Indie game developers have a new sales pitch: being ‘AI free’

cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/39280394

www.theverge.com/entertainment/827650/indie-developers-gen-ai-nexon-arc-raiders

Gen-AI use is fine if it’s used within good taste and for generating bulk background props and somesuch. It doesn’t make a gamedev any holier or respectable if they torture themselves by hand drawing 1000 unique titles and textures for bookspines for some NPCs bookshelf.