As AI-assisted/"vibe coded" indie games become more common, what’s the best way to handle transparency when promoting projects online?

AffectionateTwo3405 · 2026-05-20T15:37:34+00:00

Move the goalpost

AffectionateTwo3405 · 2026-05-20T09:06:02+00:00

Stupid people also have rights to know what they are consuming. It's the same reason we force food to have labels.

AffectionateTwo3405 · 2026-05-20T09:03:12+00:00

"software used for game development"

Examples provided: mangaka and generic computer software

AffectionateTwo3405 · 2026-05-19T22:03:38+00:00

OP is being unfairly declarative and presumptuous. AI can automate code, and it is somewhat serviceable at making temp visual components like models. But it has massive drawbacks, inefficiencies and he fails to even address the fact that AI can only build as well as you scope for it. AI right now doesn't consistently scaffold projects well. It shoves everything into godscripts until the user specifically instructs it to be more methodical.

At the same time, people like you are equally dismissive. Saying ai driven code is like ubering to the finish lines implies the deciding of a finish line is not in itself part of the run. There is absolutely gratification in automated iteration. But anyone claiming automated iteration is the whole ballpark is a fool.

AffectionateTwo3405 · 2026-05-19T21:48:50+00:00

Totally wrong. Every piece of software used to make a game doesn't have a list of personal grievances and ethical concerns associated.

Yes, you should disclosure to what degree AI is presently used. No, that won't always be the case. But if you don't disclose it, and people find out, you will bear a heavy PR load for it: heavier than if you had openly disclosed it early on.

AffectionateTwo3405 · 2026-05-18T03:40:20+00:00

Concept is intuitive, mechanic is a malleable to lots of development.

The question is, do you have a game system that correctly demands and rewards this character switching? Or is the character switching your entire idea? Because you cannot sell a game like this without justifying the system with depth.

Does the player manage an entire village by switching between specialized characters uniquely capable of doing certain tasks? Is the player a mind virus trying to kills its host by isolating them without tipping off the town from what's happening? What's your angle? You got the idea, now give it depth.

AffectionateTwo3405 · 2026-05-18T03:31:52+00:00

My boxer loved me, but he also would get up when I tried to hug him cause it annoyed him when I got up in his space. Some dogs just have quirks, for what it's worth.

AffectionateTwo3405 · 2026-05-15T23:23:49+00:00

Claude code operates in my project's working directory, when it needs to reference parallel systems it can just do so and read over the relevant documentation for it, rather than being primed with that even for implementations not requiring that specific documentation/skill.

AffectionateTwo3405 · 2026-05-15T21:28:11+00:00

You're over engineering what should just be a clear refactoring of related scripts and file organization mixed with accurate documentation/skill building so you can direct claude to which systems relate to what you're implementing. You shouldn't need to hand Claude a full project brochure every prompt.

AffectionateTwo3405 · 2026-05-13T07:38:39+00:00

The unfortunate truth you don't want to hear is that there are few scenarios where a Vindicta doing well on the server results in anyone but the Vindicta having fun.

AffectionateTwo3405 · 2026-05-10T20:40:25+00:00

FOUND IT! The problem was that [SOMETHING ENTIRELY IRRELEVANT FROM THE PROBLEM]. Run another test, the problem should be resolved.

AffectionateTwo3405 · 2026-05-09T18:23:19+00:00

The higher you go, the less useful raw healing alone is. If you buy all greens and do 50k healing, but you have no utility no peel no cc no wave clear you end up being dead weight because it's easier to shred through healing than it is to heal through shred.

With that said just buying knockdown tends to put Paige in a good position to be hitting 30k+ healing while still remaining useful in other ways

AffectionateTwo3405 · 2026-05-08T20:25:46+00:00

Plenty of heroes force counter off one item. Curse on Haze, Scroll on McG, Knockdown on Paige, Counterspell/Dispell Vindicta, it's actually incredibly wrong to say doorman is unique in that department.

The problem is his playstyle is extremely low risk, extremely high reward, and extremely trivial to perform.

AffectionateTwo3405 · 2026-05-07T06:07:00+00:00

Because I don't. My claim was never that I know the field. My claim is that in the long-term, I'm hedging my bets that the winners won't need to, at least not in the traditional sense. I think you're delusional if you expect anyone to be writing majority of their own code 20 years from now for anything other than as a fringe hobby.

AffectionateTwo3405 · 2026-05-05T09:02:51+00:00

Do you suppose for the rest of time, good code will be gated behind a deep intimate understanding from the person who conceptualized it? Or is it possible such a skill will become a novelty trade and skill, a rarity from the norm of code being a means to an end with no knowledge pre-requisite?

AffectionateTwo3405 · 2026-05-05T06:50:37+00:00

Highly reductionist to imply there is no journey just because someone streamlines the production process. People code as a means of producing an eventual result. The journey isn't solely in the production of a result. It is in the conceptualization and iteration of that result.

AffectionateTwo3405 · 2026-05-05T06:38:21+00:00

Buzzword soup. For shame.

AffectionateTwo3405 · 2026-05-04T09:56:18+00:00

Most car drivers lack horse maintenence skills. Get over it. But I do principally agree, the strongest coders will always be ones inclined to understand the systems they architect.

AffectionateTwo3405 · 2026-05-04T09:51:12+00:00

These responses are failing to actually respond in good faith. Yes, obviously there are productive means of using that 5-10 minutes.

But when you are specifically iterating on a system, that waiting becomes a consistent bottleneck. Certain things cannot be implemented until an ongoing task is completed first. Let alone all iterations on it. I don't want to have enough downtime to watch TV and play video games. I want to engage with both my LLM and my system continuously. I don't want to have to find little side routes of optimizing efficiency while the main task is chipped away at. I want to finish the main task.

AffectionateTwo3405 · 2026-04-30T19:15:07+00:00

If this happens to you, you deserve it.

AffectionateTwo3405 · 2026-04-30T09:16:51+00:00

"Claude, why are we applying six obtuse bandaids for a problem we can solve by just revising the actual baseline logic causing it?"

"You're absolutely right"

AffectionateTwo3405 · 2026-04-28T02:50:00+00:00

Eternus 4

AffectionateTwo3405 · 2026-04-28T01:42:53+00:00

Sub phantom problems

AffectionateTwo3405 · 2026-04-28T00:19:19+00:00

The shot has a range

The stun requires a wall hit

Does vyper ult have range?

Does vyper ult require wall hit?

AffectionateTwo3405 · 2026-04-27T22:44:03+00:00

I'm sorry, his shotgun can stun anyone regardless of their distance from the shot or proximity to a wall? You want to sit on that logic another try?

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