We are sharing $2M revenue with 1000 indie developers in the next 12 months
Our Mission: AI for Every Indie Game Developer
We believe AI-driven NPCs (non-player characters) shouldn’t be a luxury limited to big studios. Our mission is to make developing AI NPCs accessible to indie and small developers. Whether you’re a solo modder or a small studio, you should be able to create living, intelligent companions, quest-givers, friends, or foes in your games. Player creativity is limitless – and with the right tools, we can bring next-gen AI gameplay to every gamer.
Introducing Player2: AI NPCs Made Easy
Player2 is our answer to the AI-NPC challenge. It’s a desktop app that provides powerful, low-latency, and easy-to-use AI APIs for your games and mods. In plain terms, Player2 lets you drop a brain into any game character. You get instant access to advanced AI capabilities like language understanding and voice, without needing to build any AI infrastructure yourself.
No API keys or cloud setup required: Just install Player2, run it, and you’re ready to integrate – no sign-ups or secret keys needed. You can even access the API docs locally at http://localhost:4315/docs once Player2 is running. It’s plug-and-play for AI!
Powerful AI, zero hassle: Under the hood, Player2 provides large language model intelligence along with speech-to-text and text-to-speech out of the box. Your NPCs can listen to player voice chat (STT), think/speak using AI language models, and talk back with realistic voices (TTS) – all handled by the Player2 API. We are working on and will soon release our vision language action model that can play games across the user’s screen.
Fast and gamer-friendly: Player2 is built for low latency and performance. AI NPCs powered by Player2 respond quickly, keeping players immersed in the game world without lag or stutter.
A Growing Community of AI-Powered Games
We already have 11,000+ users in our community (and growing fast) who are excited about AI-driven games and mods. These players come to the Player2 platform looking for innovative experiences – and that could be your game or mod next. Player2 isn’t just an SDK; it’s also a distribution platform: gamers use our app to discover, download, and play community-made AI mods and games. In other words, if you build something awesome with AI NPCs, we’ll help you get it in front of an eager audience from day one.
(Imagine a future where any indie game can offer the rich interactions of an RPG with dynamic NPC dialogue, or where a Minecraft mod can introduce a chatterbox companion who remembers your past adventures. That future is happening now in our community.)
See It in Action: AI NPCs in Games
To get a taste of what indie developers are creating with Player2, check out a few examples from our community:
ChatAi Mod (Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord) – An AI-driven companion mod where NPCs engage in dynamic, lore-friendly conversations with the player.
Touhou Little Maid Mod (Minecraft) – An adorable maid companion in Minecraft that you can actually chat with, powered by AI. She listens, responds, and helps out just like a real friend.
MyRobot (Indie Sandbox Game) – An indie game where you build your own robot companion with AI. The robot can converse and evolve its personality as you play.
“Player2 really solves one of the hardest problems for mod developers like me: how to lower the barrier for users to use AI conversations. Now the users only need to open player2, run the game and enjoy.”
— [TartaricAcid], developer of TouhouLittleMaid“The API is straightforward to integrate, handling more complex tasks like speech-to-text and real-time audio playback via the player app, and its OpenAI-compatible LLM interface allows for drop-in replacement in existing codebases.”
— [Luke100000], developer of MCA reborn
(More community highlights coming – you could be our next showcased creator!)
Announcing the $2M Indie Developer Revenue Share Program
To back up our mission, we’re putting our money where our mouth is. Over the next 12 months, we will be sharing $2,000,000 of our revenue with indie developers who build on Player2. This program will reward the creators of the top 1,000 AI-driven games and mods on our platform. It’s not a contest or a one-time prize – it’s an ongoing revenue share to support your development efforts.
How it works: We’re using a player-centric approach to reward you. Your share of the $2M will be based on the total time players spend in your game or mod, not just the number of downloads. If players love your creation and keep playing it, you’ll earn more – simple as that. This focus on engagement (instead of raw download counts) means quality and fun are rewarded. Even if your game has a smaller player base, passionate fans who play for hours will boost your earnings.
To make sure every minute is counted, be sure to include your game’s ID in API calls and send regular heartbeats from your game:
Use a Game ID: Tag your integration with a unique game identifier (via the
player2-game-keyheader) so our system knows which game is being played.Send periodic pings: Call the Player2 health check endpoint at least once per minute from your game. This “heartbeat” ping lets us log active play time reliably. (Our SDK provides a handy heartbeat function – see the integration guide for an example.)
Why time-based? Unlike other platforms that only count raw downloads, we want to reward actual gameplay. A high download count means nothing if players quit after 5 minutes. By tracking play time, we encourage devs to create engaging experiences that players truly enjoy. (Fun games = more player time = everyone wins.)
Maximizing your share: Don’t be shy about promoting your AI game/mod! Share guides, post videos, and link back to your game’s page. The more players who discover and spend time with your creation, the larger your slice of the $2M pie. Need help? Check out our Building AI NPCs with Player2 API guide for integration tips and best practices. We’re also happy to amplify great content from our community – we will make promotion videos for selected games, and if you make a tutorial or trailer, let us know, and we can share it.
Revenue Breakdown & Guarantee
We’ve set aside multiple revenue streams to support our developers. Here’s the breakdown of how earnings will be shared with you:
Minimum guarantee – $200/month/game: Every active game will contribute at least $200 per month into the reward pool, guaranteed. “Active” means a game/mod has a baseline level of usage – currently defined as 5 or more daily users (this threshold may adjust as the community grows). If your AI game attracts a handful of players, we’ll ensure we add at least $200 to the overall pool. This is our way of saying “thank you for participating” and making sure small up-and-coming projects are rewarded.
Patron revenue – 20%: We share 20% of Player2 patron subscription revenue with the creator community. (As our player base contributes, you benefit too!)
Advertising revenue – 70%: We share 70% of any ad revenue generated in the Player2 ecosystem with developers. If your game or mod keeps players engaged (and seeing ads), you’ll earn the lion’s share of that ad money.
Revenue is then shared from the reward pool to each developer based on the share of time spent.
In short, top projects with lots of playtime can earn significant revenue, and each active project contributes a supportive baseline to the reward pool.
Why Use Player2 for Your AI NPCs?
Choosing Player2 isn’t just about the money – it’s also about convenience, cost savings, and constant improvements. Here are some benefits you get by building with Player2:
Seamless player authentication: Player2 handles user logins and identity for you. You don’t need to set up accounts or manage credentials – when players use your mod through our platform, we’ve got the auth covered.
Zero server or API costs: You don’t need to run any servers or pay for AI cloud services. Player2 manages all the heavy AI processing (LLM queries, voice synthesis, etc.), so you incur no hosting or API charges as a developer. Focus on making a fun game, not on cloud bills!
Built-in safety and scalability: Our platform handles things like rate limiting and secure usage of AI tokens behind the scenes. That means your AI NPCs run safely and can scale to thousands of players without you worrying about infrastructure. We take care of updates, bug fixes, and performance optimisations continually.
Continuous improvements: Every week, Player2 is getting better – we are fine-tuning our models, adding features, and improving latency. Your game’s AI NPCs will automatically get smarter and more natural over time with no extra work on your end. It’s like having a live service AI backend that only gets better, for free.
Developer support & community: We’re a small team deeply passionate about AI in games, and we work closely with our dev community. Join our Discord to get help, share feedback, and even influence our roadmap. We love featuring indie projects in our blog and social media – you could be our next success story!
(On top of all this, you retain full creative control and ownership of your game/mod. We’re here to empower your vision, not interfere with it.)
Ready to Build the Future of Games with Us?
If you’re excited to bring intelligent NPCs into your project (and get rewarded for it), now’s the perfect time to jump in! We have the players, the tech, and now the developer funding to make it worth your while. All we need is you and your creative ideas.
Interested? Get in touch with us:
Email: wenzhe@elefant.gg
LinkedIn: Connect with Wenzhe on LinkedIn
Discord: Join the Player2 developer community here (chat with our team and fellow devs, get support, and see what others are building)
We can’t wait to see what amazing AI-powered experiences you will create. Let’s make game history together!