The market is going to be flooded with so much slop. It'll be incredibly difficult for regular game developers to get any sort of budget to compete

We as consumers need to find a way to reward quality games

That’s because they didn’t think they were gonna get layed off before and that what they do is special therefore they’re safe. Now it’s “you’re not firing me! I’m quitting!”

managers are more likely to use generative AI than their employees

Is this not the case for any industry?

Unlike something that is made to solve a problem, AI is a poor solution looking for problems. It will never be useful unless there is a problem it actually solves, and the problems it does solve are all anti-worker and pro-capitalist. AI does not make anyone's lives better.

That's because it's trying to replace paid skilled workers who are entitled to benefits and rights. Of course it's bad for the industry. Still not going to stop greedy executives from pushing for it.

I'm working towards starting my own indie studio. Games are made for people to experience people emotions and it takes a person to be able to understand them in a way that can be accurately conveyed. When I make my studio there will be no generative AI, not in the product not in development. Probably there is a way to use it to streamline some stuff and I'd argue it's difficult but possible to use it ethically but why the fuck would I want a computer to do my art for me? Why would I want to rob myself or my team of the opportunity to express themselves to other humans?

I made an AI generated cupcake recipe a while back. It was fine, it covered the bases, ratios were more or less correct, if someone were to give me one I'd eat it and not complain. But it was a technically correct cupcake not a good cupcake. It had no love, you could tell it had no love. People joke about that but it's a real thing there's something extra humans can do that AI can't yet and maybe never will be able to, or not in a way humans relate with well. We've known how to make games with no love for a while now, that's capitalism, but AI let's us freeze dry the love out of everything at scale and the companies behind them are telling us that's a good thing. Fuck that I'm not buying into it. I don't make games for money, I barely make games for other people, tbh it isn't even that fun most the time, I make games because it's what makes the most sense to me for self expression. Games are what I know how to pour the most love into and an AI won't help me with that.

For real for real.