Progress update
My apologies, it's unlikely that we'll be able to push out a meaningful update by the end of the month. The holiday season coming up has some minor impact, but mainly there are more things to fix, improve, and balance in this new approach than we expected. We need some real content to fill the framework before it can truly be called fun. We're aiming to release the next version at the end of next month.
Graphics and animation preview
Meanwhile, I'm resuming the graphics and animation previews to keep us entertained. There are rumors suggesting that we're using AI in our latest work. At one point, I did try using AI to color our comics, but even that wasn't achievable. As time goes on, I see more and more AI-created things. Some are quite interesting—like some AI music on Spotify—but they just lack ...soul. I feel less appreciative of them as time goes on. It's just not quite there yet; maybe it won't be for another decade. So I have to state that all of our work is made by humans and will continue to be so.
Pictures attached are from Butanga's Thrive Scene.
Comments (5)
When will it be available on Android? If it doesn't come out on Android, why did I pay $10? If it doesn't come out on Android, I demand a refund.
Take your time. Also I do see some creators implementing AI to help speed up repetitive processes and tedious things which is nice. I'm not sure how much you looked into it but it definitely won't help with major things that require fine tuning and a human touch. It's sorta like having to proof read what it's doing for the most part and you having to guide it.
Everything IA does is soulless, bland. Look, for example, at images of characters that seem almost real; whether they are women or men. The characters are beautiful but without more, there is no expression, there is nothing. Even their smiles are fake. I even talk to you about IA like C****t. You ask them for a detail, an explanation about the lore of a game or something else, at some point they come up with something invented that you have never heard of. And regarding the translation of certain things like a mod...it’s strawberry! In short, apart from telling you general things, the IA are not yet ready. Nothing is worth human intervention, the hand of man!
Not to mention ai is trained using input from real creators without their consent. It’s extremely disheartening to see so much around and it makes me afraid to post my own art sometimes. I’m glad to see that the game won’t be using anything ai generated. If it did I would be truly heart broken, and wouldn’t feel comfortable supporting it anymore. Art is hard, but that’s part of what makes it so special 💜
Hard agree. AI is only a creative solution if you are not creative. Not to mention that once I know art is AI, I stop caring about it.