Ever wonder how games like Genshin Impact create massive, immersive worlds that feel alive?
It’s not magic—it’s strategy, design, and technical know-how.
Here’s the step-by-step process game developers use to create breathtaking environments—and how you can too. 🧵
There is a major misunderstanding between pro and anti AI folks - everytime a new Midjourney or Sora version comes out with major improvements pro AI people go 'ITS SLOP HUH, WELL HOW ABOUT....NOW!!!' and will never understand that most people are simply not interested in something that wasn't made by humans.
Wow, AI is going to take over Game Development.
I asked Grok how to create a game in Unreal Engine, and within minutes I had this sleek, minimalist platformer with a fully animated, beautiful character model.
Catch up or get left behind.
#geometrynodes Tilable destruction. Because why only textures have the privilege to tile! Test version 01. Just premade Instances looping. Seems like a legit idea ! #b3d
Check out this dope stylized water VFX by student Vadim Akhmetzianov in Unreal! Breakdown is straight-up fire. Total inspo for game devs and VFX peeps! #UnrealEngine#VFX#GameDev#screenshotsaturday
First look at the new Deadlock hero - The Doorman
His abilities are heavily inspired by Valve's beloved Portal series. He places orange and blue portal doors within a 50-meter range of each other (extendable by an additional 50 meters with a third-level upgrade). Players, projectiles, and physical objects that enter one portal instantly exit through the other. His ultimate ability sends enemies to a hotel in another dimension where they must solve a fast-paced movement puzzle to escape within a limited time.
"He's proper, he's polite, but the humble Doorman of The Baroness Hotel is more than meets the eye. A brisk ring of his Call Bell leaves nearby enemies disoriented, and his high-speed Luggage Cart knocks them right off their feet. Do you find yourself getting lost easily in the streets of Manhattan? Don't worry, The Doorman is here to provide a shortcut with his Doorway whenever the need arises. And only the most special of enemies get to experience the trip of a lifetime to The Baroness Hotel. - Please, stay as long as you'd like."
A picture now is worth more than a thousand words in genAI; it can be turned into a full 3D world! And you can stroll in this garden endlessly long, it will still be there.
Why do we need to engage with AI? So massive corporations can cut MORE artists and output MORE shitty creative work? The truth is, AI makes making things cheaper and faster, and that's ALL big companies care about. they don't give a shit about artists. The creative world was the LAST space on this planet that needed to be overtaken by AI, yet it was the first because it was the easiest and most vulnerable place to sneak in and snap up the low hanging fruit. I'll say it again, AI only exists in the creative world BECAUSE corporations want to make shit for CHEAP, and make more money off of YOU. There is no other reason.
Someone just asked Pixar cofounder Ed Catmull about AI. His answer (paraphrased): "AI will create lots of good things and lots of bad things... We don't know where it will go. But it's not going away. So artists need to engage with the technology."
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