Comment by qingcharles
9 hours ago
Very prescient! That said, should AI tools allow us to create more original games? When you can now prototype something very quickly and decide whether to keep going or tear it down in minutes...
9 hours ago
Very prescient! That said, should AI tools allow us to create more original games? When you can now prototype something very quickly and decide whether to keep going or tear it down in minutes...
No, because that was never the problem. We already had lightspeed prototyping. The industry's best practices are basically entirely geared towards rapid prototyping and we're scary good at it.
Fact of the matter is, games are already extremely accessible and have incredible, free productivity tools. It's been that way for a while. You know what mass democratization of gamedev has resulted in? Mostly just a flood of low rent survival games, roguelite deck builders, puppetcombo-esque horror games, etc.
Saturation and duplication is one of the biggest problems now. Our discovery systems aren't terrible, but it's hard to stand above the rest unless your game has a really good execution and gimmick to attract attention.
Maybe, but IMHO the idea will always come first.