI-assisted Blender animations, and physics-driven effects.

Notably, Em-8er will be released starting with backers, backed by corporate sponsors like Razer and AMD. The developer emphasizes that the AI coding is more than just a prompt and requires a deep understanding of game development.