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Overview When I presented Kroz at the AWS Summit 2024 in Milan, it was a fascinating but simple prototype: a text adventure dynamically generated by AWS Bedrock, with procedural rooms and basic game logic. The demo worked, people were intrigued, but I knew it was just the beginning. The game had potential, but it lacked depth, coherence, and the kind of carefully crafted experience that makes players want to keep exploring. ...

Introduction Text-based adventure games were among the earliest forms of digital entertainment, immersing players in interactive storytelling through simple text commands. Inspired by these classic games, I set out to create my own using AWS Bedrock, Amazon’s managed GenAI service. This article details how I leveraged generative AI, AWS infrastructure, and modern development tools to build and deploy my game, Kroz, bringing an old-school experience to modern cloud-based architecture. What is described in this article is also available here in form of slides - also, in a more available way! If you want to skip straight to a next-to-bedrock powered game, go instead here ...