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That’s disheartening to see but at least it makes this make a bit more sense.

Though it also proves my point that apathy towards generative AI just helps shift public sentiment in the direction of acceptance. I’ve seen Baron use AI images in his videos so I’m not surprised he’d write that rule, and Ben not changing that just carries over Baron’s acceptance. And now we’re here, but we really didn’t need to be.

Ethics aside, I’m sure that if you enter, your submission will be far more interesting and unique with the use of edited public domain art. Limitation promotes creativity — not to mention you’ll actually have a chance to practice those skills! That’s what I always thought jams like this were for.

(Or alternatively, I’m sure nothing is gonna stop anyone from asking artist friends to collab)

I can’t fault you for not taking a personal interest in the topic, but as a prominent voice in an indie creative niche I really think this is something you’ve gotta have an opinion on, assuming supporting likeminded creators is somewhere on your list of ideals. Doubly so as an author who I can only assume wants to keep commissioning real human artists for your future work.

I appreciate the requirement for AI images to be disclosed, but that truly is just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to issues with it. I don’t know if this lack of an opinion is just because you haven’t read up on it, but if that’s the case, I can guarantee your community is full of people far more eloquent and educated than me who could give you some very good explainers on why AI image generation is considered such a crisis among independent artists.

I was immediately excited to hear about this, but I’m disappointed to see that the use of AI generated images is accepted ‘if disclosed’ (disclosed how? where? how clearly?). As an artist who’d otherwise be excited to incorporate hand drawn illustrations in my entry, I dunno what to say other than this sucks and is exhausting.

It’s not even about the fact that that I’ll have less of an edge as an artist (I just wanna join this to practice adventure design), but when a pretty high profile designer with a platform shows this kind of lax acceptance of generative AI, it’s absolutely going to shift the Overton window in the exacct opposite direction any kind of indie artist wants.

What’s the logic behind this? How do the benefits possibly outweigh the negatives?

I did my own take on character sheets :)

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Ht_2Xv_NkIONGr278NGZJ8gbreh5m6O29cUpHDhQ_cs/edit?usp=sharing