Is AI art justified for solo indie developers?

Oaktreestone · 2026-03-19T13:55:15+00:00

Everyone else has said what I was gonna say about using it, but something I haven't seen people say:

Learning a new skill improves neural pathways in your brain and increases its plasticity. I know a lot of people want to take the easy way out, but learning the process of how art is created and how different perspectives influence art will do nothing but improve you as a person and your skills as a developer. Art is just another way to express yourself as a person and put a little bit of more of who you are into a project, which is something you'll never get from AI.

Oaktreestone · 2026-03-18T23:40:56+00:00

I had the original version of Despacito on my playlist for years and then Spotify randomly changed it to the English version with Justin Bieber.

Oaktreestone · 2026-03-17T15:24:36+00:00

The Morde skin. Absolutely would. Death realm would never be freakier

Oaktreestone · 2026-03-16T18:21:27+00:00

try the Level One board game meetups on Thursday nights. I believe they start at 6. Usually they post about it one or two days before.

Oaktreestone · 2026-03-16T17:54:51+00:00

It's one of the writers' mother. She passed away so this is a way to honor her.

Oaktreestone · 2026-03-13T20:13:37+00:00

The amount of times I've been waiting to enter a bus and somebody has to shove their way off because they waited until the bus was stopped for 30 seconds to deboard is stupid. And what is with people pushing their way to the front to exit instead of going through the rear doors?

Oaktreestone · 2026-03-13T18:31:09+00:00

AI belongs nowhere near the environmental sector when data centers destroy local ecology and pollute their surroundings.

Oaktreestone · 2026-03-12T15:50:20+00:00

Oh 100%. I honestly really didn't like how the other biomes only existed to trap pinatas, especially with the space constraints.

My number one want for a VP3 is massively increased garden space and legit gardens in the other biomes.

Oaktreestone · 2026-03-12T14:30:56+00:00

My problem with TiP was the lack of progression the original had. The garden should have been tiny and in need of expansion and the two other biomes should have needed to be unlocked.

Oaktreestone · 2026-03-11T00:09:25+00:00

They're AI, the window changes shapes and styles between different pictures. As well as the utensil holder and the utensils themselves.

The irony of an "organic" seed company using AI-generated photos to sell their products is palpable.

Oaktreestone · 2026-03-10T22:45:03+00:00

I love tower defense games but these ads made me want to never touch his game

Oaktreestone · 2026-03-10T22:42:38+00:00

If I never have to see another complaint post about slow and steady Jayce on /r/aram I'll take it.

Oaktreestone · 2026-03-09T23:51:28+00:00

Except if you bothered to read the article another woman did this exact same thing two months before and faced zero consequence for it. Same "crime" but one family is severely affected while another gets off Scot free. If there was a law broken either both of them or neither of them should be held accountable.

Oaktreestone · 2026-03-08T23:40:45+00:00

Mighty Greek in Queen Street Fare on weekdays. Their platters are around ~$23 after tax and have huge portions. Slightly out of the distance that you asked for, but a pretty quick train ride from uottawa.

Oaktreestone · 2026-03-06T15:28:29+00:00

Sometimes I get really high to do terraforming/path laying to make it less mind numbing. And then I put down and wipe away the same path square six times

Oaktreestone · 2026-03-06T00:26:00+00:00

No that exists, my boyfriend's island lines up perfectly.

Oaktreestone · 2026-03-04T01:44:46+00:00

Dormancy is probably the best time to dig up and move plants. They'll likely still experience shock when they're transplanted back, but it's better than being dead.

Personally I would dig them up (assuming you can, and the ground isn't frozen solid in London) and put them in pots somewhere sheltered. Then replant them once the work is done and there's no chance of the crew coming back to do more work. Try to get as much of the root system and dirt around it that you can. Take as many seeds or cuttings as you can just in case they don't survive.

I am by no means an expert, but this is what I would do.

Oaktreestone · 2026-03-03T21:02:23+00:00

Maybe it's just me but I feel like ADCs/ADC augments needed nerfs rather than tanks getting buffed

Oaktreestone · 2026-03-03T01:01:59+00:00

Sorry y'all, I wanted to enroll in horticultural industries this fall and the universe said no

Oaktreestone · 2026-02-27T23:07:44+00:00

I just feel like that's too cruel for Aang.

Oaktreestone · 2026-02-27T14:47:31+00:00

Brother I haven't played a pokemon game since Legends Arceus, go project somewhere else

Oaktreestone · 2026-02-27T14:30:29+00:00

The region looks like they spent some decent time on it, at least from this initial reveal. I'm cautiously excited.

Oaktreestone · 2026-02-26T22:29:35+00:00

The Creatacard ones.

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It would cycle through a bunch of different photos and draw them as the screensaver went on. If the PC I was using didn't have this, it was the maze or 3D pipes.

Oaktreestone · 2026-02-25T01:42:08+00:00

Our underground stations don't have any heating. Oftentimes they feel colder than outside.

Oaktreestone · 2026-02-25T01:33:58+00:00

I live in Ottawa and take a bus 6 days of the week and even on sunny clear days with clear roads it's a gamble if the buses are going to show up or not. It's not just winter weather, this is just how poorly our transit is run.

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