>Valve makes a online storefront
>everything about it is free
>support actually works
>seasonal sales
>generous and clearly defined refund policy
>regional pricing
>costumers naturally flock to it and choose it over the competition
>this is somehow illegal
@Portergauge I've consistently gotten the idea that it's illegal in too high concentrations or in certain uses (i.e. straight up distributing Legion things and summoning them).
The real question is, how much is *acceptable?* As soon as that gets outlined I feel like it'd all clear up.
Regarding Clair Obscur - We believe sometimes we have to pick our battles. A few placeholder assets that were immediately patched out does not make an entire game AI slop.
Our account is about recognizing, appreciating and highlighting the strengths of human creativity. If a game is 99.99% a human crafted labor of love, we do not believe 0.01% of GenAI (if it even qualifies as that much) is worth slandering the entire game over.
Doing that gives permission to AI Boosters to do what they do best - take credit for things they had no hand in. They now take a game that was 99.99% a human crafted labor of love and say "Look at the power of GenAI to make these incredible games possible" when it had no meaningful impact at all.
Obviously we would all always prefer it wasn't used, and the internet is not a place that handles nuance well. But please keep this in mind for the future. We do not believe in witch hunts or hate directed at the hard work of artists or developers.🫖