Like people are already starting to come around on games that have a sketchy, hand-drawn feel to them whereas a few years ago they might have gotten slammed for the quality of the art. When you see a page full of identical crap the thing that someone actually poured effort into will draw in the eye.
is it still worth making games with ai going around?
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icesavage
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AI is a tool, much like DAZ and Honey Select is a tool. Each tool takes some time to set up. But AI doesnt build the game for you, nor does it create the story. Yes, we will get low effort AI VN games in the future. But, we are getting low effort DAZ and Honey Select games now. I think the time required to use AI as a tool is about the same as using other visual tool. And story writing and coding time are still the same. You arent cutting out an artist either since neither DAZ or Honey Select required one. Might it be easier? Potentially, though I think the hardware requirement in a high end nvidia graphics card is downside for AI art, but that will go down over the years.
I personally wonder if the Porn Industry is going to embrace AI for realistic porn in the future. Why pay for a location and a crew when you can just create it with AI. All you will need is image rights from a performer. The virtual girlfriend from Bladerunner 2049 is coming.
I personally wonder if the Porn Industry is going to embrace AI for realistic porn in the future. Why pay for a location and a crew when you can just create it with AI. All you will need is image rights from a performer. The virtual girlfriend from Bladerunner 2049 is coming.
It will (and has) exacerbate the discoverability problem, but all it's doing is pumping out more slop, and it will destroy a lot of low level art jobs, which will mean some of those artists will try to squeeze out some money from a porn patreon. Good things will still float to the top. I don't really think the market for a patreon porno game is the same as the market for an AI waifu. AI waifu is way too bleak for me to even think about that, geez, but I love my little porno games.
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Just like with any skill if you take the steps to learn the fundamentals you will surpass any AI tool and be able to create something unique to you.
That wasn't his point at all. The point was most will be working for free for the first few years, or until they can surpass AI, which will act as a barrier to entering the field at all.
HotwifeEnjoyer
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I mean most beginner art will face that regardless even if AI wasnt a thing. People want a good product most of the time so I expect new artist with lower art skills to struggle.
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Well AI is just the new wave of shovelware, good things will still stand out as always. It's like those cash grab "horror" games with loud sounds made for youtubers to play. They are not good, they are not fun to even watch at times, but they are there and people know them well, yet they DO NOT compete at all with proper games.
That said I feel bad for new artists because to be noticed they will have to try so damn hard, harder than they already were, and even when they reach a good point, some asshole can still show up and call it "AI art" and forever screw the artist, which is why many are using weird tech so AI cannot copy their art, which I approve.
I'll be honest here, it's not AI that sucks, that is simply a tool, it's people and big companies fucking it up as always because of laziness and greed. No much different than a hammer, meant for construction work, yet people can use it to kill and break into people's homes and stuff.
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Its still worth it making games with AI around. Makes it easier for people with zero understanding to take their first steps to creating a game. The free AI generated 3d models ive tried using have issues and require just as much time fixing it as it would have taken if I had made it from scratch. Same problem with AI generated code, it can help get the basic things going like movement but as it gets more complicated you will have to prompt the AI to generate code HUNDREDS of times to get the results you want, most free AI coders limit you to a preset amount of daily prompts.
If I were to use AI, I would have to pay four different subscriptions to automate everything I need to develop games. Its an industry trying to make as much money as possible like most industries
If I were to use AI, I would have to pay four different subscriptions to automate everything I need to develop games. Its an industry trying to make as much money as possible like most industries
Visually, yes; narratively, no. I don't think AI can write a story like Eternum, but it can already create incredible visuals.
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well i've been using AI both for work and for fun literally every day in the past year. I have zero knowledge about game development or anything like that, but I did try making a small visual novel for my OCs with AI. AI is amazing indeed, but I still feel the hardest part for someone with no experience is “how to describe what’s in your mind clearly enough so the AI actually understands what you want”. And the output is not always right. Most of the time I just give up and go “okay whatever I'll take it”.
so yeah, I think we still need professionals for this stuff…
so yeah, I think we still need professionals for this stuff…
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AI is good to use for translations, learning (though it's still worth double-checking), or solving code problems (for example, finding bugs). Something like advanced searching tool.
Already now, a large part of mobile games use AI to generate crappy ads, watching which literally kills brain cells.
They use it for generating character avatars and other small stuff, like boxes, items, and so on.
For the rest, to get something at least adequate, you need to use a base (reference), otherwise the results will be quite meager.
95% of the games that are on this site and have AI visuals are too similar to each other (and all of them use the same engine, which only enhances this effect). It's like you're playing the same game from the same artist\developer. At the same time, AI has a hard time with complex angles, so mostly it's simple poses.
The bar for artists has certainly risen, but often in job offers, a point "knowledge of AI" just appears, otherwise it's a matter of practice. Same for programmer without experience, and AI knowledge is also required.
In general, of course, I could be wrong, because I don't use AI in my project(only for translate corrections), but just try different services in my free time.
Already now, a large part of mobile games use AI to generate crappy ads, watching which literally kills brain cells.
They use it for generating character avatars and other small stuff, like boxes, items, and so on.
For the rest, to get something at least adequate, you need to use a base (reference), otherwise the results will be quite meager.
95% of the games that are on this site and have AI visuals are too similar to each other (and all of them use the same engine, which only enhances this effect). It's like you're playing the same game from the same artist\developer. At the same time, AI has a hard time with complex angles, so mostly it's simple poses.
The bar for artists has certainly risen, but often in job offers, a point "knowledge of AI" just appears, otherwise it's a matter of practice. Same for programmer without experience, and AI knowledge is also required.
In general, of course, I could be wrong, because I don't use AI in my project(only for translate corrections), but just try different services in my free time.
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AI is just a tool for lazy people who want to pretend to be creative. It's never worth to make games in the first place, nevermind porn games lol. Go do something better with your life and don't waste your time on this stupid shit.
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As long as the sentiment of real hard work remains, that will not happen. Personally, I rather quality over quantity.
This is a similar discussion with how piracy kills revenue for creators, when that's not really true. People will always support their favorite creators for the things they make, regardless, it's not an obligation, literally just a tip.
The biggest issue is when AI is completely normalize, which I hope it doesn't get to that point, which is why I think it's important to still put resistance. Sure, AI tools are useful, but generative shit is the actual problem.
As for your question, OP, sure, I think it's absolutely worth it. I'd say it's easier to start now than it was before, for better or worse. As long as you don't slop your way into it and understand the things you are making instead of trying to leave all the work and thinking to the AI, there shouldn't be a problem.
This neanderthal thinking, painting with large brush strokes is funny. In a year, 90% plus of games on here are going to use AI in some form or the other. Some of the games will be slop, some will be very good (just like non AI ones). We do need different variations of AI tags on this site though rather than just AI CG.
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There's a big difference between generative AI and assistive AI. Generative AI makes talentless people think their brain farts are worth a damn, while assistive AI helps actual professionals perform their tasks better. Generative AI will always lead to slop, and with assistive tools, it's a 50/50 at best.
You have a point, though; usually, assistive AI is similar to a Google search. But that's what most AI realistically is outside of generative slop.
nothing can replace human, ai can help, but reading ai slog is painful, and AI art only gets good after a lot of editing work, it is not as simple as give me a prompt and i will give you masterpiece result even with best ai out there, usually people spend hours editing prompts values and then redoing images to get one decent image