Finally week’s Sport Awards ceremony, developer SuperAuthenti debuted a teaser for its in-development open-world journey cat recreation Catly, a video that was quick on gameplay particulars and lengthy on exceptionally cute cats with outsized, colourful eyes. After the trailer debuted, viewers—lots of them recreation builders—started speculating that the sport or the trailer are utilizing generative AI expertise.
As web sleuths dug by the enterprise profiles of SuperAuthenti and its executives, some started to marvel if the sport may also use blockchain expertise.
The corporate (like a cat) performed coy at first, first telling Digital Developments it will share extra particulars on the sport in 2025. That appears to have modified. At present, a SuperAuthenti PR spokesperson informed Sport Developer that there isn’t a generative AI in Catly or its teaser. Moreover, they mentioned Catly is “not a blockchain recreation,” and there aren’t any non-fungible tokens (NFTs) or different blockchain forex affiliated with the product.
“We didn’t use generative AI to supply the video and the sport,” the spokesperson mentioned. “In actual fact we’re very stunned by such hypothesis. We don’t assume there are any present AI instruments that might produce a video like that. Business specialists have echoed this opinion.”
SuperAuthenti shared a work-in-progress video of the Catly trailer with Sport Developer, which contained numerous before-and-after pictures exhibiting the pre-rendered kitties bouncing round their playroom. The cat’s fashions didn’t seem to comprise telltale indicators of generated 3D fashions (no uncommon symmetry, no melded limbs, and no baked-in textures), and the surroundings additionally seemed to be created with conventional 3D animation. Some pictures featured the cats rendered with full fur, others confirmed fashions carried out earlier than fur animations have been added.
The cat fashions did seem to have been totally mapped and rigged earlier than these clips have been captured, but it surely in any other case did not appear that completely different from different behind-the-scenes clips of CG animation.
SuperAuthenti says any there is no blockchain expertise in Catly
As noticed by Digital Developments, Hypothesis over Catly‘s attainable use of blockchain tech was primarily based on a attainable connection to blockchain recreation developer TenthPlanet. TenthPlanet was “began” by William Wei Chen and colleague Kevin Yeung. Yeung is registered because the founding father of SuperAuthenti. Animation and VFX information outlet 80 Degree acknowledged it reviewed paperwork saying SuperAuthenti is the only shareholder of Shanghai Binmao Know-how, which beforehand developed a blockchain-based “botanical and gardening expertise.”
SuperAuthenti’s spokesperson didn’t tackle these enterprise connections, however did push again on the concept Catly makes use of any blockchain expertise. “Catly will not be a blockchain recreation,” the spokesperson mentioned. “There aren’t any NFTs. Our firm/undertaking has by no means issued any blockchain forex and any NFTs. Our firm doesn’t and has by no means owned any blockchain forex and NFTs.”
The spokesperson mentioned that SuperAuthenti is “excited to disclose extra in regards to the recreation,” and its personal background in 2025.
