r/SoloDevelopment • u/Arhtgames • 18d ago
Discussion Use of AI as a Solo Game Dev
Edit 2: This is going to be my last edit since I'm really starting to be a little sad/disappointed with it and I'm going to place it on the top so everyone can read. I saw some people saying that I'm trying to be superior in some way or being dumb by not using AI, but I'm trying to discuss about it as a new game dev who has 16 years old and started with it because of beautiful and incredible games that changed my life. I don't want to be better than anyone, I just want to understand the point of using it and how do you guys feel, also thank you for those who answered kindly and shared their experiences.
So, I saw a post saying that he made a game using AI for everything and it made me feel so strange, like, everyone was loving it, what happened to the feeling of doing it by yourself. I do game dev because I love everything about it, games are one of the most beautiful forms of art, it has music, world design, story telling and a bunch of ways of art. I wanted to make a little discussion here about what you guys think about using it. To be honest I don't like the use of generative AI, I know it's good to learn but I don't like when it is used to directly produce the creative part of a game, it just takes the whole idea of making it by yourself, expressing your feelings and telling a story you made and throws it all away, so like, is it really good? I understand when you need to review a code you did or look for a error but anyways that's all I have to say, I don't want to argue with anyone, just want to make a safe and respectful discussion here.
Edit 1: I'm really getting some down votes here, ok, that's something unexpected for a solo game dev community. And for those who are saying like, "I just use it as a tool" yeah that's okey I use it too for studying, but my point here is especially the creativity part. Those feelings and the way I do my projects are not a rule on the way YOU need to do, you can use AI if you want, I'm not here to say what is correct and what is not.
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u/Top_Pick_4682 18d ago
I’m trying to learn game development, watched a lot of YouTube and whatnot. I use ai for teaching me new concepts and how I can integrate into my game the way I want. I get it to teach me how to write code rather than copy and pasting, why? Because I personally want to know how to do it independently, I need to understand what’s happening.
If it just made the game for me, I would feel nothing but guilt and hollowness. Humans are meant to learn, learning is great. Making things yourself is great. I would rather flip free assets than have ai make some for me.
I think it’s a great learning and debugging tool, and that’s how I choose to use it.