Ehmgeeaye
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- Feb 5, 2025
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Working on it, was hoping to have most of it by the time this update came out, but TS beat me to it... I forgot about some of this games mechanics... and I also remembered there's missable items and stuff, is there a completionist guide/walkthrough somewhere?
try and find the items in the room that are identically repeated as many as 5 timesHow do I open the Silver Chest in the Basement? I'm assuming it's related to the bookshelf hint of 0451, but that's as far as I've gotten if it is.
Thanks for the feedback. That’s not how the “ai cg” tag works. It’s meant for games that primarily use AI-generated character art or CGs, not projects where background elements were assisted with AI tools.I don't know who is in charge of tags, but could this thread be updated to include the 'ai cg' tag? I filter it out in my searches and was disappointed to see ai art crop up as soon as I started playing.
The backgrounds in this game were always generated by AI. They just looked so bad back in 2023, that people couldn't really tell?what the hell is with the AI backgrounds?
I see, my personal line for AI tolerance is lower than the average user. It's something I have moral objections to, and the backgrounds being majorly AI generated (I specifically stopped playing today at the Blacksmith's when the background looked generated and the layout didn't make logical sense, a hallmark of AI generation) really turned me off from the game. I don't believe that your game should be removed or anything close to that, it's just become more and more annoying to try to avoid AI content as its use has become more and more normalized. I sympathize with the issues that you've brought up and I don't think there is an easy answer, but on a personal level I would rather play no game than one that uses AI generated content (from your polls it sounds like I'm in the minority on this).Thanks for the feedback. That’s not how the “ai cg” tag works. It’s meant for games that primarily use AI-generated character art or CGs, not projects where background elements were assisted with AI tools.
It's mainly a loud minority. Most people don't really mind even "true AI CG" games, I think mainly people just see the difference in style between the backgrounds and the characters, and since the backgrounds are AI, they kind of overblow their complaints by treating the game like "This game is full of nothing but AI Slop". When in reality, it's a fairly decent balance between doing what you can as a solo dev, and cutting the corners that would otherwise be a barrier to entry that would either cost a lot of time or money to get past.The game actually has less AI content now. Half the entire point of the 2.0 update was to remove every single AI-generated character from the game. I spent two full weeks hand-drawing new art for Tamamo, Ulti, Erika, Mammon’s scene, Blackjack’s scene, Rosaria’s scene, and every remaining AI-generated NPC portrait was replaced with a silhouette.
I thought it'd be cool to fix the mistakes i made back in 2023 when AI just seemed cool new thing back then. So it’s fucking frustrating to see people acting like the game has suddenly “turned into” AI content when I'm literally fixing it.
New Necromancer art:
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New Erika art:
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Personally I'm not here to debate the ethics of AI generation and such, since it is a very loaded topic, but I would much prefer it be used in moderation and as responsibly as possible by solo devs who are already stretched thin enough like TS, than massive billion dollar corporations that outright use AI in the worst ways possible, just to fire and replace people. In my eyes, things like TS' work is one of the silver linings to come out of it's popularization.I see, my personal line for AI tolerance is lower than the average user. It's something I have moral objections to, and the backgrounds being majorly AI generated (I specifically stopped playing today at the Blacksmith's when the background looked generated and the layout didn't make logical sense, a hallmark of AI generation) really turned me off from the game. I don't believe that your game should be removed or anything close to that, it's just become more and more annoying to try to avoid AI content as its use has become more and more normalized. I sympathize with the issues that you've brought up and I don't think there is an easy answer, but on a personal level I would rather play no game than one that uses AI generated content (from your polls it sounds like I'm in the minority on this).
As for people suddenly crying out about the game being AI generated, I believe I've played sections of this game on previous releases (likely 6-12 months ago at the most recent) and I don't remember having any problems with it. I'm not sure if it's that AI outputs have settled into a more consistent 'feel' that's easier to detect, or if my personal tolerance for AI content has decreased, a combination of the two, or other factors entirely. I do appreciate you taking the time to actually talk about my concerns, and wish you the best in this and future projects.