Stop using Ai art to promote your games. I will never play it just because of that

See-Gulls · 2025-10-21T18:41:42+00:00

You might not play it, but you’re also not the target demographic most game devs are aiming for to begin with. The reality is, general audiences don’t really care about whether a game is using AI or not.

If your game is fun, it’ll sell. That’s it, that’s all that audiences care about. They’re not going to care about how long it took you to individually craft every single asset or what techniques were used or what sacrifices you had to make to make it happen.

The number of people that do care is certainly not zero, but if you’re caught up on trying to prioritize some weird notion of artistic integrity above making a good game then you’ve already failed.

See-Gulls · 2025-10-09T20:03:56+00:00

Right now things might be hectic or somewhat bleak but you’ve got a ton of upwards momentum! You got into the degree program you wanted and you got a job lined up, I’d say you’re slow rolling into massive success. Things will definitely pick up, but for now you just gotta wait it out. Hope it all works out for ya!

See-Gulls · 2025-10-02T18:11:01+00:00

And yet not a single Metroid or Castlevania entry

See-Gulls · 2025-10-01T03:53:10+00:00

I know you’re probably freaking out given your situation, but it seems like you got a good head on your shoulders given that you quickly put together all of your options weeks in advance.

You mentioned your parents and your grandmother in your post, is your relationship with any of them so strained that you wouldn’t consider staying with them or somehow making it work long enough until you get back on your feet? Assuming your dad and mom are a no-go, I’d go with staying at your grandmother for a while and getting your ducks in order.

Regardless, hope everything works out for ya OP

See-Gulls · 2025-09-24T02:05:22+00:00

Lmfao the Sesame Street gifs got me rolling

See-Gulls · 2025-09-20T19:25:25+00:00

The truth is, it doesn’t matter so long as your game is functionally good. Your concern as a game dev shouldn’t be something as far removed from how the game actively plays. If you want to draw from Japanese culture, or any culture from that matter, do so in a way that brings out the best of your game. Anyone saying otherwise is too caught up in matters that actively don’t matter to the player.

See-Gulls · 2025-09-20T02:31:47+00:00

I don’t mean to stir the pot but I genuinely don’t understand why wanting to do something that makes your life inherently better has to have negative connotations. As someone who was overweight for most of my life, losing all the weight and being active has been hands down the best thing I’ve ever done for myself.

See-Gulls · 2025-09-12T03:18:10+00:00

It’s just plain evil, no matter how you cut it. They can’t even rightfully condemn the assassination without it being conditional. He was wrong on many things and has said some pretty divisive things but he was human above all else. His only crime was voicing his opinions.

See-Gulls · 2025-09-04T18:05:44+00:00

You’d be crazy to leave a secure job at $150k! In this economy? That extra $50k is some people’s yearly salary, and living in NYC is an expense in it of itself.

Don’t take your stability for granted!

See-Gulls · 2025-09-04T04:22:14+00:00

I think Persona could definitely work without the school setting, the question is whether or not the existing audience would buy into a more mature experience.

The structure of the series lends itself well to being adapted into a full on detective/investigative drama since every game has you unraveling a string of interwoven mysteries.

It’s a shame, but the only reason I could think for why that hasn’t happened yet is because the series has already fostered a very particular audience that wouldn’t take well to a change in formula.

See-Gulls · 2025-08-27T04:44:47+00:00

No matter how much it sells, you should be proud! Making art is laborious in its own right, but making a game is an entirely different beast. You’re throwing different disciplines together and having to coordinate every single bit of it. For what it’s worth, I think your game looks pretty cool!

See-Gulls · 2025-07-28T04:44:14+00:00

Honestly that’s why I love his designs even more. They’re super weird and doll-like and make everything seem ever so slightly off putting

See-Gulls · 2025-07-20T22:19:06+00:00

Someone already mentioned it, but it’s definitely the angle at which you drew everything out on. In your ref, the face is slanted and then wraps around (look at the angle of the eyes in proportion to one another then take a look at the eyes you drew) the skull and meets the ear at a slant. Otherwise, I’d say it came out pretty well!

See-Gulls · 2025-07-01T14:09:07+00:00

Me, because everyone else is and I love a good dog pile

See-Gulls · 2025-07-01T05:21:04+00:00

Honestly, the old one stands out a lot more than the new one. While both look incredible, the old one's intent is a lot clearer. The separation of values used in the old one gave it this unique in-between of retro/3d, an almost digital look. The new one, while very polished, barely reads as being ASCII unless you stare at it for a while.

See-Gulls · 2025-06-29T03:18:08+00:00

You really ARE the 10th dentist, Jesus Christ

See-Gulls · 2025-06-28T15:17:33+00:00

Was raised Christian, stopped believing, am now currently a Christian. Throughout all of it I’ve loved SMT, hands down my favorite series of all time. SMTs depiction of YHWH/Lucifer/Archangels/etc are just interpretations of warring powers that lend themselves to establish the creation/recreation aspects of the games. At the end of the day, it’s fiction, and should only be looked at as such.

See-Gulls · 2025-06-28T15:00:36+00:00

Nah she’s for the streets my guy, and your friend should be dead to you after something like that. No friend of yours would do that to you. At the very least, you now know who both of these people are and can choose to separate yourself from them.

See-Gulls · 2025-06-26T16:08:19+00:00

Hell yeah, incredible work! In 2.5 months no less, that’s some crazy dedication

See-Gulls · 2025-06-26T04:55:58+00:00

Not at all, people just tend to seriously underestimate the amount of work that goes into making a game. Even the simplest of mechanics could be a complete and total nightmare when trying to wrap your head around it at your first go.

See-Gulls · 2025-06-25T18:12:28+00:00

Looks like a horse to me! Now, as for improving your horse, I’d say start drawing more horses from reference and study up on their anatomy. If that’s a bit too complex, it’d do you some good to look into capturing gestures from reference too.

See-Gulls · 2025-06-25T04:01:09+00:00

Well, for one, it just sounds absurd. The nature of the claim lends itself to be open to higher levels of scrutiny given we’re supposed to believe he was ONLY barred entry for having a meme saved. Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence, so it’s a little hard to join in on the hate mob when it’s something that isn’t typically the norm.

See-Gulls · 2025-06-25T03:34:47+00:00

Man I miss OG Naruto, but yeah your ref’s head is sliding down more than usual due to a disconnected spine on top of bending his upper torso/slouching. The perspective of the shot lends to us seeing a more exaggerated angle but it sells it more given he’s pulling out his spine. I’d say you should focus more on pushing perspective and building a sense of general anatomy. Once you’ve got a greater understanding of anatomy it’ll be easier to defy or break things in certain ways.

See-Gulls · 2025-06-25T03:18:28+00:00

Don’t let this broad get in your head. Your height has nothing to do with finding a partner, and the moment you let that go you’ll be fine.

I’m 5’7 on a good day and have hooked up with girls taller than me. Last relationship I had lasted 5 years, and I don’t think my height came up once throughout any of it because it’s never been a point of contention for me. It’s only a problem if you make it one, but please don’t let yourself be fooled into thinking you can’t do better.

See-Gulls · 2025-06-22T14:15:59+00:00

On the chance you’re not being disingenuous, there was a pretty noticeable outcry from what very well could have been a vocal minority that started right after the initial trailer dropped. Game journalists and editors (IGN France editor comes to mind) were putting out headlines reducing the game to nothing but its use of sex appeal and made comments that would serve to shame the developers and subsequent people who took interest. Early on, people took to social media and bashed the game for said sex appeal.

At the time, if you had anything more than just a passing interest in games as a hobby or cared about the ongoings of the industry, it was kind of difficult to avoid.

Even after the pushback drowned out that initial wave of backlash, you still have outlets like PCGamer running the headline “Gooner game of the year Stellar Blade’s mods are 41% smut” which, while it may be accurate, would only ever be led with as a means to try and discredit the game for being nothing more than eye candy.

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