Ronald "RozaldVane" Van

Because at some point, they might do this too much to where they thought that the work they did "belongs" to them. I want Level-5 to succeed but this whole thing is really hard to support or know if they will turn away from the process at some point.

From the article, I really dislike their use of stealing audience textures for Inazuma & GPT generated descriptions. Mixed on AI sharpening images. Everything else is used as refs for artists which is slightly OK. Though, I hoped they would've at least come up with some of these things themselves.

Japanese game developer Level-5 reveals how they use generative AI like Stable Diffusion  - AUTOMATON WEST Ni no Kuni and Professor Layton developer Level-5 demonstrate exactly how they use generative AI to assist game development and promotion.

This confused me at first but had to do some digging to help. Here's an article to back this claim up. This article is almost 2 years old.
automaton-media.com/en/news/2023...

From the article posted above, quote states: "Breaking this down, 25% of those surveyed reported a salary of between $125,000 and $199,999, while 23% earned between $50,000 and $99,999. 5% said they had a salary of under $15,000."

Cherry-picking the stats is ridiculous but this means that the 47% remaining can either be $15k to $49k or $200k+. So is this implying that there are way more in the lower side of the higher side, smh.

That is great news! Congrats and looking forward to it!

I would also add that within those years, we'll see more Asia-made games come out with big success. There would be more games coming out of Korea and China while Japan continues with their consistency of releases.

There's a certain tool you get later in the game that would help with this.

YouTube video by Lionsgate Movies La La Land (2016 Movie) Official Trailer – 'Dreamers'

La La Land is one of my fave trailers because it had the visuals and the music (which I didn't know it was a musical until I watched it). Instantly got me to watch from this alone.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0pdq...

Unfortunately, it's a trend to farm for Steam points through the awards (specifically the 'Jester' award) that people give to those who post opposite opinions or controversial topics.

Had the same feelings when seeing layoffs happen. This also impacts my way of thinking for every job I go and apply to. Thinking maybe there could be someone way more qualified than me in the pool and just automatically anticipating the rejection.

Let the player discover the story and interpret it themselves or tell it straightforwardly to evoke feelings and thoughts. But I do prefer a bit more straight to the point objectives than to leave to just assume much of the story. My imagination can run wild sometimes.

Running into the same things you mentioned with my recent playthrough of Vanishing of Ethan Carter. It just gave vague hints of your objective & leaves you to wander a linear path. Just aimlessly do things when it comes up. I think this idea of 'vague storytelling' is very much a double edge sword.

My journey through the games industry so far has been just contractor roles. It'd be nice to get some full-time work at least once (or more, but really, more please). But I did a lot of work under contract and I do learn a lot from doing those jobs.

They'll also ignore the fact that these games have very little to no microtransactions/DLCs in them.

That is absolutely sad to see. Hope you can find footing quickly.

Personally, I think ONL this year feels like I'm watching SGF again in a different format and makes me think that the games industry really is moving slow this time around. But then again, GTA6 is eating up that time window of mid-2026 and we still got layoffs happening.

dude! I'm also playing Metaphor but I'm ahead of you by one city, lol.

now that sounds too fun. feels like it's threatening people with a good time. but hey, limited vocab can still make memes, lol.

linkedin should be a business meme site.

Grew up on Kung Fu Hustle and Shaolin Soccer (made by the same actor in the clip of the movie)

Save 90% on Thief Simulator on Steam Become the best thief. Gather intel, steal things and sell them to buy hi-tech equipment. Do everything that a real thief does.

Adjacent to Uncharted could be the Tomb Raider games, I think have some stuff where you have to steal something. Then there's more sandbox-y ones like the Thief Simulator games. I haven't gotten around to them yet but I know they're pretty good.
store.steampowered.com/app/704850/T...

GTA5 also has some heist missions but they aren't really stealing art or valuables in museums and residences though they did have like a planning board to select people for the job, similar to Payday (which was already mentioned). I'd also +1 to Uncharted series since those are centered on stealing.

I think elements of the Dishonored series has some of the stealing valuables aspect but its origins technically traces back to Thief. Watch Dogs had some nice moments of stealth while stealing info or items, not really art or valuables.

unless you rely on those hacked/leaked code bases. Like your point with Roblox, you mentioned further below, they definitely can create variations of the same game modes but still relies on multiple variations of the mode to get something truly "new".

Then, this will start running up the copyright tree sooner or later if they are hunting for other people's work online to make their own game out of it. In regards to code, this also relies on existing code bases to start building off of them but most games aren't publicly available, ...

So no matter what, people are still needed in the process of creating assets and code. I don't think the percentage matters because these things still needs to be created somehow. Unless the companies start stealing from assets outside of the studios, minus code.

Want to chime in on this point. AI 100% needs actual data to even "create" anything to begin with. That alone is a huge problem if a company doesn't have enough assets or code for what they want to make. But even then, the company may only have one type of game that may provide "new" content off it.

The infographic has an error, lol. It says June instead of July.

YouTube video by Caroline Polachek - Topic On The Beach (Timefall Mix)

There's also another version/mix of the song out as well.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Rf-...

Seriously, I would prefer a meme email like: "My team and I think your team lacks Vitamin C and I'd inquire your team might be interested in drinking more orange juice."