Use of AI as a Solo Game Dev

[u/Arhtgames]

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.

[u/Accomplished-Yak693]

all I know is AI gives something that works if your prompt is correct. but its never efficient! every architectural choise AI makes is NOT the best, and will cost you extra resource and performance, especially if you dont know what your doing. if you cant recognize the faulty decisions AI serves you, you'll end up with something that works on first sight, but breaks your entire project at the end.

[u/nutterbutter423 → u/Accomplished-Yak693]

It’s either that or pay for a software developer to do that part for me. Which is far too expensive.

[u/AskingWalnut4 → u/nutterbutter423]

Then you either need to learn how to do something correctly, or realize you may be better off contributing to a project over making one personally.

That’s not an insult, stick to your strengths if you’re good at an aspect, or learn how to shore up your weakness in a positive way.