HollowNaught
@HollowNaught@lemmy.world
- Comment on seven 3 days ago:
Feeling an eepy 6 rn
- Comment on Disco Elysium - The Final Cut is free to claim on epic games for the next 24h 1 week ago:
That’s not what this was about?
They made an IP, a minor share holder used company funds to buy majority states in said company, then forced the guys who made the game out of the company. I’m not able to do investigative journalism in a comment, but there is still an ongoing legal case on this
- Comment on Disco Elysium - The Final Cut is free to claim on epic games for the next 24h 1 week ago:
It was initially an artist-owned company, which had a hostile takeover against the wishes of said artists
Not sure how you’d define it as anything other than stole
- Comment on Disco Elysium - The Final Cut is free to claim on epic games for the next 24h 1 week ago:
They made the IP and game, their parent company had a full change in leadership, they questioned what qas happening, and the new guys said “yoink” before kicking them out
- Comment on Disco Elysium - The Final Cut is free to claim on epic games for the next 24h 1 week ago:
Ip was stolen by corporate suits
Pirating the game is the most moral thing you can do
- Comment on Day 526 of posting a Daily Screenshot from the games I've been playing 1 week ago:
Merry smissmas!
- Comment on Indie Game Awards Disqualifies Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Due To Gen AI Usage 2 weeks ago:
[if AI was] removed once discovered, I don’t see any problem
The problem was that it was sold to consumers at all without consent. You don’t get off scot free when you accidently leave some cocaine for the inlaws to find. There was malicious intent just by not disclosing its usage
OpenOrca
You bring this up and imply we’re agreeing here, but I find it odd that you immediately backtrack and say that AI usage in general, not OpenOrca usage, is a-okay. It’s entirely irrelevant what AI tool you use if this company didn’t
Can I blame someone for using placeholder texture [using] AI
Yes. A placeholder texture should be made to be obvious that it’s a placeholder. As soon as it doesn’t do that, it’s failed at its job. By using AI like this, you’re effectively making the QA’s job 10 times harder, as now they have to stare at every texture to make sure it’s not AI generated
left and right creating drama [about CO]
Yes. Because information came out on a large platform that allowed more people to hear about it compared to when it was initially released.
I actually played through Clair Obscur about two months ago and gave it a very hearty review on steam, but as soon as I heard that they used AI without disclosing it that changed into a very charged negative thumbs down. It’s very easy to pretend that people just hate things because they’re popular, you see it all the time with youtubers and movies after all. Unfortunately, there’s usually a very good reason that irks these people
The vast majority was made by hand, and the game is good
You seem to have missed my main point, and it’s not just here, either. You eluded to this frame of mind multiple times when writing these past two comments. My entire argument is that it was incredibly scummy to not disclose the usage of AI, robbing the buyer of any agency in the matter
Me responding to your other points is really just entertaining their idea, rather than engaging in a thoughtful discussion, as the only response you had for this main point was mainly along the lines of the above quote I’m responding to, which is really just moving goalposts
By acting like it doesn’t matter because everything else is good, you’re kind of weirdly conceding the point, as if it didn’t matter if they did it, then why shouldn’t they disclose it?
- Comment on Indie Game Awards Disqualifies Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Due To Gen AI Usage 2 weeks ago:
And yet, as we seem to be skirting around my original point of, this wasn’t disclosed when sold
I’m against AI in video games, but what I dislike here is the action of deceit. Of not allowing buyers to make an informed choice
- Comment on Indie Game Awards Disqualifies Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Due To Gen AI Usage 2 weeks ago:
This entire comment is baffling to me, in all honesty
Maybe because all AI generated assets got removed?
Not before being unknowingly sold to the public
I think the whole anti-AI craze of late is more bullshit than sane arguments.
My problem with AI is its heavy usage of plagiarism and vast degree of power consumption, as well as the price hikes its caused for many computer parts
They where used by artists… not by executives seeking to make some more bucks
Whenever anything is attempting to make money, it should be put under the highest scrutiny. It does not matter who’s pushing it. Similarly, I find it odd that we’re assuming the inner workings of Clair Obscur’s workplace
You cannot expect someone to go through every single texture in a game… just to make sure [no AI] was forgotten
If you replaced AI here with anything defamatory, like pictures of penises placed by an enraged employee after being fired, then even having a few would be devastating on sales. The single fact that we’re okay with a few means that, over time, that bar will likely be pushed further down the road “oh, it’s just this one character that practically never shows up” “oh, it’s just the skyboxes, they’re basically not noticeable anyway” “who cares if the early access uses AI voices? They’ll be replaced eventually!”
people trying to get views by hating on something popular
I assure you, AI is not popular. Studies have shown that AI is causing people more concern than excitement Not the most reputable source, but oh well
Blue Prince does use AI assets No it didn’t
But guess what did? The Alters
- Comment on Indie Game Awards Disqualifies Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Due To Gen AI Usage 2 weeks ago:
To compare using AI to getting inspired by Picasso is wild
- Comment on Indie Game Awards Disqualifies Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Due To Gen AI Usage 2 weeks ago:
This is less like making a new cake from scratch after disposing of the previous one, and more like making a new cake using the same unwashed cake tin and utensils
No matter what, the AI replacements would have affected how the artists made the final products as, whether they liked it or not, they had a point of reference in the form of the AI texture
- Comment on Indie Game Awards Disqualifies Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Due To Gen AI Usage 2 weeks ago:
People are saying “it’s fine because it was used in the early stages of the game for placeholder art” but that’s kind of missing the point
The problem is that they used AI and didn’t disclose it, as well as releasing the game with AI textures still in it. Yes, these textures were quickly replaced, but it’s still very concerning they weren’t upfront on how they were using it in the game making process
- Comment on Well this ain't no good 2 weeks ago:
As relevant to the current political landscape as this is, this community is not the place for it
- Comment on wait... 2 weeks ago:
mraw mreep :3
- Comment on Music aficionado 2 weeks ago:
- Comment on How solar panels generate electricity 2 weeks ago:
Where sadam Hussein
- Comment on Yaoi or Yuri, chat? 2 weeks ago:
Yo chat is this real?
- Comment on Anon's neighbors have chickens 3 weeks ago:
Hey man, we just want people to be more true to themselves
- Comment on bing is broken 3 weeks ago:
Aw heck yeah
- Comment on What are some lower size games that work well on linux handhelds? 3 weeks ago:
Been playing through persona 4 golden, it’s about o gigs on size off the top of my head
Also dark souls
- Comment on Looking for games to watch Let's Plays of: Recommend me something! 3 weeks ago:
Thoroughly enjoyed a supercut of Jerma’s elden ring playthrough
That was some top tier second screen content
- Comment on bing is broken 3 weeks ago:
I have no idea what boofing is
- Comment on the game "Horses" now barred on Steam, Epic and Humble Bundle 4 weeks ago:
Wait, I thought this game was a depiction of what we subject horses to, using a horror lens to drive home the point? I’ve never heard of something less sexy?
- Comment on Do you cheat in video games? 5 weeks ago:
I used to be like you. Way back when, I would love to cheat currency into single player games with a little help from cheat engine. The biggest culprits were BTD5 and PvZ1/2, and it’d give me a kick just being able to go through and buy everything before using it all while feeling unstoppable
Since then, I’ve gone back and replayed the games without cheating, and I honestly regret using cheat engine. It felt way more rewarding getting everything at a more sustainable rate, like I really earned the item
You also talk about feeling like you earn the ability to cheat, but, looking back on my own experience, I can safely say that I was terrible at gauging whether or not I should use a hack. Turns out, when you have a shiny item in a shop that you could come back in a few hours for or get instantly now for free, more often than not we’ll choose the latter
- Comment on We need to normalize not captioning single image memes, so everyone can reuse it. 5 weeks ago:
I don’t get the obsession with ai upscaling
The lines are particularly weird around bugs and very off-putting
- Comment on happy buy nothing day to those who celebrate 5 weeks ago:
It’s even worse in Australia. A long while back we had a really bad bushfire that result in something like 70 people dying called black Friday. More recently we had a bushfire that resulted in over 150 people dying and 400 injured called black Saturday
It’s honestly insulting to see these corporations come in and have these black Friday sales, showing that they don’t care or respect for the history of Australia or its people, all while they flaunt the masquerade of “It’s for you!!!”
- Comment on Anon thinks we're being bamboo-zled 5 weeks ago:
Wait until this guy hears about koalas…
- Comment on Figured I'd join in sharing what I'm playing- my platinum team ☺️ 1 month ago:
It’s true that noat of his romhacks are at the very least slightly harder than their original counterparts, but the one I’d still recommend is sacred gold/storm silver
My sense of difficulty is a bit skewed as I tend to mainly do hardcore nuzlockes, but I recently played through storm silver normally and it was a blast. The gym leaders needed a bit more thought when fighting as each of their pokemon were more powerful, but my ragtag group of 6 I ran with only ever failed once in the whole playthrough, and that was against the elite 4 (so somewhat expected)
- Comment on Figured I'd join in sharing what I'm playing- my platinum team ☺️ 1 month ago:
Drayano made a series of tom hacks for pokemon that to be frank are better than the originals. Would highly recommend if you’re interested in adding a little spice to your next game
- Comment on Would you like to playtest a new indie game? Just completed first playable version of my psychological horror/moral choice simulation. 1 month ago:
…would I be able to get in on the playtest?
