Relationships
AI gives characters autonomy. How will our relationships with virtual characters evolve?
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Relationships
Characters move beyond predefined content, gain independent "lives," and become deeply woven into our own.
Let AI becomea new language foremotion and interaction
MechAlmond is exploring human-centered, AI-native interactive experiences, opening up new possibilities for how characters, worlds, and people connect.
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Our Approach
AI will reshape how we connect with characters, worlds, and each other
Participation
As worlds begin to understand our intentions on their own, how will players take part in new kinds of "stories"?
?A / Our Answer
Participation
At the heart of a story are choices and meaning, linked by events. We experience the outcomes of different choices firsthand and glimpse different possible lives.
Co-creation
When people and AI face the same world, how can they shape unique experiences together?
?A / Our Answer
Co-creation
Human expression and system responses move the experience forward together, with clear boundaries and people in control.
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AI-Native Company
A company of the future, run by AI
- 01A company with personality
We make extensive use of the AI NPC technology we're proud of to build automated systems with personalities that work closely with our team. They're more than software: they're colleagues full of life.
- 02Product iteration
We hand routine implementation to AI so we can test ideas faster, speeding up the traditional product design loop: intended experience—interaction design—technical implementation.
- 03Pioneers & Fellows
Our human team members will spend more time talking with users, distilling their needs, coming up with creative solutions, and exploring frontier technologies, without getting stuck in repetitive work.
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Experiences & Projects
Explore our flagship product
Project: Love
Experience an immersive romance with a beautiful AI girl who likes you back.
More projects
02 PsiPlex
03 BattleCap
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About Us
A letter from our founding team: Here's to emotional resonance for all
Hi, I'm StellEdge, founder of MechAlmond. I'm happy to share what we're building.
We create interactive works of art—games—in search of "genuine emotional resonance for as many people as possible."
We love games. They're an art form about how we act and interact with the world. They go beyond any single form of interaction, engage all our senses, and give powerful expression to our understanding of life.
We care about "resonance" because we face a future where material abundance outpaces the richness of our inner lives. In this world, ability and resources aren't the only things that can be scarce. Motivation can be, too. To enrich everyone's inner lives, we distill our understanding of lived experience and recreate it through design, technology, and expression.
We hope everyone finds resonance in our work, sees life anew, and feels more deeply why their own existence matters.
We play, and prepare for life.
— StellEdge
Chen RuizhaoStellEdge/ CEO
Holds a bachelor's degree in Computer Science and Technology and a master's from the Digital Media and Artificial Intelligence Lab at Shanghai Jiao Tong University. Published multiple papers at ACM Multimedia and AAAI, and in IEEE TVCG, among other international conferences and journals. A young all-rounder in game development.
Liu GuohangFUSHIGI/ CTO
Holds bachelor's and master's degrees in Computer Science and Technology from Shanghai Jiao Tong University, with master's research at the BASICS Lab. His research focuses on mathematical logic and structural graph theory, with work at an advanced level in China.
Liao ZhuangzilongRedCat/ CPO
Holds a bachelor's degree in Mathematics and Applied Mathematics and a master's in Applied Psychology from Fudan University. Researched emotional experience in human-computer interaction at a cognitive psychology lab. A full-stack game designer.We'd love to talk with people who share our interest in people, technology, and the future of interaction