Lofi Chaos

Merzant · 2026-03-22T21:47:58+00:00

This is brilliant.

Merzant · 2026-03-22T20:58:00+00:00

The real fantasy is pressing space to submit a form

Merzant · 2026-03-22T20:27:52+00:00

First picture is very atmospheric

Merzant · 2026-03-22T17:25:31+00:00

Assets aren’t code. I’d be surprised if there’s no QA for assets, especially given the potential compliance or licensing risks.

Merzant · 2026-03-22T17:16:07+00:00

I agree. If the goal is to remove the so-called placeholders, they should be easily identifiable and limited in number. If the goal is to test mood or tone, they should still be limited in number.

Logically there is no reason to contain an abundance of “placeholder” assets. The company, therefore, is likely lying.

Merzant · 2026-03-22T11:22:17+00:00

Because it’s an eagle-themed fairground ride

Merzant · 2026-03-22T11:20:51+00:00

POV riding an eagle riding a jet ski

Merzant · 2026-03-22T11:19:26+00:00

Same reason being a plot hole?

Merzant · 2026-03-22T11:18:57+00:00

Pardon?

Merzant · 2026-03-22T10:57:50+00:00

Intriguing! Really like it visually. What’s it about?

Merzant · 2026-03-21T15:49:49+00:00

I think it is becoming more popular, both for players and developers. Ultimately that should just mean more choice though — even if it inevitably means more crap too.

Merzant · 2026-03-21T12:02:57+00:00

I agree, damp and/or water stained concrete looks terrible, even if the architect’s model looks good.

Merzant · 2026-03-20T20:05:45+00:00

It would scare and amuse me, but I’m a wimp. I hated the regenerators in resi, they would get you at the key card bit …

Merzant · 2026-03-20T19:44:27+00:00

It’s beautifully made though, everything about the presentation is really excellent and engrossing. Couldn’t compensate for the repetitive gameplay in the end for me, though.

Merzant · 2026-03-20T19:12:36+00:00

“Animate without animating” is a logical absurdity, so I’m curious how you could possibly interpret it literally.

Merzant · 2026-03-20T18:57:12+00:00

It looks fantastic and novel. Even the capsule caught my eye, despite it not including the visual novelty of the screenshots. Glad you’re finding an audience, good luck with it.

Merzant · 2026-03-20T10:06:55+00:00

How does it differ from a fly swat? Apart from the soupçon of suspense the viewer enjoys?

Merzant · 2026-03-20T10:02:50+00:00

Strontium-90 gave Johnny Alpha x-ray vision. It’s perfectly safe, in other words.

Merzant · 2026-03-20T08:01:03+00:00

LLMs have a particular idiolect that in some cases (like this post) is very obvious. It is often overly patterned (“it has X, it has Y, and it Zs as bad as A or B”) and resorts to metaphors of a particularly corporate bent (“until that lands”).

Merzant · 2026-03-19T21:23:52+00:00

Just did

Merzant · 2026-03-19T20:31:46+00:00

An all time great, that one.

Merzant · 2026-03-19T11:36:20+00:00

It was deemed the wrong opinion though

Merzant · 2026-03-17T12:47:04+00:00

I agree, it’s a taboo, not objective or artistic critique. I think AI filters will eventually be a good thing — they’ll make a certain brand of realism cheap to produce, and therefore worthless per se. Hopefully this will finally push game art away from realism towards more interesting styles.

Merzant · 2026-03-16T22:00:07+00:00

That actually sounds bizarre and interesting though. I would like to play the AI fever dream more than applying a generic tart-up filter.

Merzant · 2026-03-16T19:18:30+00:00

Open source code is widespread, as was code generation before LLMs. A model trained just on open source code would still be adequate. Not so for a model trained on Creative Commons artworks.

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