I kinda miss it as well. I may bring it back in a future update. We shall see. But I want focus on getting the main narrative done this time around and that's easier with a generic protagonist.
As a fellow solo developer AI is an invaluable tool. Without it I wouldn’t be able to make a game at all. I’m not going to get in the debate of AI art vs traditional art - except to touch on how any computer generated art was initially considered in much the same light and now many traditional artists make use of computers in some way as part of their work as a matter of course and CG graphics are big business from VFX to AAA video games.
There is a skill and a craft to creating AI art. True, a lot of the time you can pump any old nonsense in and you might get some good images out of it. But the best stuff, in my opinion, is crafted with a specific character in mind and time spent refining your prompt until you get it right. If I look back on the art I made when first starting out vs now there’s a world of difference.
If one is releasing a game for donations - or a token amount such as you are - then I see no reason why not to use AI assets. Personally, I don’t have a problem with full cost games using AI - it’s baked into engines like UE5 after all (though I appreciate that is a somewhat different usage it’s still AI). At some point AI will become unavoidable if it hasn’t already. Embrace change, embrace the future.
That being said, to provide balance, there is quite equally value in using traditional art as well and I have a great respect and no small amount of jealousy for those that posses the skills and natural talents to create the kind of art that until now I could only imagine.
Let’s give that last statement a little more context. I have dyspraxia- I can practice and practice all I like (and believe me I’ve tried) - I lack the control necessary to produce much more than a glorified stick man.
To cut to the chase - at the end of the day it’s your game. It’s your vision. Do what feels right for you. Whatever you decide, there will always be people that disagree, that won’t like what you’re doing. And that’s ok. We are all free to make our own choices.
Question 1 - how do I access to discord to submit an entry? I can't seem to find a link. Sorry if its obvious. Its late, and I'm tired from spending a good chunk of the day digging through lines of code patching an embarrassing number of bugs.
Question 2 - Is it cheeky to submit art (or unused art) from my own work, and is nudity acceptable?
yeah sorry about that. I’m surprised about the early bits being buggy. I thought they were fixed. I need to do a full play test. Any bug reports are welcome so I can pin them down and fix them.
ah right thanks for explaining. I was trying to click on all of them to try get into the character customisation bit for boobs etc. figured there was a button for getting that screen and I’d found how to access it once by accident then couldn’t get back in because of the button anomaly
I like it - but I seem to have an issue with the menu buttons on the right hand side not working. Trying to click on any of them just makes me walk off in that direction. The belly one and the cog on the left work ok though.
Thanks for your feedback, it really means a lot. You’ll see some big changes in version 0.2 later on today! It’s still pretty rough in some regards. But there’s a lot more content now. I’m considering putting in a temporary cheating button while I’m still working on the economy because at the moment I think it’s impossible to actually progress the (so far) one character you can romance. Although if I’m luck the economy will go smoothly enough that I won’t need the cheat button.
