
What we’re about
Welcome to GDG Sunderland,
The first official Google Developer Group in the North East!
We’re a friendly tech community open to everyone, whether you're a student, beginner, or experienced developer. We run fun, hands-on events around Google technologies like Cloud, Web, and AI. From talks and workshops to casual meetups, we’re here to learn, build, and grow together.
Come say hi, everyone’s welcome!
Upcoming events
1

AI Study Jam: Building immersive gaming experiences with Gemini and Gemma AI
City Space, Sunderland, CitySpace, Chester Road, Tyne and Wear, SR1 3SD, Sunderland, GBJoin us for an exciting evening exploring the future of game development and AI-driven characters with Jai Campbell, Google Developer Expert (GDE) in AI, Google Cloud and Modern & Enterprise Infrastructure 🤖☁️
Please use this link:
https://gdg.community.dev/events/details/google-gdg-sunderland-presents-ai-study-jam-building-immersive-gaming-experiences-with-gemini-and-gemma-ai/
In this session, Jai will demonstrate how to transform non-player characters (NPCs) from simple scripted bots into rich, memorable personalities using the Agent Development Kit (ADK), Gemini, Gemma and the Google Cloud Platform (GCP) ✨. Forget rigid dialogue trees, imagine NPCs that truly talk back, with dynamic conversations, real-time reactions and even responses to voice, video or emotional cues 💬
These AI-powered characters don’t just follow scripts; they learn, adapt and evolve alongside the game world 🌍
Whether you’re building a noir mystery 🕵️♂️ or a vast open-world adventure 🗺️, large language models (LLMs) can give every NPC a distinct personality, backstory and spark of life players won’t forget 🔥
👾 Live demos will include:
- 💬 Procedural dialogue: NPCs that converse dynamically based on context and player input.
- 🎭 Real-time behaviour modulation: Characters that respond instantly to player actions and decisions.
- 🌱 Environment-aware logic: NPCs that evolve as the world around them changes.
- 🧠 Personality & memory: Adding depth through vector memory and narrative conditioning.
Whether you’re a game developer, AI enthusiast or agent builder, this session will show how generative AI is levelling up NPCs from background filler to adaptive, unforgettable characters 🔝🔝
1 attendee
Past events
1
