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 a bit frustrating to see the assumption, because this game contains hundreds of hours of hand-drawn, original artwork. Real work by real artists. Suggesting the whole thing should be tagged as “ai cg” because of backgrounds (of all 160 tuned myself) dismisses that effort.
I’m also someone who prefers to filter out heavy AI-generated projects, so I understand the concern. If even light background assistance qualifies for the tag, it ends up hurting artists more than helping anyone’s 'filters.'
The backgrounds in this game were always generated by AI. They just looked so bad back in 2023, that people couldn't really tell?
Trust me, I really did try everything I could to avoid using AI-assisted backgrounds. I spent ages looking for alternatives: stock photos, asset packs, anything that could fit my game’s tone. But the reality is that a huge amount of stock art these days is quietly AI-generated anyway, sometimes even falsely marketed as real. And ironically, even when I used backgrounds that weren’t AI-generated, I still got accused of using AI.
At a certain point I just thought fine, screw it. It’s not like the backgrounds are replacing any hand-drawn CGs, or anyone's work. The backgrounds are just a way to avoid leaving players with flat colour washes, abstract smears, or blurry photos that break immersion.
And honestly? Most players seem to appreciate it. I’ve run polls, and the feedback has been that people would rather have an actual location backdrop, than a blurry gradient. And for a solo developer, it solves a massive problem that would either cost $10,000+ and months of dev time. I've had people suggest that I just pay someone for the background art, but I literally wouldn't be able to afford that. This game could not exist as it does without taking advantage of this tool.
I know it annoys some people who hate AI on principle, and I get where that comes from. I'm happy to continue rethinking this and finding a better solution. By all means, give me a suggestion. But like I already said, Monster Girl 1,000's background have been AI for over three years now.
MASSIVE HYPOCRITE INCOMING , PREPARE FOR A DELUSIONAL RANT ONLY AVAILABLE TODAY,YOUR MENTALLY CHALLENGED GUEST YOURS TRULY "PODEDEAD" : I don't post usually , but you are my favorite game designer on this website , sadly i m to poor to show my appreciation (throw me in front of the gallows if ya will),but i will say this if i ever release the abomination i m about to create ,you and your works are my inspiration along side some other crimes against humanity i play!
I make this message because i want to clarify a few things . first of all i barely started learning rpg maker and bits of godot , i can barely make a message appear on screen , i hate the action coding XD ,but i found something funny since i hate ai and i want to be as natural in my creation as possible (and possibly learn something as well ,ya know step by step), i used old photos on my phone with stupid filters ,sometimes even tik tok filters to make the photos look stupid or out of place ,and sometimes you can just arrange something around and make it look viable for that , now granted i m a a faggot lego fan,a pokemon suker , a starwars crippled and a warhammer loser , so i have a couple of diagrams and lands i can use if i want to be fancy in the background ,MAYBE THAT IS NOT
AVAILABLE TO YOU , but filters with a bit of camera work it's way easier , faster and sometimes even funnier to work with than ai or whatever, that half the time never makes what I want or what i envision , heck sometimes i make some photos for hours just cuz it's so fun to edit XD.
i also let 2 photos as an idea of what i did in 2 min while i created this long rant , i don't want to see you give up on creativity and fun , that will later sip into your work , i learned this from my old work place in a factory,sometimes you gotta make your own fun to keep everything running, just be creative and find a work around that is fun to do , instead of a easy route that leads to nothing , again you can take everything with a lot of saaalt since i don't know your circumstances that well ,i can barely code, and i hate ai ,also i m just an idiot who saw something awesome and said , yea i can do that XD
Keep up the great work and hope you can find a good substitution for the ai thing , and bless us with greater games
