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[–] blakestacey@awful.systems 5 points 13 hours ago (4 children)
[–] misterbngo@awful.systems 4 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago)

I literally can't even.

As someone who spent countless hours of my youth in hammer, laying out areas with props and lighting and doing play testing about areal movement with test npcs, it's hilarious that these people see this slop and say, yes this is the future.

also : "I’m working on a theory that “AI is art” boosters have some kind of limited ability to perceive details. Like they literally only perceive large shapes, colors, and noises. Anything remotely more detailed than ‘big thing go boom’ they actually lack the ability to see it." 🤔🤔🤔

[–] blakestacey@awful.systems 4 points 12 hours ago (2 children)

Level design, color palette, continuity, assets and physics by a bowl of salvia

[–] nightsky@awful.systems 2 points 7 hours ago

Besides the ridiculousness of those issues, I'm taken aback that this "game" is just a series of crappy cutscenes and then you can pick 1 of 3 choices here and there? Worst "choose your own adventure" ever...

[–] jonhendry@iosdev.space 4 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

@blakestacey

Salvia, LSD, peyote, and three hallucinogens unknown to science.

Also: They made a "game" that is 100% glitches.

[–] BurgersMcSlopshot@awful.systems 3 points 11 hours ago

Oh, so Call of Duty

[–] jonhendry@iosdev.space 3 points 12 hours ago

@blakestacey

The video game equivalent of

40 year old virgin sand GIF