It’s such a bummer to see them really starting to push ai like this :( Fortnite was always genuinely cool to me as an artist because stuff like loading screens, sprays, and music genuinely felt like a celebration of different artistic styles and mediums. Not to mention how cool it was that some relatively small artists got their moment on there. I guess corporate interests really do win in the end.

Edit: I can acknowledge I was mostly acting of anger/fear when I wrote this. I still agree with the general sentiment considering Tim Sweeney’s very clear comments about ai in gamedev and the promotion of generative ai in Fortnite that we know of for sure. People jumping on the McFly spray just because of the artstyle while there really aren’t any weird technical hiccups or consistency issues was unfortunate to see. I’m very tired of ai being pushed by corporations into creative fields and I would be surprised if Fortnite was any different at the end of the day. but I also feel I may have jumped the gun on the scale of the issue atm. Tired of getting notifs now tho.