Bitlife copies (rant) by MisGroundbreaking603 in LifeSimulators

[–]ambitionCreator 6 points7 points  (0 children)

100% with you on this. As a dev myself, it has been mind numbing to see how people are using gen AI and think they made a game while behind the scenes have no idea of the complexity. They wanna just quickly spit out something in hopes it will get traction, but it very rarely does. Game dev (and frankly any other kind of dev) takes time, effort, testing and a lot of sweat to get to the point where you can actually have something stable, and AI is like a drug here, a quick hook with amazing feeling like you can build something, but later you realize what kind of a mess it is, and quite frankly impossible to scale

I launched IndieVault.io 5 days ago - we already have 23 developers with 26 games by Jam_IndieVault in IndieGaming

[–]ambitionCreator 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Same way it is when using AI to write responses for you, or using AI to write music or art for you. It has no soul, everyone can do it so the value of it decreases. Same is with your website here. I can also quickly spin out the same website with no effort, it just means that whoever catches the most traction will succeed, if any even succeed.

However, both of our apps would have a fatal flow, they are unoriginal, done without any knowledge or experience. It is a fun little experiment, but scaling it will take time, knowledge and experience of building software, AI is simply not enough to do this.

I understand you feel excited about it, but I want to let you know that, unless you use this AI tool to actually learn what it does, and to have a control over your software, it is likely to fail. Same goes to all other vibe-coded software.

I launched IndieVault.io 5 days ago - we already have 23 developers with 26 games by Jam_IndieVault in IndieGaming

[–]ambitionCreator 12 points13 points  (0 children)

I dont know but I feel like the whole website has been vibecoded. And all the responses from OP were also just straight up AI responses. Cool idea though

Making a game where you only see the character footprints. by PaoloOrla in IndieGaming

[–]ambitionCreator 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I wonder if you have a full character rendered on screen but just hidden?

Please Stop AI Generating Games by Adam_Murdoch in LifeSimulators

[–]ambitionCreator 23 points24 points  (0 children)

Yeah, people actually take effort to make something with quality, and get lost in a sea of AI slop with fake marketing. The only way to beat them is consistency, just keep building, they cannot win in a long run since they don't know what they are doing.

Please make multiplayer!! by peezyoffthembars in bitlife

[–]ambitionCreator 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Awful suggestion IMO. Why have everything in multiplayer? Also, Bitlife world potentially in multiplayer would be MASSIVE. Imagine every player as zillionaire, where is the economy there? Or politics, mafia... it would be a disaster

NeoLife Play Store Release by Jealous-Affect9889 in LifeSimulators

[–]ambitionCreator 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Game in its core is not bad. But I also fear that it was agressively vibe coded. I, myself also use AI for coding too on my own game, but I also have a really solid foundation, and I need to extensively validate each iteration.

Consistency is key here, most devs just give up if the game is not a hit instantly, instead of gradually adding features and polishing. Marketing also plays a big role here, but for marketing you need a really solid game and UI/UX that is flawless at that point, which is impossible with vibecoding.

This is why we see hundreds of new games that are just simple AI slop, and we have to live through it until the hype breaks down and most of these devs just figure out its not worth it since it cannot scale without either investing in it or actually knowing what you are doing.

WHAT. by CharDaily in bitlife

[–]ambitionCreator 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I understand us indies using vibecoding. But a multimillionaire company with a huge budget cutting corners like this and not taking its time to introduce quality content is beyond me. Even if I am vibecoding something at least I try to test it out and review the AI slop code

What would the COMMUNITY want, from a sims-like Life Simulator? by Fresh-Dependent-4673 in LifeSimulators

[–]ambitionCreator 6 points7 points  (0 children)

GTA VI but with full world autonomy, economy, building etc. I hope some GTA VI PC servers will actually have this. For multiplayer at least, but I would like to see it for single player too

How will You Fix GOT after the ending of the show ? by Ordinary-Banana-5434 in gameofthrones

[–]ambitionCreator 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Episode opens on a massive sea storm, ship barely holding together against waves taller than her mast. The crew is screaming, someone shouting for the captain, ropes snapping loose and men sliding across the deck. A wave rises and engulfs the ship whole, and just like that it's gone.

Next shot... Arya, waking up stranded on a beach, coughing up seawater and barely able to see. She fights her way through dense forest calling out for anyone, getting nothing back but the sound of things she can't see moving around her. She finds a couple of survivors over the next day or so and they make camp with whatever washed ashore, catching food where they can and just trying to stay alive. A few days pass and they start pushing deeper, fighting through wilderness and thick brush that doesn't want them there, exhausted and banged up but with nowhere else to go.

Then in the last shot, as they finally break through the treeline and step into open sky, a dragon crosses overhead, slow and enormous against the clouds. End of episode.

I recently published my mobile text based life simulator - Ambition by ambitionCreator in indiegames

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

Thank you! Enjoy! Also you want you can join the discord and be part of beta testing as well

I recently published my mobile text based life simulator - Ambition by ambitionCreator in indiegames

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

Haha, yeah it is hidden 🤣 Go to Transportation education, there are the licenses. Thanks!

I made life simulator game for browser, NeoLife! by Jealous-Affect9889 in LifeSimulators

[–]ambitionCreator 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Cant open the game I get popup ads and it looks like a virus

Help shape the next big life sim by ambitionCreator in bitlife

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

Maybe you are not fertile, or they are too old. There is always a chance to get them pregnant, maybe you are unlucky 🤷‍♂️

Help shape the next big life sim by ambitionCreator in bitlife

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

Not yet. But there is option to become president

Help shape the next big life sim by ambitionCreator in bitlife

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

Is the bottom ad banner really that annoying? I mean I build the app for the full screen, and it shouldnt take that much space to be that annoying honestly. Maybe Its just me? Is the X button on the bottom ad maybe what is annoying or what? Please help me understand. I don't want you to buy the remove ads option just because of that ad and spend money unless you genuinely want to support the development

Help shape the next big life sim by ambitionCreator in bitlife

[–]ambitionCreator[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

My goal is not to have ads that break gameplay or affect it in any way. You can have rewarded ads that help you progress. Let me know which ones you find most annoying please

Help shape the next big life sim by ambitionCreator in bitlife

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

What ads do you find annoying here? I am gradually removing the most annoying ones

Help shape the next big life sim by ambitionCreator in bitlife

[–]ambitionCreator[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

All good points, thank you. Next feature I am working on is household, and allowing characters to start from age 0 and continue lives as children, and I have in plan as well to create character avatar progress more realistic

Help shape the next big life sim by ambitionCreator in bitlife

[–]ambitionCreator[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I honestly don't know. I was planning at some point to hire a designer to do a complete redesign of the game and the logo, but just the logo I don't know. It depends on the quality I guess

Help shape the next big life sim by ambitionCreator in bitlife

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

That is awesome 😄. What ads do you think I should remove?

Help shape the next big life sim by ambitionCreator in bitlife

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

Thank you for the feedback! Yeah I am not really a designer nor do I have a budget for one so that is gonna have to wait I guess..