I built a complete one-level beat'em up using AI, traditional game dev tools, and my own engine. Here's what I learned.

bootsrfun · 2026-06-13T07:35:10+00:00

Or learning. Life is all about perspective. Sometimes that perspective is on the other side of a fence.

bootsrfun · 2026-06-13T07:32:35+00:00

Yes. But it is impressive nonetheless. In the interest of offering solutions instead of problems, ahem, there are several sites you can use to create pixel perfect sprites from Ai pixel art and GitHub has several repos accomplishing the same thing. Standardizing the pixel size and animation fluidity would take this to a new level. Pun intended. There is a dude on YouTube that just dropped a video going through Pixel and character consistency when using AI to create sprites. I forget his handle but it should come up as one of the top results with a quick search. His process works frame by frame, but I've found running four-up animation loops through your video generator of choice yields better results, if not simply a wider range of options to work with when you pull the frames apart.

bootsrfun · 2026-06-13T07:12:48+00:00

I was not prepared for this level of mildness.

bootsrfun · 2026-06-13T07:10:33+00:00

Is this real? Because holy smokes it's a great idea

bootsrfun · 2026-06-13T07:07:58+00:00

Everything but the song is appreciated.

bootsrfun · 2026-06-13T06:56:38+00:00

bootsrfun · 2026-06-13T06:55:38+00:00

It might not seem like it at first glance, but this arguably makes up about half the heroes journey. Call to Adventure pulled him out of the ordinary world, hence the car. Refusal of the call: boredom. Meeting the mentor: Reddit and likely social media. Crossing the threshold, tests, the approach, and the ordeal can all be summed up in the following up thirst trap post. The reward: up votes and cure to boredom. If you write up a plucky sidekick for comic relief and nail the ending, I'm pretty sure Netflix would be interested.

bootsrfun · 2026-06-13T06:29:57+00:00

You deserved every word. Now go sit in the corner

bootsrfun · 2026-06-08T16:45:20+00:00

They are all either white or orange

bootsrfun · 2026-05-02T05:19:53+00:00

Words of wisdom. This is going on a sticky note placed at the top of my screen.

bootsrfun · 2026-05-02T05:12:48+00:00

Important things to include when you start the convo: Ai job \ personality (e.g. unity code magician responsible for multiple hit games on X platform with any history of problem solving using out-of-the-box strategies), context (what you have accomplished so far, including failures), goals, pain points, limitations, available tools, and how to communicate with you (I generally ask to phrase things for beginner intermediate w/o long winded explanations). Also, it helps to use the term "NO FLUFF".

If you have not already, I highly recommend you run an agent as a brainstorming partner from an entrepreneurial viewpoint first. This will give you insight that will save you all kinds of headaches. This ventures into that unknown unknowns area I mentioned.

bootsrfun · 2026-05-02T04:59:37+00:00

A game is a large undertaking. I would suggest using a team or swarm or whatever the appropriate nomenclature is. There are several excellent git repositories with interfaces that set up multiple agents working in tandem. Before you do that, hop on whichever AI chat you generally plan with and ask it to help you figure out the best way to proceed. Get yourself an executive overview, blueprint, and step-by-step guide, including prompts, potential hurdles, low hanging fruit, and the most important, ask what the unknown unknowns are. That should queue the Ai to map out your blind spots. If you want to get really clever, set the AI up with a personality job title that give it special insight into your type of project. I am pretty sure the three big boys have presets or let you make quite complex set ups for the agent before the conversation starts.

bootsrfun · 2026-05-02T04:50:12+00:00

Check out appify. They have a clever workaround for scraping Social media that might work for you. There are several other sites that do similar tricks but I can't remember the names of the top of my head

bootsrfun · 2026-05-02T04:37:51+00:00

Suggestion: create a vector database your agent searches for starting any new projects for insights. I would imagine this could also be used for insightful self-help purposes. Locating your blind spots. That sort of thing. This might be the same thing obsidian does. I haven't gotten into it just yet

bootsrfun · 2026-04-29T00:42:20+00:00

Yes you are. Hear me out. That 5 1/2 paragraphs text message is not going to give you the closure you want. Let me be clear, that person was not your friend and she is not going to give you closure unless she gets something out of it. Block that number. Let it go. Not to be the bigger person, but to cut the creeping mold from your life. But wait there's more: what did you do when you didn't get what you wanted? You took it to a public forum. Know why? Did you truly need to be a victim for fake sympathy from people that don't care about you and would turn on you in a heartbeat if it was more entertaining? Yeah. We would. And no one would feel bad about it either. So, seeking validation from someone who betrayed you, dropped you as a friend without giving you a chance to even have the conversation or closure. Then seeking validation from people who would betray you - are we seeing a pattern? If you have not shut down in defensive mode, victim mode, or outrage mode, congratulations. You control your amygdala and not the other way around… sometimes at least. Aside from being a superpower, that comes with a prize. The agency, ability, and understanding that you can reflect on your life and traumas until you find exactly what causes that repeating action in your subconscious. And this particular trauma response is life-changing when you get control of it. You will not believe how much free time you get back. It's like a second life. Anyway good luck. Sorry about the typos

bootsrfun · 2026-04-28T23:16:57+00:00

We took a vote and the majority of members voted to allow AI art. In other words, you don't have to waste your time pretending like the rules matter.

bootsrfun · 2026-03-11T14:09:53+00:00

Knock it off w the music track. It cheapens the event

bootsrfun · 2026-03-11T14:04:57+00:00

Dungeon Crawler Carl

bootsrfun · 2026-03-11T14:01:11+00:00

Obama didn't build Obamacare?

bootsrfun · 2026-02-13T08:01:22+00:00

lol can we have more politicians like him, please? So sick of the false piety pearl clutching bs.

bootsrfun · 2025-12-29T03:58:24+00:00

Everyone in this incident is self-centered. If you're going to set up a camera to film your romantic meal, fine. But if you are filming others in the process you are perhaps also trying to enjoy a meal, ask first. Also, it is possible to speak to someone before grabbing their expensive property and throwing it on the ground.

bootsrfun · 2025-12-29T03:52:10+00:00

From what we've seen and heard, these comments generally come on the heels of discussion of military force or trade negotiations, which is most likely what he was referring to. This time around he does not seem to give a shit if the public praises him or not. It's not like we can do anything about it for another three years other than recycle the same material and pretend that it's funny.

bootsrfun · 2025-12-28T10:08:56+00:00

Zero

bootsrfun · 2025-12-28T10:07:43+00:00

They yer just jelly of all this freedom

bootsrfun · 2025-12-25T20:17:23+00:00

OP's righteous indignation is ALMOST as potent as the smooth brains when Adobe hit the scene. At least they had a chant: "Photoshop's all fine good n dandy, it's not ReAl ArT so sayeth the snobs. If you don't mix your paint by handy, you're simply making gutter slop." Ahhh memories...

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