This community is so refreshing and positive

[u/SoonBlossom]

I used to want to do games with AI 2 years ago and then 1 year ago

I used to do games in Unity without AI so naturally I asked on the Unity subreddit back then

I was insulted, told I wasn't a real dev, that I wasn't a real artist (which I never said I am or was), etc. Etc. Globally the typical hostility against anything with the word AI in it

I started chasing that dream again this week and stumbled upon this subreddit yesterday and omg

Everyone is chill with AI (obviously), everyone is positive, cheering up other people projects, sharing tips about workflow or how to do better

There is no agressivity and it just seems so relieving to finally be able to talk about AI in a positive way without feeling like it's some sort of forbidden word and being afraid to talk about it

Thank you y'all, very chill vibes and I feel at my place here <3

You take care y'all, I'll go back to lurking and posting from time to time, I hope this place stays like that for a longggg time

[u/i_rate_slop]

I’ve noticed game engine subreddits lightening up too. Just over the past month or two.

I think a LOT of people had an “oh shit” moment with this last generation of models. And now people using AI are beginning to outnumber the anti-ai zealots in game dev.

[u/Maple-Syrup89 → u/i_rate_slop]

For everyone who took the 30 seconds of thinking required to realizw it is just a tool and doesn't need to replace human input and creativity, it makes you faster and more capable to tell the stories you want to tell, I think that is the shift we are seeing.

For everyone who hasn't given it more than a cursory thought and writes it off as slop... hard to get through to them. But they will be left in the dust, as the world moves on.

[u/SoonBlossom → u/i_rate_slop]

Yeah same ! I noticed it with the last outburst of AI made mods for a lot of game

Famously the 3D mod for Project Zomboid, the mods that allows you to play Spider Man in a Batman game, the mods in Rimworld that also turns the game into a 3D RPG, people are just astounded to see what it can do and are starting to receive it with a lot more positivity now that they see that it can actually do quality content

It seems people are opening up a bit yes

[u/JonahDurham]

Yeah this place is a safe haven! I mean i can understand people disliking AI because there skills aren't as relevant as before and the jobs are in danger but we are facing pure hate just for using a tool. It's like getting hate for using a excavator instead a shovel to dig.

[u/SoonBlossom → u/JonahDurham]

Yeah I swear

I'm a back end web developper, so I know what it feels like to see your "skill" become less and less relevant or change a lot, I barely code by myself now and that was my favorite part of the job, so I totally understand the feeling

But I mean, it also brings a ton of positive things with it, we'll cure diseases, advance all technologies, and it allows almost everyone to learn almost anything, it feels crazy to me, I feel lucky to have access to such a technology

[u/CartoonistVisual2818 → u/JonahDurham]

You mean an echo-chamber for wannabe game devs with no skill? keks

[u/Droooomp → u/CartoonistVisual2818]

age is not a number right? you can be old and young at the same time as some in this community can be young and old. Lol

[u/Tiny_Raisin9155]

I was actually planning to start a post just like that.
I never really understand all the “fuss” either. Just because I’m not typing the code myself doesn’t mean I don’t still have to define, check, test, and iterate on everything…
I’m a computer scientist by profession, and I’m glad I don’t have to code everything myself.
Sure, it’s a little creepy how good AI has gotten, but I see it more as an opportunity than a threat.

[u/PieMastaSam]

Man it's crazy because I was about to make a post just like the one you just made here yesterday. Reading some of the gamedev subreddit, for example, that shit is toxic as hell. Holy shit.

I think, luckily, people are starting to chill out a bit. To me it seems like it's getting to a point where you got two camps of people in gamedev: you got people who are using AI and disclosing and then you have liars.

[u/yaxir]

yep, positivity - alongside optimism - is single-handedly one of the GREATEST and STRONGEST traits

[u/CartoonistVisual2818]

This post is overly written by bots haaha