This hits hard. The question of the current digital age of AI slop, and AAA studios trying to go all-in. For the record I do think an indie revival will happen (if it hasn't already) but it's...
When ordinary game designers are laid off en masse thanks to the arrival of the “Rip-O-Bot”—when that happens, will you still have enough drive and originality left in you to beat robots like those?
This hits hard. The question of the current digital age of AI slop, and AAA studios trying to go all-in.
For the record I do think an indie revival will happen (if it hasn't already) but it's going to be worse before it gets better. "Shorter games with worse graphics by better paid developers" (-Mattie Lubchansky) is gonna be a thing but it's gonna take some time to shake out.
As an award-winning independent game developer, my answer to the question "will you still have enough drive and originality left in you?" is a resounding YES. The point I took away from the...
As an award-winning independent game developer, my answer to the question "will you still have enough drive and originality left in you?" is a resounding YES.
The point I took away from the article isn't to fight the automated tools or pretend they don't exist, but to look past them towards new pastures full of ideas. As humans we are capable of so much more than derivative, common denominator quality.
Hell yeah. I think there's going to be a future moment where this is true but you would definitely know better than me on when that is. But I'm really looking forward to it.
Hell yeah.
I think there's going to be a future moment where this is true but you would definitely know better than me on when that is. But I'm really looking forward to it.
This hits hard. The question of the current digital age of AI slop, and AAA studios trying to go all-in.
For the record I do think an indie revival will happen (if it hasn't already) but it's going to be worse before it gets better. "Shorter games with worse graphics by better paid developers" (-Mattie Lubchansky) is gonna be a thing but it's gonna take some time to shake out.
As an award-winning independent game developer, my answer to the question "will you still have enough drive and originality left in you?" is a resounding YES.
The point I took away from the article isn't to fight the automated tools or pretend they don't exist, but to look past them towards new pastures full of ideas. As humans we are capable of so much more than derivative, common denominator quality.
Hell yeah.
I think there's going to be a future moment where this is true but you would definitely know better than me on when that is. But I'm really looking forward to it.
Great article.
Miyamoto is the only game creator I can think of who approaches how prolific Tezuka was.