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New comment by 2muchclout in "Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (March 2026)"

2muchclout — Mon, 09 Mar 2026 15:37:04 +0000

This looks awesome! From the isometric perspective, how did you do the walls or vertical stuff in general? I have done a few game like that and always find it to be a struggle in 2D.

New comment by 2muchclout in "Ask HN: Is it worth avoiding AI while making a game?"

2muchclout — Thu, 26 Feb 2026 22:42:32 +0000

I’m sure it would speed you up tremendously, would the output be the same though? Someone with no commercial ambitions doesn’t really need to worry about that, but if you do it is definitely worth measuring the trade offs. I’m not including coding in that statement, I think that for programming everyone should use it as long as you are still learning how to use the engine.

New comment by 2muchclout in "Ask HN: Is it worth avoiding AI while making a game?"

2muchclout — Thu, 26 Feb 2026 22:39:40 +0000

I agree, as someone who has the goal for commercial purposes it seems like AI generated assets are a no go. As for people who make games for pleasure, unless you have a personal issue with AI I don’t see the issue. As for the coding part, I can’t imagine any game dev is not using any form of it to code.

New comment by 2muchclout in "Ask HN: Is it worth avoiding AI while making a game?"

2muchclout — Thu, 26 Feb 2026 22:37:26 +0000

I also have a personal stigma against AI art (for commercial purposes) because I don’t see the cost vs the value doesn’t add up to me. I am trying to see if my own bias was negatively effecting my progress or if staying hand drawn was what the average age dev was doing. As for programming, I find it does help aid when I know what I want but can’t quite find the syntax, it’s the balance between that and still learning that I struggle with.

New comment by 2muchclout in "Ask HN: Is it worth avoiding AI while making a game?"

2muchclout — Thu, 26 Feb 2026 22:32:40 +0000

Yes true, I have not even tried out the AI imaging tools for game dev specifically, I can imagine there are issues though. As for programming, I use it as a tool to assist, I haven’t gone full bore vibe coding for multiple reasons, one being that I want to learn the engine well and I feel like that is much harder vibe coding.

New comment by 2muchclout in "Ask HN: Is it worth avoiding AI while making a game?"

2muchclout — Wed, 25 Feb 2026 00:56:00 +0000

> In the second part of the question you asked if you should just learn all of the skills...buddy, does that question not answer itself?

Yes I agree, I don't think I worded my post well. I want to learn all the skills and such, because I enjoy learning. My post was more centered around if I was behind the times and thinking in the past by not using it.

> Since I could be labeled as an "AI hater" based on those comments, I want to be clear that I'm saying all this to keep you from falling into a trap and not to further my own agenda

I don't think AI hater label would be fair, you're making a similar point that I was trying to make which is that specifically for art in video games, it might be to someone's detriment.

New comment by 2muchclout in "Ask HN: Is it worth avoiding AI while making a game?"

2muchclout — Tue, 24 Feb 2026 23:27:15 +0000

Yes I agree for the most part, I do wonder about the customer sentiment. Maybe it is a vocal minority, it would be interesting to see the impact on sales.

New comment by 2muchclout in "Ask HN: Is it worth avoiding AI while making a game?"

2muchclout — Tue, 24 Feb 2026 22:59:25 +0000

While I get where your sarcasm is coming from, you either didn’t read the post or are ignorant to the point. AI is severely different in the gaming industry, where the goal isn’t to make a software where “maximized productivity” is the most important metric. Also, you seem to ignore the point that it is looked down upon whether you agree or not.

Ask HN: Is it worth avoiding AI while making a game?

2muchclout — Tue, 24 Feb 2026 22:09:01 +0000

Hi HN, I have been learning Godot while making a game which involves pixel art, music, etc. While learning, I have been discouraged about strictly making everything by hand because of the influx of content about just vibe coding or AI-assisted everything. There also seems to be a stigma attached to using AI in games versus general software engineering (Steam’s AI generated tag, for example).

In conclusion, I guess my question is if it is a good idea to use the AI generated assets and such, or should I just learn all of the skills and if that will be beneficial in the long run. I enjoy game development, I’m just feeling discouraged towards the learning process.

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2muchclout — Tue, 17 Jan 2023 22:11:10 +0000

Did you build this for a school project? I go to a college where this was submitted as a senior capstone and was wondering if this is the same project.