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[Holammer]

Browsed new games on Steam and saw a game with an inconsistent style reminiscent of AI generated art, a little bit of research later and it turns out the game is made with a wide range of AI tools.
It looks like a simple interactive Visual Novel type affair, and that's because it's built on Ren'Py, a VN engine used for games like Doki Doki Literature Club. It's a free game, but the developers are HK based cryptobros and they sell Aliya NFTs on their site. So I suggest you treat the game & devs like digital disease and stay away.

But I think there's a place for AI in game development and it's only going to get better/worse from here on out.

Tools used
Art: Midjourney, Adobe Firefly, DALL-E 3, stable diffusion
Character animation: D-ID, Pika Labs, Muglife, RunwayML
Background animation: LeiaPix, CapCut, InstaVerse, RunwayML
Script, voiceover, music: ChatGPT, ElevenLabs, Suno, Mubert

 

[Topher]

Those trailers lack soul.

 

[The Cockatrice]

NFTS!

 

[Fbh]

"Unlock the secrets of 70+ magic NFT's"

 

[GymWolf]

They already had me at "win NFT prizes", ngl.

 

[Darkkahn]

Gross.

 

[Magic Carpet]

"Digital Disease"
I'm going to have to start using this term.

 

[Elder Legend]

Garbage lol

 

[Comandr]

Oof. This “game” feels like it had almost no human effort put into it. I’m afraid it’s going to just fuel the fire of anti-AI game development. What a bad look. Trailer was terrible. The art itself was charming enough. But the script, Jesus.

 

[MiguelItUp]

It's amusing seeing "lol" be a part of the URL as this whole thing looks like a huge joke. This is so stupid, lmao.

 

[LordBlodgett]

NFTs.........yuck, wtf. And who the hell did her voice? So monotone and bland

 

[Darkkahn]

Shove those 70 NFTs up that monkey's butt.

 

[Draugoth]

Lazy NFT developers and AI generated, name a better duo.

 

[Holammer]

NFTs.........yuck, wtf. And who the hell did her voice? So monotone and bland

Most likely done with ElevenLabs. This thing is a showcase for a dozen different AI tools.

 

[IAmRei]

NFTs.........yuck, wtf. And who the hell did her voice? So monotone and bland

I saw written above, also AI

 

[ThisIsMyDog]

They still trying to sell this NFT bullshit?

 

[Aion002]

Nft + Ai.

 

[danklord]

At first I was skeptical but when she said "this world REALLY has a treasure trove of interesting characters" -- I'm in. Day 12.

 

[nowhat]

Now all we need is AI generated players and the circle is complete.

 

[tmlDan]

i hate this, and the speech gives me serial killer vibes.

 

[Sleepwalker]

Nope, no thanks

 

[Raven77]

I will never understand the hate for NFTs on here. It literally allows for digital ownership.

Why is that a bad thing? You put 200 hours into your Diablo character and can sell it, legally, for $40. Oh the horror!

Everyone seems to equate NFT's to microtransactions. Which just shows a complete lack of understanding regarding this topic.

 

[SHA]

AI should be smarter than this, it doesn't understand our tastes.

 

[MastAndo]

 

[ResurrectedContrarian]

And who the hell did her voice? So monotone and bland

They used ElevenLabs (and possibly some other services) for the voice. It can get all kinds of different results, but their particular attempt seems a bit lazy.

Just for fun, I generated 2 variations which are at least more comedic:

like an elementary school teacher reading a book to her classroom:

https://dl.sndup.net/gcsw/el1.mp3

ASMR girl

https://dl.sndup.net/zcyr/ElevenLabs_2023-11-09T17_48_50_Nicole.mp3

EDIT: just saw this post above

Most likely done with ElevenLabs. This thing is a showcase for a dozen different AI tools.

Indeed those YouTube audiobooks are using the same service. I've noticed a ton of these popping up, basically people taking old books and running through ElevenLabs (for the voice) then DallE/Midjourney (for the static image assets behind the narration). Some of them are very low effort, and they're starting to flood YouTube.

 

[Outlier]

"The story makes sense considering the bridgeworld lore.
- Braiker (MagicHourPod)"

umm..

Why would you quote that, when advertising a game!?

 

[Lokaum D+]

 

[Spyxos]

 

[SmokedMeat]

I’m sure we’ll see a lot if this generic garbage coming in.