David Smit

20 years making games at Guerrilla, Crytek, King & Wargaming, from concept art to art director. Now making Nook, a tiny clay dollhouse you shape in your browser

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@benedictk__ 👋

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As an art/creative from the game industry, who can code but is more interesting in making products - AI is amazing. It allows me to build experiences, visuals and ideas much faster. Thereby explore a larger set of possibilities, and actually execute them.

When concept art started using photo-bashing, we had a similar uproar (at smaller scale). 'Is it art?' 'It's not a real concept', 'It's not your idea', 'We will loose the skills' etc etc. And now: everyone uses the method that allows them to express their ideas the best way. That being a sketch, a photo bash, a 3D model, or an AI generated thing.

There is always a risk of losing the human mistakes and quirks, which sometimes create accidental genius results. And human/artist limitations created visual styles in many ways. It is a real risk if everyone starts using the same tools.
But that is as much an attitude issue of not being open to new things and wild experimentation as it is a result of tool use or skill.

There is now a new tool. Go wild! Go break it! See where it falls short, see where it excels! Do cool stuff! Chase your vocation!

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@MoralzzX Developers who are getting value from AI should speak up. There's safety in numbers. MOST developers are doing it and loving it - and if they're not talking about it it's mostly out of fear for haters attacking them, their product, and their company.

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@rianflo Damn it opus... not again.

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@Andrew_Blumson @threejs That looks smooth!

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@jettelly That looks great! Is it in a bounding box?

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@Mati_Ernst Concrete and plants is the best combo!
Congrats on the steam launch!

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@andreintg The no installer software that is coming is gold! The old legacy software took half a day to even get setup 🥲

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@JanOrszulik 100% agree.
And also: that is a very neat system! Lovely work!

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@brianjcho 👋

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@peer_rich Would get the Citroen every time!

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@rianflo oh that feeling of density in the distance is lovely 👌

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@mogmek Very nicely done! That direct impact feeling is key for getting it magical and accessible I think. 👌

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@mogmek oh that is neat! That looks very smooth and easy to use. SDF based?
How did you do the quick brush-scale controls? And that soft-pressing is lovely! Mine is still pretty direct cut, rather than soft and slow.

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@iruletheworldmo Also way less nerved when it comes to ai research. No random crap breaking or running into glass walls all the time. (Not yet atleast)

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@NikolayStrek I have been considering vr controllers. Best way to deal with 3D controls I think.
Should look into Meta VR!

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New brush controls in Nook. Bend the tip, or change the way it develops over a stroke for that fine control.

It actually looks like it's something that I planned all along!

#gamedev #indiedev

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@TonyyRickk That’s the plan! Wood grain, or nice details are easy now

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@biforgestudios Atm it saves the latest version you setup. There is no saving brushes (yet! It’s a good idea!)

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@CastellanoWorks @threejs @nvidia That makes sense. On iPhones especially the memory cap is really aggressive. I learned that the hard way in an old WebGL project I did🥲

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@IndieBandits A tiny clay dollhouse you shape by hand in your browser. Craft anything, including characters in a beautiful space.