Wait, they did not used do this before AI? Did they just hire solely based on portfolio or what?
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probably a portfolio was enough
Pretty much. If there was an art test it isn't done live. More take it away and do it over a day or two.
I can see why this would now be a problem.
Also reputation: former classmates or colleagues might be working there already
That's the artist equivalent to "write the sort function on the whiteboard" interview
Honestly I don't know why they haven't always been doing this. Some people are just shitty at interviewing applicants, I guess
Anyone else thinking that lead pic of the woman at the dual monitors is AI?

What are we looking at here?
That's the question, yeah. There are a number of odd elements on the computer screen.
Kinda telling how most ai slop games are visual novels, the least likely genre to fuck up basic functionality
There isnt much to fuck up in a visual novel really. Although it does make things like renpy look so much worse than they are, i've seen very complex games made with renpy, visual novels still, but like you could walk around places and interact with characters, the characters had schedules even.