In the past 3 months I've been quietly working day and night on "KITFIRE". My solo deved multplayer 12v12 shooter game where you build your weapon as the match progresses. It is already in a playable state so stay tuned if you are interested in joining future play tests!
@muselk@TimSweeneyEpic Tim's behaviour is damaging to us indie UE devs. You believe there is a good way of using AI but you don't recognize that Tim's pressing exactly for a sloppy use you claim to oppose. His petty fights are a PR nightmare, ruining UE's reputation & risking our own chance of success.
@MookalH Releasing an Indie Game is very sensitive. You want your game to be ranked popular upcoming. And if anything messes with your release, like a delay or 5 similar copies released before you, that can easily kick you out of it.
Not being trending can cost you 30% of potential sales.
@Pherezin Yes. People hate the launcher but Epic used to be a positive force.
Example: before UE4, you had to pay thousands of dollars to get access to an engine to make games. But then Epic made their technology free, forcing the competition (unity) to do so as well.
This is just sad. Unreal Engine amazed me since UT2004. It always was inspiring to meet Epic devs & to listen to their talks. Passionate folks excited to share their works & knowledge.
But now? No knowledge, no passion, no works. Not even an original thought. Only "AI did this!"
Thinking of my childhood friend who complained that game developers are stupid because: "why don't they just take all the good things from other games and put it all into one???"
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@mikeandtherest @gamedevved @SyntheticBeef AI is theft of all labor and IP including that of software Devs. You're distracting by spinning this into a "Art VS Engineer" culture war when everyone's suffering. But Because of your jealousy and contempt for the arts, you gladly suffer if it means that artists will suffer more
You must pirate every game that used AI in it's production. The game developers built with uncompensated labor and thus, equally, they must not be compensated. They have forfeited any moral claim to payment.
🚨 Over 85.8% of Japanese game developers are now using generative AI, a massive jump from 51% in 2025.
New CESA 2026 data confirms 63% of them use it daily. Surveyed companies include Capcom, Konami, Sega, and LEVEL5, primarily using AI to save time and cut costs.
@fallacysp0tter Browbeating someone over copyright in the context of piracy while completely ignoring the most massive copyright, IP and labor theft in all of human history via AI by the hands of the largest corporations on earth. You're Insane!
@Weston_Mitchell I'm not a fan but I understand why Nintendo choose this art direction.
1st: Visual impressiveness. The details have high contrast to remain visible in handheld mode. Also looks better in motion.
2nd: I think the team is just really fed up with BOTW and want to try something new.