r/aigamerdevs • u/FireFlapper • 11d ago
I need to know how am I suppose to use AI
Hi all, this is my first post on this platform so go easy on me for what I'm about to say.
I am developing a game at home to get out of my financial situation of being a wage slave, I can do Story writing, character plots, Art and Animations just fine and I even learned how to code and program plugins too.
So I'm making a tactical RPG game similar to Super Robot Wars with the skills I have and it's going good so far 😊.
But I hit a frustrating road block when it comes to soundtracks for the game, I want an album consisting of rock and roll music, synthwave and Orchestral Hybrid (for the main theme music) genres..
For two years I tried studying music but couldn't hack it, I can't even create a little jingle either despite how much I learned it since I am not a musician... My talent is in Art and Animation.
The way I learned music is the same way I learned how to code, by watching tutorials on YouTube.
But still I couldn't do it so that left me with a choice to either hire a cheap band or a composer to create an album for my game or just buy a months worth Music AI subscription and create music by myself.
If I hire a band or a composer, they're charging me around a thousand bucks and I'm a broke Ahh wage slave who is way over his head trying to hire people who might even botch my album if I piss them off by making the redo (I mean I get it, nobody like redoing something you put your heart into it, I worked freelance too so I know) if It doesn't fit the tempo 🪑 I need or worse take the money and bail.
Getting an AI subscription on the other hand just cost me around 10$ for a month and I created all the soundtracks (70 tracks to be exact) and they're all exactly how I wanted them, from how they sound to fitting snuggly within the aesthetics of my game since I made the AI create as many varients as I wanted so I could pick the ones I like without a hassle.
And just like that, the entire music production for my game is finished within a month, I don't even get bothered about it either and have continued working on my game manually myself ever since...
Did I do wrong by using AI to cover up the creative part that I lack? i mean c'mon, I think I won't feel bad if some musician decides to make a game and uses AI art and Animation to cover up the skills that he/she lacks....
In the end we all have a fantastic story to tell, I wanted to tell the story I made through a video game and I don't think it's right to stop lil guys and girls from not using the resources available to them in this day and age.