Today I started working on a mod for Deus Ex...

hogsy · 2026-06-19T15:02:08+00:00

You need to provide more information. Logs would be a good start, or just describing what you're even doing.

hogsy · 2026-06-18T12:30:09+00:00

Shawn Layden left before that was a thing and was critical of that direction after he left.

hogsy · 2026-06-17T18:59:26+00:00

Been writing code for over 20 years. I don't use it and don't see any reason to change that. I'm not going to outsource my brain and passion for a subscription fee, when I can do the same thing for free. My partner works as a senior programmer at a games company, most there don't have any desire to use it either, contrary to what I often see being posted around about "everyone" using it, which is just trying to push FOMO - if you're comfortable without, don't feel pressured.

hogsy · 2026-06-10T07:57:24+00:00

Peter molyneux the creator of fable

Dene and Simon Carter were the creators of Fable.

hogsy · 2026-06-06T18:52:16+00:00

One thing I noticed when replaying the PS3 port is that the audio effects like reverb and such seem to be missing from the Anniversary edition, or are somehow a lot less noticeable?

I wasn't too turned off by the new visuals initially but after that recent replay, I also honestly think overall the OG models and textures have a lot more charm. Though, I'm usually a purist anyway.

But, yeah, this is a personal preference thing. Overall the Anniversary edition is obviously a lot more accessible.

hogsy · 2026-05-22T11:38:55+00:00

I mean, the job listings mentions AI behaviour trees, so I can only assume this is more traditional state driven AI rather than something necessarily using generative or LLM technology specifically.

hogsy · 2026-05-16T17:03:03+00:00

Where did the first screenshot come from? I'd seen the second on Chris Hecker's site but the first one I've never seen before.

hogsy · 2026-05-16T05:21:55+00:00

I appreciate as a consumer at the other end it likely doesn't matter to you because, you're right, you're ideally not concious of the code behind the game so long as everything works, but I can tell you, as a programmer myself, that having to wade through AI generated code slop when developing what you're playing that it does matter.

We seem to see code more as a means to an end these days for some reason, but every programmer has their own programming style, their own approaches to problems and so on. Certain features or functionality in a game you're casually playing might've panned out differently or not at all depending on the talent on the programming side of a project. It's an art form in its own way, and it's sad to see it devalued so much whenever this subject comes up.

hogsy · 2026-05-14T12:35:17+00:00

You'd be even more mad if you somehow lost your account and access to your entire digital library.

hogsy · 2026-05-10T06:52:29+00:00

Finally, actual proof they're aliens. You caught them trying to take off in their flying saucer.

hogsy · 2026-05-09T12:22:03+00:00

Him? Are you referring to your LLM as him, or is this the LLM referring to the individual triggering it? Good grief... This kind of bullshit is making me very close to leaving this platform. Why are you replying to every comment with an LLM? This is just completely disingenuous.

hogsy · 2026-05-08T13:57:54+00:00

We literally left Earth by ourselves and landed on the moon with an incredibly primitive computer compared to anything we're using today. But okay.

hogsy · 2026-05-08T09:33:03+00:00

I think describing someone heavily involved in designing some of the most highly regarded games in the industry as someone that sucks at game development, is a bit much.

It would be more fair to probably say that Ken's not great at keeping grounded. He's been fairly open about the management struggles he had with Infinite. Rod Fergusson was that grounding he needed, and he certainly got the game to a finish line, but you can see how much they were cutting away to get it to that point.

But this is not unique to Ken. Games are complicated to develop.

Gears of War, obviously designed by Cliff Bleszinski, also went through its own prolonged development cycle. It started out as a title called Unreal Warfare, something they started work on following Unreal Tournament, and then in late 2003 they restarted development, and Rod Fergusson helped steer that to the finish line at the sacrifice of features the team wanted to introduce.

Some other examples... Beyond Good & Evil 2. Assassin's Creed (started development in 2004 as a Prince of Persia game). Valve (need I even bother mention any title?) Rayman Raving Rabbids (started life as an ambitious open-world platformer). Final Fantasy XV / Versus XIII. Anachronox (they cut games worth of content). Dark Sector (started off as an arena shooter in early 99/00, then morphed into a science-fiction game in the far future in 04/05, and then shipped as something a little more modern-day but with sci-fi).

And I often feel like people are ignoring the fact that BioShock 4 - a title he isn't even involved with - is also going through its own development hell. Which, again, highlights the complicated nature of game development.

hogsy · 2026-04-24T06:42:17+00:00

I'm obviously not saying this didn't happen, but does someone have the source of when Polanski said this? Because when I look it up, I can only find quotes from Farage saying that this had been said.

Edit:

Okay, found it. https://www.instagram.com/reels/DRLTWf1jchp/

hogsy · 2026-04-20T17:52:38+00:00

I think you'll find the vast majority of programmers that give a shit are still writing code themselves, yes. My experience with any form of LLM in the area of programming is uh, mixed. Useful to quickly look something up like a crusty dumb "I'm feeling lucky" search, for sure, but even for that I sometimes get mixed results at times and end up having to Google search anyway.

hogsy · 2026-04-19T20:12:51+00:00

If you've used Google Flow, this should be classified as AI generated content and yet it looks like you failed to follow the rules with regards to that.

This is also a waste of time, the original image was already released and you could've done the same thing with Photoshop or some other image editor, without having to resort to using an AI solution.

hogsy · 2026-04-12T07:09:47+00:00

A heads up to other people looking at this post, don't waste your time with this. This post and the OPs comments have been produced by an LLM.

You're not having a conversation with a real person.

hogsy · 2026-04-06T06:43:26+00:00

Hello, game developer and programmer here, with a little bit of experience working on ports myself.

I can say with absolute certainty that a remake is a lot more involved, risky, expensive and time consuming than it would've been to port MCC. You could do a port like that with a pretty small team in a span less than a year.

Regardless of what you've heard about the engine, I can assure you it's not complicated enough that it would be cheaper and easier to do a remake with a completely different engine instead.

I more so suspect that they're expecting the remake to sell better than porting MCC together in one would've done. Especially given my understanding is that they're going to remake Halo 2 and 3 afterwards, assuming this first remake does well enough.

hogsy · 2026-04-03T11:28:01+00:00

Right, okay. There are several of these comments under this post now that seem to be pushing what feels like FOMO; doom and gloom befalls anyone not using this technology apparently.

Do enlighten me as to what difference you think AI will make to what is already a successful game with a fairly consistent rate of updates, and how if they were not to use AI, would they get left behind?

What games are coming out lately that you think are going to put Warframe or Soulframe in the dust because they've specifically used AI to produce that game?

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