GAME DEV & AI
Somewhere along the way I became a game developer. And it made perfect sense. The Nobody Hole has become one of the clearest expressions of my work across storytelling, music, immersive media, and emerging technology. Originally conceived as a hip-hop opera, this project has evolved into a surreal narrative adventure game built in Unreal Engine. A music-driven interactive world where ritual, environment, and mechanics all serve the story. Developing the game has deepened my practice in real-time media, cinematic sequencing, immersive worldbuilding, and XR-adjacent design. Through collaboration with GRX Immersive Labs and Lightheaded Media, I’ve expanded from writer and creative director into systems thinking: shaping how a player moves through space, how mechanics carry metaphor, and how worlds teach their own logic. I think I may have also stumbled into a proprietary pipeline of puppet rigging for 3D animation, using AI. More on that later.
In the process of game dev, I used generative tools like Runway, Kling, and Meshy to accelerate texture mapping ideation, animation tests, and asset workflows, … I would then refine those outputs inside a real-time Unreal pipeline. Across my work, I see AI not as a substitute for authorship, but as a tool for experimentation and iteration… as an AI realist, I know it’s not there….YET.
MY WORK IN AI
Roshmond “Sum” Patten, Culture x AI Strategist
Artist • Researcher • Governance Advisor
Roshmond “Sum” Patten is a CLIO Award–winning creative director, Recording Academy recognized musician, and Mozilla Creative Award-nominated community organizer working at the intersection of culture, technology, and creative integrity. An inaugural RunwayML Creative Partner and Co-Chair of the AI2030 Creative Industries Working Group, he advises enterprise and community leaders while also staying hands-on with emerging generative models ahead of the public curve. His career spans training music discovery algorithms for Amazon Music and Apple Music, developing AI education prototypes with Virginia Tech iCAT, and supporting accountability efforts around harmful AI in public systems with the Stop LAPD Spying Coalition. That cross-disciplinary track record creative, technical, and civic - gives him a singular lens for guiding organizations through the real-world implications of AI in music, media, and storytelling. Sum is available for speaking engagements, executive advising, and custom workshops focused on practical, culture-aligned AI strategy.
AI STANCES
Demystify AI & AI hype || Advocate for Artists & the Creative Laborer Class || Decolonize AI tech
ACCOMPLISHMENTS, ROLES & APPOINTMENTS
2026 - GRX Immersive Labs Mentor
2025 - RunwayML, Creative Partners Program
2024 - 2025 AI 2030, Los Angeles Chapter Advisor & Creative Industries Working Group Lead
2024 - 2025 Virginia Tech iCAT AI & Digital Humanities Fellow
2024 - GLOW Labs (AI Innovation Division), Creative Director
2023 - Founded CERITAS Research Group (Center for Empathic Research in Technology, Art and
Storytelling)
2022 - Virginia Tech Institute of Creativity, Arts & Technology i4 Fellow
2020 - Stop LAPD Spying Creative Director in Residence
2018 - USC Annenberg Cultural Architect Fellow
CAPABILITIES & SPECIALIZATIONS: Fundamentals of AI, ML, Open Innovation, Open Talent, Automation, Ethics, Bias, Business Strategy, Decision
Making, Generative AI, AI Ethics & Ethics Training Best Practices, Stable Diffusion, Large Language Model (LLM) proficiency for research, business
model building, strategy and creative, AI For Good (Public Health, Disaster Response, Climate Change), AI strategy development
GENERATIVE AI CAPABILITIES: Data Visualization Concepts, Spatial Immersion development, Business Canvas Models, Strategy development &
rollout plans, Character Concepts, Storyboards, Environments, World Building, 3D Modeling, Key Art Visuals, Architectural Concepts, Landscape
Design Concepts, Game Environment Concepts, Interior Design Concepts, Costume & Wardrobe Design Concepts, Event planning & production,
forecasting, projecting, astrological & cosmic profiling, songwriting and development