Unfortunately we are on a loosing end here. The original Artist refused his help, there are limited Assets of his Art that we CAN use. Adding 2-3 more scenes and things start to look same-y and copy pasted. There is other Atella Art out there, but we arnt allowed to use it.
This leaves creating new scenes ourself, which is a challenge. You have to jump though several hoops:
First, you want to keep the Art style of Atella in some way, so it doesnt end up like a mixture of Styles like in Ravager. It is hard to mimic a certain Art Style, that isnt your own.
Second, the way Scenes are made is dated and time consuming. It is like a flipbook with different images played in a pattern. For each tiny movement you will need another image. Newer games uses flash or modern animation programs to morph one picture into another. You can create basic loops with just 2-3 images. Unfortunately this doesnt work here.
So unfortunately AI is almost necessary, I think. The difference is how you use it.
I know there are countless"games" that uses AI as its main method. AI wirtten story, AI generated Art that all looks basic and same-y. Thats because these Devs lack passion and dont put much effort into their creations. They put together common assets to make a game to gain some money.
However Eroism has proven that he/she/it (how should we address you btw?) has the passion to use it as a mere tool, not a main production method. I have faith that Eroism will use AI sparingly to honor Atella and his legacy.
Everybody who voted "drawn by artists" should know that this will slow down the production significantly, with a high risk of the game staying unfinished or getting abandoned. Artists that have the talent and are willing to jump through all these hoops are rare and probably dont want to be credited for a game about Insects fucking young girls.
