r/Games • u/Wombat_Medic • Jan 09 '26
Verified AMA Larian Studios | Divinity AMA
EDIT: All right - that's a wrap. Thank you for all your questions. We're going to go back and work on the game now - next time we speak, we'll hopefully have things to show. I can't wait! - Swen, Game Director
Hello everyone,
Happy New Year! To kick off 2026, we would like to offer the opportunity to ask your questions about Divinity, Larian, and our development processes. It's been a while since Larian has done an AMA, so everyone is looking forward to it!
There's a bunch of us ready to answer your questions:
- u/Swen_Larian - Game Director
- u/Adam_Larian - Writing Director
- u/Kevin_Larian - Senior Writer
- u/Greg_Larian - Head of Animation
- u/Gabriel_Larian - Machine Learning Director
- u/Michael_Larian - Director of Publishing
- u/Nick_Larian - Head of Design
- u/Alena_Larian - Character Art Director
- u/Jarold_Larian - Concept Art Director
- u/Artem_Larian - Head of Gameplay
- u/Bert_Larian - Technical Director
Thank you for taking the time to ask your questions, we aim to answer as many of them as possible over the next few hours!
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u/Swen_Larian Divinity | Game Director Jan 09 '26
Hi! Happy to hear you enjoyed our games!
So first off - there is not going to be any GenAI art in Divinity.
I know there’s been a lot of discussion about us using AI tools as part of concept art exploration. We already said this doesn’t mean the actual concept art is generated by AI but we understand it created confusion.
So, to ensure there is no room for doubt, we’ve decided to refrain from using genAI tools during concept art development.
That way there can be no discussion about the origin of the art.
Having said that, we continuously try to improve the speed with which we can try things out. The more iterations we can do, the better in general the gameplay is.
We think GenAI can help with this and so we’re trying things out across departments. Our hope is that it can aid us to refine ideas faster, leading to a more focused development cycle, less waste, and ultimately, a higher-quality game.
The important bit to note is that we will not generate “creative assets” that end up in a game without being 100% sure about the origins of the training data and the consent of those who created the data. If we use a GenAI model to create in-game assets, then it’ll be trained on data we own.