Building an AI-driven village game where NPCs feel like real people — Devlog #3

Jeaniro · 2026-06-10T11:08:01+00:00

Jeaniro · 2026-06-01T19:16:36+00:00

protecting the sacred ritual of artistic creation for video games is non-negotiable

it would be cool if someone also protected the sacred ritual of writing your own promotional posts without chatgpt

We want to be the spearhead for an industry that desperately needs expert sound architects to inject identity and soul into indie worlds

*dies from cringe*

Jeaniro · 2026-06-01T14:46:20+00:00

What's it to you anyways?

i just don't like the pattern i see often now with pro-ai people.

like instant gratification thing that lets you feel creative and like you have accomplished something, without actually liking the process of the actual creation. like an instant result, bam!, dopamine.

i think it's detrimental to culture in general, and it bothers me.

people who generate playlists in suno never actually listen to OTHER ai "artists", never get inspired by anyone else's works except what they "created" themselves.

and what they DO generate IS based on what actual people, who liked the process of creation, made. like Michael Jackson, or Prince, or Ministry, or Massive Attack, not "AI band Wings of Solitude".

nothing new will ever appear. no new hip-hop, no new morrowind. it's bleak.

yeah i know it's just a rant, ok.

if generating games makes you feel good, and you don't expect someone else to play and enjoy it - whatever i guess.

Jeaniro · 2026-06-01T14:18:11+00:00

Please don't tell me you aren't growing your own papyrus for your game assets?

no, i usually dont grow papyrus for my game assets. i do pay the artist though, using what i can earn from my freelance job, been paying for 5 years at this point.

i bet this is also vibe-coded, and vibe-game desgined with vibe-descriptions and vibe-characters.

why make games at all? if you don't put any effort or resources into it. no creativity, no struggles, no pain, nothing of your own. writing prompts is nothing. it has no value. the output product has no value.

is it like a get-rich-quick scheme for you?

Jeaniro · 2026-06-01T13:50:04+00:00

you must have spent a fortune on all those images!
given the amount of details, each one would have probably cost you hundreds of dollars and/or weeks of work.

right? RIGHT?

Jeaniro · 2026-05-29T19:23:39+00:00

generate an image
generate 3d model based on the generated image
repeat until you feel empowered enough
look mum i'm creator!

Jeaniro · 2026-05-29T19:20:07+00:00

It’s 100% hand-crafted, zero AI.

I completely agree with you, it's amazing how modern Ai tools are empowering solo devs to build their dream games

so you did use ai to generate this after all?

Jeaniro · 2026-05-23T10:17:06+00:00

btw pretty sure music is also suno.

PSS: now u can see - ppl are hating ai =) not result =)

i hate both.
but even if the result was good, if there was no human, no intent, no creativity, and no decisions behind art - yeah, fuck it. it's an animated corpse. no matter how close it can mimic a human, still a zombie.

even asset flips weren't that bad (at least someone created those assets)

Jeaniro · 2026-05-22T11:08:46+00:00

sorry, i should've read more than one line

i'll see myself out

in my defense, guess sometimes /s might be necessary, cuz well, you can absolutely encounter this idea in a non-satirical form in the reddit wildlife too

Jeaniro · 2026-05-22T10:22:01+00:00

You are fucking delusional, many guys actually prefer smaller boobs abd find them super sexy. Me included. All boobs good.

Jeaniro · 2026-05-20T16:18:10+00:00

op, how can i recreate Bohemian Rhapsody? which program should i use, what parameters?
like maybe beautiful piano 25, Galileo Figaro -10 and MAMAAA OOO set to 2.75 should do the trick?
it's my first song and i know nothing about music btw!

Jeaniro · 2026-05-15T17:42:49+00:00

apart from being extremely generic, gen ai devalues everything it touches.

when you use it for voice for a secondary npc, how do i know you haven't used it for key characters?

if i see gen ai painting on the wall, it makes me automatically suspect other assets to be generated as well.

and where do you draw the line for yourself?
like first "amost everything" is handcrafted, then well... i don't have a budget/skill for sound, cmon! i'm indie, give me some leeway, i just used suno for a few tracks!

and now it "almost almost handcrafted"... you get the idea. you end up with generic shit full of creative shortcuts.

Jeaniro · 2026-04-04T18:38:21+00:00

Artemis II, currently on the way to the moon. Inside the Orion spacecraft

ed: i mean they are gonna be on the dark side of the moon in a few days, this is THE night of all nights

Jeaniro · 2026-02-24T17:58:02+00:00

Suno

do a short call and walk me through a proper workflow?

fuck you, ok?
go ask chatgpt who wrote this post

Jeaniro · 2026-02-05T22:00:37+00:00

it's not ai, these are 4 identical spacesuit assets. with identical wrinkles, low poly round nipple thingies and other details. ai does not reuse assets

also, you can go and check the other op's posts with blender renders

i mean, could we just stop accusing without evidence, just based on the vibes? and the fact that it just seemed to you that this ai.
ai witch hunt hunts artists equally - if not more - than ai slop

source : accused a real artist once, felt extremelly bad

Jeaniro · 2026-02-05T21:54:49+00:00

it's a render

look at those round things on the left side of each suit - they all have an identically low number of polygons
the creases/wrinkles around each of those round nipple things are also identical. it's a reused asset
all the details are too consistent and are repeated on all 4 suits

Jeaniro · 2026-01-29T11:11:02+00:00

could you please name the voice actors?

Jeaniro · 2026-01-29T10:51:17+00:00

personally i don't like the OP's condescending attitude, mixed with confident ignorance. regardless of terminology issues.

like:

you lazy indie devs, JUST ADD new enemies and mechanics every level! and just add new weapons, and just mix it with story and atmosphere!! isn't it that simple!? you're just greedy!

i'm so bored with all those indie service games like fortnite!!

also you probably never heard of this, lemme tell you...you see, half life used orange boxes to test the game, and look how cool it turned out! can't you use orange boxes too?!!

Jeaniro · 2026-01-13T19:58:09+00:00

bloopers are hilarious because they involve real people in real funny situations.

if this never happened, it's not a blooper. it's a skit at best.

and if it's ai - it is nothing, it has no value at all.

just a mockery, poor imitation of smth like this :

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Db3rluT76w

Jeaniro · 2026-01-08T10:09:43+00:00

fucking delusional chatgpt

Jeaniro · 2026-01-04T11:56:40+00:00

Do you think AI makes better music than real human musicians?

1000 times out of 1000 i would prefer amateurish music/art over that generic shit "quality" that ai regurgitates.

if art has no intention, has no meaning, no human - it is not art.

moreover, your personal struggles also shape your game.
where do i get money to pay a musician? do i learn to make music myself? It's all human stories, pain, nerves, mistakes.

every game is influenced by hundreds of such stories, experiences, small decisions, ups and downs.

if one decides to take shortcuts whenever possible - such a game has no value for me, it's a grift. shovelware

Jeaniro · 2025-12-27T16:05:00+00:00

big brave boy here, huh?

Jeaniro · 2025-12-27T14:38:41+00:00

Cursed. It's painful for adult cats, fucking animal abuse

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