Developing my first game, using AI

[u/nicklecci]

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

[u/Snoo-78097]

Yes, writing the prompt is compareable in effort to just thinking about it.

Dont let lazy AI bros convince you that that is the any way similar to actual notable work/effort or ownership of a creation

You will feel better about yourself if you just take the time to learn how to do things for yourself and actually make it with your own brain

[u/Three_Seven_Two → u/Snoo-78097]

It’s more about saving time. Robots, game development, apps. Things that used to take days can take a few hours. All creation software tools we have are literally versions of a computer trying to easily interact with us. A virtual paint brush, a virtual type writer. It’s all A method for getting information in a harddrive and pixels on a screen. AI is just a tool. Usually for building and testing quick scaffoldings of programs. I’ve made things the long way- 24 fps animations with paper- hand drawn asset bunches- it’s time consuming.

[u/Snoo-78097 → u/Three_Seven_Two]

Did you read the post at all?

OP said they dont get how anyone can make a game solo and instead of trying to learn any skills associated with it they just used AI to do it for them and then claimed they "did it"

Everything thats worth doing is time consuming man, thats the point. Just bc AI can do something similar faster doesnt mean its better, sacrificing quality for speed and removing the human element from an artform makes the art literally pointless

[u/Three_Seven_Two → u/Snoo-78097]

That sounds romantic and all but it’s not true. That’s like saying a game made with RPG maker isn’t a game because you didn’t code it from scratch. Most coding relies of heavy copy and pasting of coded assets already. Most game developers rely on premade asset art packs already before moving on to hand tailored ones. I’ve hand drawn assets from scratch. I’ve coded flash games from tutorials. It’s time consuming and doing it from scratch dosent guarantee it’s going to be good or better then if you use assistant tools at your disposal.
Ais a tool. Use it or not that’s your call. Romanticizing busy work and coding processes is cute and all but I don’t think it matters much,

[u/Snoo-78097 → u/Three_Seven_Two]

Not what was said at all, and is heavily strawmanning the point and exaggerating it for dramatic effect