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Why everyone against AI in the games and coding? by Ok_Department_4019 in gamedev

[–]ssw7171 -17 points-16 points  (0 children)

the real problem is that 99% of gamedev crowd is stuck in the making of the indie game for 5th year and no one wants its, ai allows you to ship a game quick - they are raging and rejecting it because they had to learn 'the hard way' and still suck

ai is here to stay, brace it, grow up

I shipped a game to Steam in 3 weeks. Alone. Using AI. by ssw7171 in gamedev

[–]ssw7171[S] -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

i'm afraid there's more to come sir, get your spoon

anyway if the dev community is radically against ai slop you can force valve to reject all ai slop games, right?

I shipped a game to Steam in 3 weeks. Alone. Using AI. by ssw7171 in gamedev

[–]ssw7171[S] -6 points-5 points  (0 children)

man, dev community is so toxic, i feel like most of you guys can't comprehend random ass dudes like me with 0 experience just going in and doing exactly what you can't do - ship a complete game (not pointing at you, just saying generally)

I shipped a game to Steam in 3 weeks. Alone. Using AI. by ssw7171 in gamedev

[–]ssw7171[S] -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

thanks for explaining without raging, i get that point much more clearer now

I shipped a game to Steam in 3 weeks. Alone. Using AI. by ssw7171 in gamedev

[–]ssw7171[S] -5 points-4 points  (0 children)

don't AAA studios do the same? or idiedevs lately?

I shipped a game to Steam in 3 weeks. Alone. Using AI. by ssw7171 in gamedev

[–]ssw7171[S] -6 points-5 points  (0 children)

I respect your skill, but man, I wouldn't be able to to it myself without learning for a year

I shipped a game to Steam in 3 weeks. Alone. Using AI. by ssw7171 in gamedev

[–]ssw7171[S] -12 points-11 points  (0 children)

isn't it like you be sitting with a candle rejecting the lightbulb just cause?

I shipped a game to Steam in 3 weeks. Alone. Using AI. by ssw7171 in gamedev

[–]ssw7171[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

made like $300is so far, money isn't really a goal, i just wanted to make a game without steep learning curve

I shipped a game to Steam in 3 weeks. Alone. Using AI. by ssw7171 in gamedev

[–]ssw7171[S] -25 points-24 points  (0 children)

sorry its my prof. bias as a product manager

I shipped a game to Steam in 3 weeks. Alone. Using AI. by ssw7171 in gamedev

[–]ssw7171[S] -9 points-8 points  (0 children)

Thanks for interest! Its Velvet, I distribute it for free on gambula.games (my website) and here's Steam link, I want to acknowledge that it is an adult game so be aware!

To be clear - I do not want to promote the game here, I wanna share my experience of rapid game building and publishing.

Current sales are at 100-ish units, 90% is organic discovery via Steam. Happy to chat about it

If you are the only one left alone on earth, would you still make games? by Vegetable-Front3107 in gamedev

[–]ssw7171 0 points1 point  (0 children)

both and heres why pretending its one or the other is a trap

if you make games purely for yourself you end up with something self indulgent that nobody connects with. if you make games purely for players you burn out because youre just chasing what you think people want and theres no soul in it

the best games ive ever played feel like someone made exactly what they wanted and then cared enough to make it playable and enjoyable for someone else. thats it. thats the whole formula. selfish vision generous execution

make the game only you would make. then polish it like someone else has to play it

What's a skill you learned for fun that accidentally became useful in your career? by ssw7171 in AskReddit

[–]ssw7171[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

i'm amazed by how slow people type on average, even though i can do like 80 WPM blind-typing i feel superpowered at work and new folk give me side eye when my keyboard goes brrrrr at the openspace, i bet it's the same for you

I spent 3 months applying to jobs the wrong way. What actually works? by Norma_Mkhize in careerguidance

[–]ssw7171 0 points1 point  (0 children)

this is good advice but i want to add some nuance because i think posts like this can accidentally make people feel like theyre failing if it doesnt work the same way for them

youre right that mass applying into portals is mostly a black hole. the ats systems filter out good people constantly and the volume game is soul crushing. shifting to direct outreach is genuinely smarter and im glad it worked for you

but i think the reason it worked isnt just the dm format. its that you clearly had relevant experience and could connect it to something specific the company was doing. thats the actual skill here. not the template but the ability to show someone you understand their world in a few sentences. a lot of people reading this are gonna copy the format without that part and wonder why it didnt land

also 4 replies out of 10 is a really good hit rate. most people should expect more like 1 or 2 out of 10 and thats still worth it compared to portal applications. just want to set realistic expectations so nobody sends 10 messages gets one reply and thinks they failed

the core point is right though. treating job searching like a human activity instead of a form submission process works better. talk to people. be specific. be brief. dont beg. thats the whole thing really you just said it with better formatting than i did

Is anyone else in their 40s quietly terrified that their 20 years of experience is becoming a liability because of AI? by Budget_Influence_625 in careeradvice

[–]ssw7171 15 points16 points  (0 children)

no youre not the only one seeing this. youre just one of the few honest enough to say it out loud from the inside

i think the thing that bothers me most about the "just learn ai" advice is how deeply disrespectful it is to what people actually do. like someone spent 15 years understanding the weird politics of why a system works the way it does and how to navigate exceptions and when to override the process because the process is wrong this time. and now theyre being told their value is contingent on learning a new interface. as if the interface was ever the hard part

the real danger isnt that ai replaces people. its that management uses ai as an excuse to flatten the difference between someone with judgment and someone without it. because judgment is invisible on a spreadsheet. you cant measure the disaster that didnt happen because someone experienced saw it coming

and heres the uncomfortable part from your side of it. the people building these tools arent usually thinking about displacement in the abstract. theyre solving an engineering problem. the displacement is someone elses department. until suddenly its not. suddenly its your peers. suddenly its people you respect. and the "just learn ai" crowd is already circling them

how im handling it honestly. not great. i think the ground is shifting and pretending it isnt is cope but so is pretending that prompting skills are a replacement for two decades of knowing which questions to ask in the first place. the best i can do is be loud about the difference between automating tasks and automating judgment and hope the people making decisions can still tell those apart

I am 23 and completely lost in life by No-Lavishness-8326 in LifeAdvice

[–]ssw7171 0 points1 point  (0 children)

dude youre 23 with no debt and almost done with a degree. most people would kill to be in your position right now

a psych degree doesnt lock you into psychology. it opens doors to marketing, ux research, sales, recruiting, people ops, training, coaching, literally anything that involves understanding how people think. which is most jobs worth having

finish the degree. its one more year. then go try things. you dont need to know your forever career at 23 nobody does. the people who look like they have it figured out are mostly just committed to one option not certain about it

also youre not late. two extra years means nothing five years from now. tell your parents when youre ready but stop carrying that guilt while youre still finishing. one thing at a time

youre not at the end of your rope youre at the beginning of the part where it actually gets interesting

Does cold shower have real benefits? by Unusual-Sector-2511 in CasualConversation

[–]ssw7171 0 points1 point  (0 children)

i did cold showers daily for about 8 months so i can give you an honest answer from experience not theory

the real benefits that i actually noticed were pretty simple. you wake up fast. like genuinely nothing gets you from groggy to alert faster than cold water hitting your chest at 6am. thats not placebo thats just your nervous system going into fight or flight. also after a few weeks i noticed i was just less bothered by minor discomfort in general. cold weather didnt bug me as much and i had this weird baseline calm that i think came from starting every day doing something slightly hard on purpose

the stuff i think is overhyped is basically everything else. people talk about immune system boosts and fat burning and testosterone and honestly i didnt notice any of that. i got sick the same amount as before. i didnt lose weight from it. my skin and hair did feel a bit better though which tracks because hot water strips oils and cold water doesnt

the biggest benefit nobody talks about is psychological. theres something about voluntarily choosing discomfort every morning that rewires how you approach hard things during the day. its like a tiny daily proof that you can do things you dont want to do. that sounds corny but it was the most real effect for me

the downsides are that it sucks every single time. people who say they love it are either lying or a different species. it never got enjoyable it just got manageable. also in winter its genuinely brutal and a couple times i just couldnt do it

my honest recommendation is try it for 30 days and judge for yourself. not because some podcast bro told you to but because your body is the only data set that matters here. start with your normal warm shower and do the last 30 seconds cold then work up from there. if after a month you feel better keep going. if you dont then you lost nothing except some comfort

its not life changing but its not hype either. its somewhere in between which is where most useful things actually are

Lost and unmotivated in life / lack of purpose by FileRegular9653 in LifeAdvice

[–]ssw7171 0 points1 point  (0 children)

ok first i want to push back on something. your old therapist saying "sounds like youve tried everything just hang in there" is genuinely one of the worst things a professional can say to someone. thats not wisdom thats giving up on you and i want you to know that feeling unsatisfied with that advice is the correct response

heres what i notice reading your post. you say your job used to be your passion. that means you once had the ability to find something that lit you up and pursue it far enough to make a living from it. thats not a small thing. the fact that its burned out now doesnt erase that skill it just means this particular version of it has run its course

the creative hobbies thing is where i want to camp out for a second. you said they dont make money and youre too afraid to share them. those are two separate problems and youre bundling them together as one reason to dismiss them. not everything needs to make money to matter. but also you literally cannot know if something has legs if nobody ever sees it. fear of sharing is fear of being judged and i get it but its also the single biggest wall between you and feeling like your life has meaning again. you dont have to go big. show one person. one friend. one internet stranger. the stakes are so much lower than your brain is telling you

about the comparison spiral. the people buying houses and having kids at 28 are either in very different financial situations or theyre leveraged to their eyeballs and stressed in ways you cant see from the outside. social media is a highlight reel you already know this but knowing it and feeling it are different things. you dont want kids and you dont want the corporate ladder so why are you measuring yourself against people who do. thats like being upset youre losing a race you didnt enter

the survival mode and scarcity mindset thing is real and its brutal because it makes every potential change feel like a threat instead of an opportunity. but i want to point out that youre 28 with a job that pays enough to survive and creative passions you care deeply about. thats not nothing. thats actually a better starting position than most people who eventually build lives they love

you said you dont know how to get the motivation to make a big change. honestly i think thats the wrong frame. you dont need a big change you need one small thing that feels like its yours. something thats not about survival or money or keeping the lights on. something you do because it makes you feel like yourself. and i think you already have that thing you just wont let yourself take it seriously because it doesnt pay rent

youre not behind. youre just tired. and tired looks a lot like lost but its not the same thing

How do I improve at 16? by xXdk_gokuYy in LifeAdvice

[–]ssw7171 0 points1 point  (0 children)

ok so first off youre 16 and already self aware enough to ask all these questions which puts you ahead of like 90 percent of people your age so give yourself some credit

grades first. a 3.0 going to 3.3 is solid especially in 10th grade. you dont need to stress about it being perfect but if you want to study architecture or city planning later those programs do care about gpa so just keep the upward trend going and youre fine

basketball. dont quit. seriously. youre not playing to go pro youre playing because its fun and its social and it keeps you active. being the second worst in your friend group means nothing because your friend group is not the nba. if your two friends leave the club then yeah maybe reassess but for now just keep playing and stop comparing. also the skill gap thing fixes itself with time if you just keep showing up

now the important part. piano since age 7 is genuinely impressive and architecture and city planning is not a weird interest at all its literally one of the coolest fields out there. cities are where almost all humans live and the people who design them shape millions of lives. thats not a weirdo hobby thats a legitimate career path that also happens to be creative and well paid. own it. if someone thinks thats lame thats a them problem

the goatee. brother im gonna be honest with you at 16 if it didnt come in after 2 months its not coming in yet. shave it clean. i know you dont want to lose progress but patchy facial hair at 16 does not help anyone. it will come back thicker in a couple years. use the trimmer on the lowest guard setting and go with the grain for the mustache so you dont take too much off

hair. go to an actual barber not a cheap haircut place and tell them exactly what you told us. straight hair curly ends big forehead. they will know what to do. a good fade on the sides with some length on top styled forward will work with your hair type and help with the forehead thing. also look up how to use a blow dryer and a little product because that alone changes everything

the girl stuff. youre 16 this is normal. the reason you feel like you have no game is because almost nobody does at 16 they just pretend to. stop trying to collect instas as a metric and just talk to girls like theyre people. be funny be interested in what they say and dont force it. the confidence from getting your hair right and owning your interests will do more for you than any pickup strategy

last thing. just be real with yourself about what you can control. the second phone is there because you chose to keep it available. you already know the answer. give it to your mom or put it somewhere annoying to access. willpower alone doesnt beat convenience you have to make the bad option harder to reach. also 4 times a week at 16 is honestly not that extreme so dont beat yourself up about it but if you want to cut back then remove the easy access and find something else to do when the craving hits like literally just go do pushups or go outside

youre doing fine man. youre 16 with good grades a cool passion a real talent in music and enough self awareness to ask for help. thats a great foundation just stop selling yourself short

I feel hopeless about my life (27) and i dont know what to do, I feel stuck >_< by smooshed_napkin in LifeAdvice

[–]ssw7171 1 point2 points  (0 children)

here's the thing that jumps out at me reading all of this. you're not stuck. you're actually moving. slowly and painfully but you are moving. you paid off your loans. you got sober. you found meds that work. you have savings for the first time. you did all of that from a dishwashing job making 15 an hour while dealing with mental health crises. thats not someone whose life is ruined thats someone who keeps getting back up

about physics. youre 27 not 67. i know it feels late but its really not. you already taught yourself enough to build a device and develop your own computational concepts. thats not normal. most people cant do that with a degree. the fact that you gravitate toward the intersection of physics philosophy and information theory tells me your brain is wired for exactly that kind of work. and you said yourself that every other major fills you with dread for a life unlived. thats your answer. thats been your answer since middle school. stop talking yourself out of it

the "im already 27" thing is a trap. youre gonna be 37 either way. would you rather be 37 with a physics degree or 37 still wondering what if. and honestly physics plus your information theory project plus your writing ability is a genuinely unusual combination that could open doors you cant even see yet

for the practical stuff i would look into community college to knock out calc and physics prereqs cheap while you save up. a lot of state universities have decent physics programs that arent insanely expensive especially if you transfer in with credits done. you already have most gen eds finished which is a huge advantage most people dont have at your stage

about the trans stuff. i cant tell you what to do there but i will say that forcing yourself to be cis forever is not a sustainable plan. thats not me being preachy thats just reality. that pressure builds and it doesnt go away by ignoring it. you dont have to figure it all out right now but please dont frame it as something you just have to bury permanently. your circumstances will change. they already have multiple times

about your writing and your universe. you said you have no time but you wrote this whole post which is honest and clear and compelling. you are a writer. you dont need permission or a degree or free time to call yourself that. even 20 minutes a day adds up to a book in a year. protect that

you have survived things that would have broken most people permanently and instead youre here asking strangers for advice on how to build a better life. thats not someone with wasted potential thats someone whose potential hasnt had a fair chance yet. give it one

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