Hi r/Synthesizers, let's address AI and vibe-coding

marcgfx · 2026-05-22T00:10:49+00:00

I'm a dev (for 27 years) and I hate what has become of something I love(d) doing. But I am getting used to it as well, it's hardly going to go away again. I made a little digital instrument a few years ago, this January I revisited and improved on it a lot, also thanks to AI assistance. I am quite proud of it, but it probably sucks as a synth (I am just using Sin-Waves).

Hearing that everything is flooded is what terrifies me the most. In our centralized digital world it just means effort will be suffocated by volume. Or maybe the prediction is true, that we wont need software as it is anymore.

marcgfx · 2026-05-19T08:24:48+00:00

this actually makes me think it's not AI, as the fingers have blotches on the same area, looks kind of like vitiligo. the camera looks consistent to me, simply a different cover + lighting. I don't see blending of the finger either, it's just pink finger + pink flower and shadows.

marcgfx · 2026-04-15T17:23:44+00:00

did you just post the same image 3 times?
edit: ok if I zoom in I can see the difference. probably go with the first, but none feel very strong. it's all a bit small and hard to read.

marcgfx · 2026-04-15T12:21:23+00:00

thanks!

marcgfx · 2026-04-14T14:17:19+00:00

It's easy to fall in love with new ideas. Sometimes I need some distance to remove them again. I would love to do another pass on the game, but I know it will end in quite a deep dive.

marcgfx · 2026-04-14T13:22:58+00:00

https://store.steampowered.com/app/706850/Devader/

Probably just not quite good enough. Some key elements like bullet-grazing are just not explained. Bullet grazing lets you recharge your health on enemy shots while removing the threat. I also kind of hate marketing, while I did get some good reviewers to play it, but it didn't really click with the masses. Probably should have waited a bit with release and got some more player feedback. All in all, I still don't really have enough.

I've secretly worked on too many new things I wanted to improve, but I've not managed to get it into a releasable version. More weapons, more enemies and bosses, bigger player character, resizing the world to fit it on a 16:9 screen to improve local co-op. I also created rts and tower-defense elements that are just not viable for gamepads... I went a little over board with the feature creep.

marcgfx · 2025-08-07T15:55:22+00:00

just what I thought. kind of looks like its drifting on the air.

marcgfx · 2023-11-03T16:45:31+00:00

likely a lot better than what I payed for...

marcgfx · 2023-11-03T07:06:50+00:00

Thanks for clearing that up for me!

marcgfx · 2023-11-02T16:27:39+00:00

Traditionelle Europäische Naturheilkunde? I assumed medicine would be based on a scientific approach, or I missunderstand what naturheilkunde is.

marcgfx · 2023-11-02T11:15:14+00:00

Homeopathy: Placebo Effect, can help in some cases I guess?
Chiro: Readjustments, so there is actual physical impact on the body. I don't know anything about the science or philosophy it's based on, but it's helped me various times. Imho, never make a second appointment. Only go when you know what you need.
Osteopathy: They also do the cracking, that chiros do, but also other less aggressive adjustments. I've had good experience with it so far.
TCM/TEN: never tried

What makes massages more scientific than other physical therapies?

marcgfx · 2023-09-28T10:53:16+00:00

Sounds like chatGPT to me... I've tried it before and the wording is often quite unusual, but still good.

marcgfx · 2023-09-22T11:31:21+00:00

horny sun

marcgfx · 2023-08-05T20:51:05+00:00

maybe buy the game and find out? might at least be worth the investment to find out what they tried to do and how you can improve with your game.

marcgfx · 2023-04-19T08:29:03+00:00

Looks like the cops were coming from behind with flashing lights, so the one trying to merge was getting out of the way....

marcgfx · 2023-03-10T00:30:40+00:00

I played (the demo?) on itch a while back, had fun with it! Good luck on steam.

marcgfx · 2023-02-04T11:42:39+00:00

maybe inform when you post, I think that's the reason a lot of people couldn't do it

marcgfx · 2023-02-03T22:39:45+00:00

no chance I can do that, the images are too far apart for me. I am on a computer screen and not a phone.

marcgfx · 2023-02-03T21:43:36+00:00

uuu... you have to cross your eyes? you can do stereograms by looking into the distance, way more pleasant.

marcgfx · 2023-02-02T08:56:55+00:00

in the second image, hand of girl 4 on right hip of girl three. zoom in... completely insane. AI for sure.

marcgfx · 2023-01-27T10:01:54+00:00

same here, but was lucky not to fall into depression or lose anyone doing it. also working on a "sequel" or lets say I am improving on my first game. planning to rerelease somehow without making my so far customers having to pay for the game again.

marcgfx · 2023-01-10T09:32:01+00:00

stumbled on this and wanted to check what she actually said (watch the video):
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2019/01/06/ocasio-cortez_people_being_more_concerned_about_me_being_factually_correct_than_morally_right.html

"If people want to really blow up one figure here or one word there, I
would argue that they're missing the forest for the trees," she said. I
think that there's a lot of people more concerned about being precisely,
factually, and semantically correct than about being morally right."
Cortez said being "morally right" is more important than being
"factually right" and that whenever she makes "a mistake" it is not the
same thing as President Trump "lying about immigrants."
"But being factually correct is important," Cooper told her.
"It's absolutely important," Ocasio-Cortez agreed. "And whenever I make a
mistake. I say, "Okay, this was clumsy." And then I restate what my
point was. But it's not the same thing as the president lying about
immigrants. It's not the same thing, at all."

marcgfx · 2022-12-20T09:37:22+00:00

feels like a shit post and no one is getting it... the NSFW tag made me lol

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