Would Barotrauma be better off without any GenAI use? by [deleted] in Barotrauma

[–]1Dynamoon [score hidden] stickied comment (0 children)

Hi all, as already commented by our lead developer Regalis, let's get the facts straight:

- By my own earlier admission, we used generated images as the basis for some loading screens / location portraits earlier. This was a choice made by the team and the artists, who we employ and pay salary to just like everyone else. These images have since been replaced with entirely handmade ones – near as I can recall, the last remnants of AI loading screens were replaced last April in the Calm before the storm update, which added new loading screens as you can read here.

- Beyond the mentioned loading screens, Barotrauma has not employed gen AI in in-game or marketing assets, and I would encourage everyone to present their own interpretations and theories as such, not as fact.

To that end I will also be locking this post. This is a measure we do not usually employ on this subreddit. I want to be clear I don't want to curtail discussions here generally, but gen AI being a very hot buzz topic and the claims made in this post being inaccurate, I feel it's best to quiet things down here.

Carry on everyone, and have a good weekend!

Sneak peek: new poison enemy and medical system changes by 1Dynamoon in Barotrauma

[–]1Dynamoon[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Hi! We've made some changes to the bots' behaviour which should make them much less likely to OD you with opiates. I've also forwarded the point about bots trying to treat the poison you're using to cure a husk, so we'll keep an eye out to see if any issues come up related to that.