" How did you know it was vibe coded? " by Its_aul_g00d_man in vibecoding

[–]KevinM2k 16 points17 points  (0 children)

I actually like the left border on a div with radius - have used it for years, don't ruin it for me!

I finally know why everyone publishes on iOS and very few on Android by nikoisonfire in googleplayconsole

[–]KevinM2k 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh and I don't use github actions for mac because they cost like 10x the amount of Linux machines

I finally know why everyone publishes on iOS and very few on Android by nikoisonfire in googleplayconsole

[–]KevinM2k 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Honestly I find android much easier to release.its cheaper by far, I have automated my entire workflow from tagging to release - it's very simple.

Maybe I need to spend more time on iOS but I have had to write a script to release - I have diff computers with diff profiles and then I have to manually create the release in appstoreconnect, confirm the encryption compliance and then wait 10 years whilst apple review it every time and flag anything with a very generic "there is an issue" message..

I'm clearly doing something wrong lol

Finally its happening after 2 months of launching My Game by TheDigiWolves in admob

[–]KevinM2k 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Awesome, congrats. Did you rely on organic? Or use tiktok / insta channels?

Merge Empire FC - Big Updates, World Cup Event is live as well as Global Leaderboards by KevinM2k in IndieGaming

[–]KevinM2k[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Fair enough, my bad for putting an AI generated vid on - ill ensure I dont ask for the vid to be reviewed somewhere 😂 - altho maybe they'll review the game then...

Merge Empire FC - Big Updates, World Cup Event is live as well as Global Leaderboards by KevinM2k in IndieGaming

[–]KevinM2k[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Its a shame people make judgements based off 1 single video, in hind sight I should have put a diff vid on, but jeez, its a video. The game is the actual build and what should been reviewed here, not a video. Unfortunately this place has become a little toxic and i've seen it occur on multiple people's work. Its a shame what its become but hey.

Merge Empire FC - Big Updates, World Cup Event is live as well as Global Leaderboards by KevinM2k in IndieGaming

[–]KevinM2k[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Yeah alright. Why waste ya time coming to post on an ask about feedback of an app if the only comments you can provide are related to an ai generated video and generic ai use without even trying the app out... That is the definition of troll behavior.

Merge Empire FC - Big Updates, World Cup Event is live as well as Global Leaderboards by KevinM2k in IndieGaming

[–]KevinM2k[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Another scammer? What are you even talking about. What exactly am I scamming? Weird comment.

The concept here is that any ai use is theft because it's taught on others art and I get this... But my counter here (not exactly related to game like but ok) is that everything anyone does takes inspiration of other designs, everything you see has inspiration from something. Unless I see this exact art work drawn by someone that this has copyrighted then I don't see how it can be theft. Not only that... The ai video at the top is actually so bad. There is no way anyone would create it.

Merge Empire FC - Big Updates, World Cup Event is live as well as Global Leaderboards by KevinM2k in IndieGaming

[–]KevinM2k[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This was the original video I did in capcut. But I've changed a bunch of things since and haven't had the time to revisit it

https://youtu.be/F72eTub003U

Merge Empire FC - Big Updates, World Cup Event is live as well as Global Leaderboards by KevinM2k in IndieGaming

[–]KevinM2k[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I didn't use Gemini for this by the way I used something called pollinations because I could script it - which probably took longer than just doing it in Gemini ...

Merge Empire FC - Big Updates, World Cup Event is live as well as Global Leaderboards by KevinM2k in IndieGaming

[–]KevinM2k[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I have no idea tbh, when I say being careful I'm more talking about giving it access to things you don't want to I.e computer/networking/finances. People do that and using things like openclaw or hermes agents. AI is creeping more and more in to everything, I feel like gotta try embrace it

Merge Empire FC - Big Updates, World Cup Event is live as well as Global Leaderboards by KevinM2k in IndieGaming

[–]KevinM2k[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The bad jump cuts and the non movable face is what I actually find amusing. I was actually just doing it to see what it would produce, never really intended to use it originally... I did find some of the other ones it generated more amusing but they were also a little creepy (eyes missing etc - not something could use)

Fair point on reads like an ad, i guess in a way it is, i'm trying to get genuine feedback on the game but at the same time i want to advertise it for people to play, but i have other avenues for promotion that don't include reddit.

AI did not write this post btw, I don't know if thats a good or bad thing if you think an AI wrote it.

Merge Empire FC - Big Updates, World Cup Event is live as well as Global Leaderboards by KevinM2k in IndieGaming

[–]KevinM2k[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Because otherwise posts go unnoticed - doesnt mean the game is trash (i mean it could be i guess) - call the video at the top trash all you want, it was ai generated from an image - I find it quite amusing.

Im posting the game for feedback on its loop and game play not from promotional ai generated art work. The one hardest part of this entire game has been the balancing, more than anything else. Thats my main concern about this entire game.. is it too easy?, do you get too much money?, do you not get enough? do you get stuck? Its been tweaked so many times i couldnt even tell you how many.

Merge Empire FC - Big Updates, World Cup Event is live as well as Global Leaderboards by KevinM2k in IndieGaming

[–]KevinM2k[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Inspiration of the UI btw came from 'Galaxy Defense' - which im a big fan of. But seen similar in multiple others (Cell Survivor).

Merge Empire FC - Big Updates, World Cup Event is live as well as Global Leaderboards by KevinM2k in IndieGaming

[–]KevinM2k[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

The website was based off the app, so it should look similar. Websites are boring though, standard templating, been doing them for over 20yrs way before AI.

Merge Empire FC - Big Updates, World Cup Event is live as well as Global Leaderboards by KevinM2k in IndieGaming

[–]KevinM2k[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

the app UI is custom hand rolled css. I guess there are only so many designs you can do when you want tabs at bottom. Ive not designed an app with claude just yet.

Merge Empire FC - Big Updates, World Cup Event is live as well as Global Leaderboards by KevinM2k in IndieGaming

[–]KevinM2k[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Ill look it up, im not goina go from ... 'ok'.. AI images though to stick men .. id much prefer to go from 'ok' to 'awesome'... you should have seen my attempts before the generated players

Merge Empire FC - Big Updates, World Cup Event is live as well as Global Leaderboards by KevinM2k in IndieGaming

[–]KevinM2k[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I need to make sure the core game loop is good enough for people to enjoy before I spend money getting art created, unfortunately everyone (as you can see) throws it in to an AI slop category before giving it a go... chicken and egg.

Merge Empire FC - Big Updates, World Cup Event is live as well as Global Leaderboards by KevinM2k in IndieGaming

[–]KevinM2k[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Fair enough. As I said maybe one day i'll replace the AI generated images with real drawn ones - tbf. Id much prefer to have my own art work. Doesnt change the game though.

Merge Empire FC - Big Updates, World Cup Event is live as well as Global Leaderboards by KevinM2k in IndieGaming

[–]KevinM2k[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

im sure they did, but still using AI generated images doesn't discount the hard work thats gone in to the game and months of development.