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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
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Replying to @GolfFoxtrotLima@sh.itjust.works
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.
Replying to @Korkki@lemmy.ml
meanwhile, asset packs:
also, the problem you describe is part of the reason why hyper realistic games are a problem and expecting all games to fit that mold is bad. your bookshelf is a background detail, it’s fine if all books are just flat colors. using ai for this is the worst of both worlds: it looks unimpressive (half the reason people like hyper realism in games is that they can go “whoa look at all the effort they put in!”), and it takes a massive amount of space on people’s hard drives for no reason!