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More concept art like this could easily be implemented in a collection containing touched up versions of early 3D Sonic games. But the status quo is having to juggle between platforms to play them, in a series that aims to making their games available on all platforms.

Sonic Gens Render Remake

Some progress. Trying to get a better idea of proportions and structure at this point.

Legendary Final Fantasy Composer Nobuo Uematsu says he’s never used generative AI, and never will. "I think it still feels more rewarding to go through the hardships of creating something myself. When you listen to music, the fun is also in discovering the background of the person who created it, right? AI does not have that kind of background though." automaton-media.com/en/news/final-…

@jadel4w “Because if you don’t learn these crafts yourself you will never develop the knowledge to understand what is worth making” Well said 💯

I agree. I use AI tools. I use it to make complex formulas for Excel and Monday. I use ChatGPT as an assistant and rubberduck (though I don’t trust it with complex administrative work). I use its text to speech daily. I use prowritingaid to help find repetition in my writing and tell me if I’m using too many short sentences. I’ve used AI upscalers like gigapixel (though I’m no longer using these and instead am repainting things at a high resolution). Most devs have used or do use some form of AI or machine learning in games development. We like to automate tedious tasks so we can focus on areas that deserves our attention. I don’t use AI to create for me. I don’t use it to generate art, or do creative writing for me. I use it to streamline other areas of my life so I have more time to create myself. This sounds like what Kojima is suggesting. I doubt he is sitting there asking it for game ideas. He likely isn’t short on those. It’s a shame that AI has been co-opted by a bunch of grifters who talk down to creatives as if it will replace us. How adversarial people can be is disgusting and the culture of AI on social media in general reminds me of NFTs. The reality is that AI can generate video, music, images and text. But it’s derivative. It’s slop. Because if you don’t learn these crafts yourself you will never develop the knowledge to understand what is worth making. That’s why we see so much AI copyright breaches because the people making this content can’t think of anything original so here’s Goku twerking and bob ross eating paint. I’m not against AI tools. I don’t hide the fact I use them because AI can mean many things and honestly what 3D artist would say no to AI UVs. What we don’t want is AI RNG art and having a bunch of tech guys and grifters telling us slop is good and we are worthless. I think more artists would adopt it in some form if it wasn’t rubbed into our faces as a replacement. If anything most AI proves that creatives are valuable, without us you get slop. Not thoughtful, expressive works with intent and integrity. We’ve discussed in my discord how ChatGPT is terrible for creative writing and can actually work against you. I won’t buy books with AI covers as I assume the content is AI. I have seen aspiring authors on here with AI book summaries and they clearly don’t see that it’s terribly written. Dunning Kruger in effect. You’d have to be pretty amateur to think any of these tools are better than an experienced creative. And in the hands of someone with no skill they are smoke and mirrors. Obviously I’m against using stolen art so I steer clear of genAI art entirely. I know artists who say they’re “anti-AI” then use it because “I can’t afford to hire someone to help me”. Fine do that but be honest about it. Don’t be a hypocrite. I have used the tools to understand what they’re capable of. I keep wanting to make a video on this cos it’s actually funny how bad it is. I’ve also spoken about AI at government level and advocated against opt out. I stand by LLMs being theft and that work should be licensed. Video AI feels like a toy. Looks good but it’s so random. So pointless. I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again. Microwaving a meal does not make you a chef. It’s also important not to become overly reliant on these tools to the point you can’t sustain yourself without them. But AI is something we can use to boost efficiency. I do it. It’s why my production standards are so effective. I used it to empower artists. I would also quite happily see non-productivity admin roles like HR replaced by AI if it meant my company could put more money into hiring and supporting creatives.

The most Sonic Runners-esque track in this game and Ohtani still refuses to do another full soundtrack with that style 🫠 youtu.be/X5yXY3qWeDw?si…

wip?

@Danny8bit He’s the most boring character in the series imo. His whole thing is just “future bad, back to the past” or “I’m here ig”.

So to summarize: I think Silver appearances should be much more rare and be given more importance. If his character was used more in that way, I think we WOULD see his future and it would feel justified, because the story would revolve around him having to save it. (7/8)

Here, i'm gonna elobarate on my feelings about Silver a little further with a small thread -- actually read the whole thing before replying to me. lmao I keep seeing folks saying "Silver hasn't really had any depth since '06" which i agree with... (1/8)

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I WAS ON THE OG SEGA ALL STARS RACING DAY ONE WHO THE FUCK DO YOU THINK YOURE SHOVING ASIDE RAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

scrapped renders

Sucks to see that the art direction & visual fidelity of current Sonic games nowadays is either cheap or just shit. What used to be a big part of what made them appealing & unique has been on a decline, whether if it’s a mainline or spin-off game.

@Danny8bit Some of the points I’ve read over time regarding Sonic’s model being “fundamentally flawed” don’t make sense to me. There’s a lot of factors that aren’t considered when bringing the design of these characters to 3D, because it’s only looked at from a 2D perspective.

y’all excluding a key render, man. this shit goes hard

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