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[rkofan87]

Agree if that was the rule, but even having that rule is just so virtue signaling. There will be a point (not so far) that even if a dev doesn't actively use AI, the things they are working with might have been developed with AI, tools, IDE, engine, etc etc. then will they disqualify everyone ?

wtf so Banning AI is woke now.

 

[Rocinante618]

 

[archangelmorph]

wtf so Banning AI is woke now.

I'm with him to be honest.

Rallying to protest against the use of AI in games dev for indies, is like WWII soldiers going to war against German cows. You're simply fighting the wrong battle.

For most indies, there simply are not jobs to protect for writers, actors, etc because there's usually an skeleton crew team of a hand full of devs wearing all the hats are trying to bring everything together.

Indie games is probably the best space for leverage technologies like this; to empower small teams to be able to "do more with less" and to be able to realise their visions and compete with the larger studios on a leaner and meaner setup.

E33 is the testament and major breakthrough proof point for this. Small indie team built an amazing, world class game that not only sold gangbusters but netted them GOTY, typically reserved to the best Nintendo fair and the biggest budget, highest production value titles.

Fuck the indie awards.

You don't support indies by advocating they remain entirely uncompetitive against larger studios who themselves will heavily adopt AI whether these fuckers like it or not and accelerate even their own ability to collapse production time/cost and build games better, faster & cheaper.

 

[PixelatedBeast]

Still GOTY though

Yeah they just pushed a button and BAM one of the best JRPG from the last 10 years has been made

It literally takes one button to execute an AI prompt...

They certainly werent doing this....

 

[Madjaba]

It literally takes one button to execute an AI prompt...

They certainly werent doing this....

 

[vodka-bull]

Its pretty clear to me what an "indie game" is now.

1) No publisher
2) If your game's total budget is less than 1 million you are exempt from rule 1.
3) If your game's budget is over 5 million you're also not an indie game, even with no publisher.

That's really it. Indies have no publisher. However, if you're independently wealthy enough to do anything you want with zero restrictions and make a $40 million game without a publisher then it makes no difference. If you're a super small game like Little Rocket Lab that cost less than a million to make, it doesn't really make a giant difference if you're published by Serenity Forge.

Clair Obscur is definitely not an indie game.

So where was your outrage when Balatro won?

 

[Punished Miku]

So where was your outrage when Balatro won?

I dont think people can follow what I'm saying honestly.

Balatro was made by 1 guy for surely less than 1 million. It would fit rule #2.

 

[vodka-bull]

I dont think people can follow what I'm saying honestly.

Balatro was made by 1 guy for surely less than 1 million. It would fit rule #2.

Nowhere did you mention in your rulebook it's either #1, #2 or #3.

 

[CloudShiner]

Eurogamer crazies are having another meltdown in their comments over this story. I swear most of them would be better of just quitting gaming and doing something else with how often their blood pressure goes up over the daily AI stories that the site gleefully feeds them.

 

[DonkeyPunchJr]

This is the most attention the Indie Game Awards have ever received.

 

[Itchy Tickles]

From what I've gathered from reading this story in multiple places, they had placeholder A.I art (for a newspaper or something tiny) that was meant to be replaced before launch, but when they realised the issue they patched it in like 3 days. Some people are acting like they simply made the whole game with A.I and and are blowing everything out of proportion. Some weird little babies have acted personally insulted this game deservedly won GOTY, but the fake rage is just laughable.

The indie award group already knew about this issue a long time ago and this just screams attention seeking to try and scold the GOTY with their grandstanding. They apparently had a live Twitch stream that maxed out around 50 viewers which also could add to the self exposure through outrage claims.

 

[YeulEmeralda]

Man these pretentious artists are becoming more insufferable every day I may just root for AI lol.

 

[GnomeChimpsky]

Lol. These reddit-brained morons are in for a rough decade.