I'm very anti AI but I'm not gonna lie I'm royally pissed at how everyone is yelling at the devs of Big Walk over fixing 10 lines of code after searching for how to fix it. Yall are a bunch of performative assholes who throw nuance out the windows to make yourselves feel better
Me: inside Japanese police station.
not arrested. hopefully.
I came to report lost wallet.
officer very polite.
Officer: Where did you last see it?
Me: Probably train station.
Officer nods, types for two seconds.
Officer: Found.
Me: …what.
Officer: Yes.
Me: That fast?
Officer: Japan.
another officer walks over holding my wallet carefully like sacred relic, everything still inside, cash untouched.
Me genuinely emotional.
Me: This country is unbelievable.
Officer smiles proudly, then pauses.
Officer: There was one issue.
Me: …what issue.
Officer opens wallet slowly, pulls out embarrassing anime sticker I forgot existed.
silence.
both officers staring at me respectfully but differently now.
Officer: You like magical girls?
Me: …we all have struggles.
older officer suddenly leans forward.
Old Officer: Season two was disappointing.
Me: WHAT.
Old Officer: They ruined power scaling.
younger officer immediately joins debate.
Officer: No no movie fixed it.
suddenly entire police station arguing anime lore passionately.
one detective emerges from back room holding instant noodles.
Detective: Original manga better.
Me: I CAME HERE FOR A WALLET.
Zohran Mamdani's been in office 10 months and murders just hit a record low. Gee, turns out when you help regular people pay their bills, crime goes down. Who would've thought.
-Indie dev encounters issues at the end of their development cycle
-indie dev attempts to troubleshoot said issues
-indie dev consults the MANUFACTURER of their game engine, THEY can't solve their issues
-as a last-ditch effort to avoid shipping a game with a glitch they can't iron out, they spitball with an LLM
-surprisingly, LLM assists in workarounds that fix said issues
-despite not needing to disclose (per steam TOS), the dev is honest about their disclosure when nominated for awards to be transparent.
I would say House House did everything right. An LLM was used to solve problems humans could not. It didnt generate assets. It didnt infringe on the creative process.
I hate what AI, and particularly GenAI has done to the gaming industry, but this is a stupid fucking hill to die on. This isn't vibe coding. This isn't slop. This is what AI was SUPPOSED to do in industry.
Pick the right battles, people.