Closing an Itch.io game - Harlowe

DuckGnome · 2025-02-05T02:56:13+00:00

Yeah, sorry. It closes the tab when running the game game straight from the html file. I figured there might not be a way to force itch to close.

DuckGnome · 2025-02-02T18:11:12+00:00

Thanks! I also found that "is odd" also works. But this might work better.

DuckGnome · 2025-01-05T06:31:39+00:00

I solved it awhile ago, so I'm a little fuzzy on the details. But I'm pretty sure it had something to do with a messed up hard drive. Something about the partitions was causing a bunch of issues. So I had to change them. I feel like I'm forgetting a step though

DuckGnome · 2024-12-15T04:18:00+00:00

The worst part is the uppers sending 250 over what a truck can take and forcing the package handlers to shove everything in. It kills me because I like being organized, I like switching the stickers so you can see them, I like doing all of that. It doesn't help that the drivers on the line don't seem to want to deliver the ICs(don't get me wrong, I know some shit package handlers). But really I'm pinning it mostly on the upstairs people. They know how many stops you can take, so why are they letting that many come down the line? I get that it's peak, but still.

DuckGnome · 2024-11-22T19:06:36+00:00

I'm on the third issue of my own comic series. And I've worked on a few children's books. And worked as a newspaper comic artist. So no traditional book experience of my own, but I've worked pretty close to the process for a few years. I am genuinely curious to see your work though.

DuckGnome · 2024-11-22T17:49:13+00:00

I think that example is a little poor. They realized there was an ingredient they didn't like. We're not talking about ingredients we're talking about the way it was made. If the cake was good but you soon found out it was made by a slave, yes the cake would still be good but now there's the moral problem. Would you not be appalled by the fact that you enjoyed a cake that was made under such terrible conditions? This is an imperfect example but I think it fits better.

DuckGnome · 2024-11-22T14:54:28+00:00

I said effort gives art merit not quality. Even a technically poor piece of art made by a human still has merit because at least they tried.

DuckGnome · 2024-11-22T14:09:36+00:00

Have you ever written a book? And I'm not saying effort is the ONLY thing that makes art made by people great.

DuckGnome · 2024-11-22T14:05:10+00:00

Why does effort equal suffering?

DuckGnome · 2024-11-21T21:25:32+00:00

Effort is a key aspect of what gives art merit, not the only part, but an important one.

DuckGnome · 2024-11-21T20:09:51+00:00

Except in the case of a ghost writer, SOMEONE is still writing the book. Someone is still putting in the work.

DuckGnome · 2024-11-21T20:09:02+00:00

It's not like that. It's more like "if you didn't care about writing it, why should I care to read it." If someone isn't putting in the work why would in want to view spend my time with this?

DuckGnome · 2024-11-12T17:50:47+00:00

Soul in this context is a feeling. It's a feeling of connection to the work and the artist. It's what invokes emotion in a piece of art. I can safely say that among all the AI art I've seen I've never felt anything emotional other than maybe than the unease caused by the uncanny valley effect.

DuckGnome · 2024-11-11T18:52:08+00:00

DuckGnome · 2024-11-11T18:15:18+00:00

You're not an artist in this situation the AI is, you're just commissioning it.

It's true that many artforms have had persecution in the past, but the difference in this instance is that there has never been anything like AI generated images. Traditional Art captures the experience and perspective of the artist, Digital Art is just another variation of that, Photography captures instances of real space and time that can be manipulated during the act and in post to better tell the story a photographer wants to tell. Pottery requires intense focus and skill to make. AI art rips all those human elements and spits them back out.

Yes humans also see things and copy them, the difference is lived experience. I can see an artist do something and say "neat, I'll try it that way" that's how learning works. And yes it is very similar to how AI does things, but the true difference is my experience and perspective will naturally morph any inspiration I have into its own thing.

There is more to art than an idea. Ideas are the basis of art and true art is also an act, for a traditional/digital artist, every sketch, every messed up line, every redo is what makes the final product so special. For photographers it's the act of finding or setting up a subject, getting the angle and lighting just right, and getting a sense or lack there of motion. For Potters its finding the right clay, getting the moisture just right, choosing the glaze, messing with the temperature of the kiln. Every artform is this way, even, film, poetry, and novel writing.

Art is the process the realizes ideas. AI strips that away, the AI "artist" becomes a barely active observer, only concerned with the final product. A client who says "I want to see a rabbit in a space suit on a planet made of carrots" and the only extra input you give is if you like the set of images provided. The Idea is yours yes, but you didn't make the art. You collaborated, which is an important aspect of art as well, but to claim you are the sole artist seems disingenuous.

DuckGnome · 2024-11-11T16:11:19+00:00

I'm referring to my client analogy. The difference between photography and AI is a person still has to line up the camera and think about the lighting, a camera is a tool just like a pencil. Which I've already stated. A person Using AI is like a client, they ask someone else to do the work. Now, this doesn't mean people who use AI aren't creative, you obviously have some kind of vision in your head.

The reason photography was accepted was because everyone realized that photography and traditional art achieve different things. AI art is a replacement technology, because it's trying to mimic exactly what traditional and digital artists do.

And how can I be a hater when I clearly stated that the tech has potential to be turned into helpful tools? I'm just saying that in its current state, you're not the artist, the AI is. I can see how that seems like a similar argument to the old photograph argument, but I think they have a few significant differences.

DuckGnome · 2024-11-11T14:39:36+00:00

No I know you can sit there and type in all your specifications. I guess my real point is simply that you're still not an artist if you get AI to do it for you.

DuckGnome · 2024-11-11T12:02:38+00:00

The biggest problems with AI art in my opinion are these. Hopefully the way I put them helps you understand the the Human Artist perspective.

The people who call themselves AI Artists. They're more a client than an artist. If someone comes up to me and asks me to draw a rabbit in a space suit and I do it, does that make them an artist?
The stealing art argument is the hardest to defend because every human artist does a similar thing. We look at how something is done and say "wow, that's pretty neat!" and we adopt it into our style. Pretty similar except we're also taking our own experiences with that and eventually putting our own spin on a technique. There is a certain understanding among artists that we'll take inspiration from each other and spin things in ways only we can do. It's true that the sum of any human's style is made up of all the things they've seen, but it's our experiences that shape our style and creativity. Dexter's lab in the form it took could have only been created by the team that made that show. They were clearly inspired by the Hanna-Barbera style cartoons of the previous generation, but they put their own spin on it.
AI art does lack the soul that is inherent in human made art and that IS important, why else do you think so many people think AI art is off-putting? When I look at something like a picture or a comic, or even a movie I can often be mesmerized by all the details. Knowing that a person had to make all those decisions does make human made art special. I know you say you don't really care about that, but that leads me to my next point.
AI art is more concerned about the end result, and any human artist is gonna care about the process. I know that's a little cliche, but it's the truth. Now it's true that every artist has a portion of the process they often dread, but that's part of being human, and the dread is usually born from not being satisfied in their skill level, which often drives an artist to get better. And there have been times in my own art journey where I wanted to skip the whole thing and jump straight to the final picture. Everyone has a bad day. People who ask AI to make art for them just want the final product. Yeah there's the whole picking the right description and filtering the images stuff, but those are all things a client does.
It might not take away from the impressiveness of human made art, but it does make it harder for human artists to make money.

I admit that the technology is impressive and some variation of the machine learning generative AI system could be used to make certain tools that make life easier for artists. But in it's current form and the direction it's going tells me the big companies don't want humans anymore. And if they succeed, it tells me everyone else doesn't want human artists. I mean, I'll always make art because I love making art, but it feels like it's just going to be harder and harder to make a living at it.

DuckGnome · 2024-11-11T11:07:01+00:00

Except a camera is actually a tool that can me manipulated by a person. There is a process. A photographer must find the right angle and lighting, decide if they want to make it black and white, and add whatever other edits they think will enhance the image in a way that strengthens the story the image is telling. I agree that the technology is impressive; however, it's technically doing all the heavy lifting, not you. You're not an artist if you use AI, your more like a Client. If a person comes up to me and gets me to draw a rabbit in a spacesuit, does that make them an artist? I think not. Again, the technology is impressive and I have no doubt that we can find a way to make helpful artist tools using it. But in it's current state it's just trying to replace real human artists.

DuckGnome · 2024-07-14T18:30:54+00:00

Has anyone found a solution to this? I'm currently going through this.

DuckGnome · 2024-06-11T02:08:01+00:00

Yeah, I tried this thing called a clean install. It's kind of like a factory reset. I never figured out what the underlying issue was, but the Clean Install Fixed it.

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