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1. retrac98 · 1791130286 · focus · HN ↗

   I understand the sentiment, but I feel like not using AI for game dev isn’t going to be economically viable much longer, and I wonder why companies don’t just embrace it while it still gives them an edge.

   1. makerofthings · 1791133725 · focus · HN ↗

      I wouldn't buy a game that used generative ai and would refund one that I later discovered had. A quick straw poll of the gaming channels I'm in shows a lot of agreement amongst my friends.

      1. AustinDev · 1791134261 · focus · HN ↗

         You're not going to know if they used an LLM to write a better shader or if they copied code from stack overflow like we used to do a few years ago.

         I'm so excited that LLMs are great at coding. Most of my problems I have with various games I love is that they're written by people who couldn't write performant code at all but are great at building a world and telling a story.

         Just look at Escape from Tarkov. Great game but some of the worst software architecture choices of all time. It used to take 4 minutes to get out of match and often 10-15 minutes to get into one and it was all just because of shitty code / design.

         It's been fixed now and I'm sure modern LLMs were the reason.

         John Carmack is the exception not the rule.

         1. makerofthings · 1791136378 · focus · HN ↗

            Oh absolutely, I don't have a magic way of detecting these things, but I do what I can. I would greatly prefer the best efforts of a person, regardless of how it turns out, to anything from generative ai. Everyone else can do as they wish, I'm not out to change anyone's mind :)

            1. AustinDev · 1791136591 · focus · HN ↗

               Fair enough. Cheers

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