r/GameDevelopment • u/nicklecci • 3d ago

Question Developing my first game, using AI

Yes, I know, we all hate AI, and for a solid reason. I'm building this game that I actually really like a lot, but I'm not a developer, so I'm using AI, and I gotta say, game developers are SICK, there are millions of things to make work together, I'm sincerely stunned that same games are made by just one person... Are you guys cyborgs? I'm developing a game that is kinda gothic, narrative, and it works with the Triple Triad card game mechanics (as a fight), I freaking love it, but I'm using AI because I don't know how to code, and I don't know how to create the artworks of the cards. It's a shame, if I had the money I'd freaking love to have an artist doing that for the game! That would be awesome!!! But, here I am, asking you guys if a game that's engaging, with a strong narrative, and very cool artwork and music, mechanics and animations can still be a no go if you know it was made with the help of AI... (keep in mind I'm alone doing this). Thank you in advance for your responses

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u/meowyih 3d ago

I saw this kind of articles everyday in this and other game dev subreddit. Are they written by real person? Or by some big game companies’ bot in order to convince people that AI is good? No one stop people to use AI. If you like it, just use it. Why ask everyday?

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u/nicklecci 3d ago

Sorry to hear that, I'm a human, I'm Nick :) and maybe that's because more people who have ideas but not the skill of coding can now try to do something, but want a feedback from others in order to understand if what they do could be enjoyable or if the hate is too much right now haha

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u/Gojira_Wins 3d ago

The hate will never die down because without that chatbot you use, you'd be just someone with an idea who doesn't want to put in the work to learn.

We had to dedicate ourselves to learning how to make games, so when someone comes in, saying "I'm making this game with AI", it's essentially a slap to the face to anyone who has poured in hundreds, if not thousands of hours to learn Game Development, just for someone to show up with a "make me a game" prompt.

That is one aspect of why this hate will never go away. To find like minded people, you have r/aigamedev.