You only copied half the comment:

"Dude puts A Dark Room through an AI filter and called it his game /s

Joking aside, it worked for A Dark Room so I don't see the needs for graphics in your game"

The creator of A Dark Room played my game and publicly said he likes A Dark Cave -> https://www.reddit.com/r/ADarkRoom/comments/1ou4kch/comment/...

I have said many times publicly that ADR is a big part of the inspiration for my game.

A Dark Cave is also open-source.

If you played ADR, please play A Dark Cave and see for yourself that I did not copy it.

I would be interested ot hear from you once you have progressed a bit more.

Have fun playing!

The game intentionally avoids visuals and embraces minimalism.

I use only text, symbols, and sounds to create atmosphere and spark the player's imagination.

From time to time, I think about adding graphics to my game, since it is one of the most common requests I get from players.

I even made a post about what I call the AI Slop Temptation: https://www.reddit.com/r/incremental_games/comments/1tcs8ou/...

From the comments, it seems that players prefer no graphics at all over AI-generated graphics, at least when they can recognize them as AI-generated.

In my opinion, the growing abundance of easily available polished graphics means games will soon need main differentiators beyond visuals alone.

Maybe it will be storytelling, atmosphere, creating emotions, personalization, nostalgia, or the ability to leave space for the player's imagination.

When it becomes easy for every game to look good, what will be the things that actually make games great?

What do you think?

Also, I am grateful for any feedback about my game!

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