And *then* we see the pivot to scrawny waifu with dumb proportions.

Initially, Japan wanted her to look more like Mother Russia from Kick-Ass 2 (which I guess is keeping in with the comics). She was so butch! It was cool. But Retro was like "uh no, nobody will want that" and the Prime concept artist based her off a girl he was seeing (a model? She was beautiful)

It's interesting watching how she physically changes over the games too. On the one hand, she gets a sexy, slimmed down anime waifu redesign that you could point to as being Japan having very narrow definitions for attractive women. But Retro Studios pushed for the femme presentation in Prime.

But according to you, your own research said that using genAI wouldn't improve your workflow. This is a tool that literally wasn't helpful for you. Why would you want people to embrace a technology shift that isn't improving either the production process or the product itself?

"You have to adapt people. Kodak should have embraced digital cameras. Any digital camera that isn't integrating AI in their systems will be in position of Kodak too. Adapt and evolve." <- This makes it sound like you think game devs should use genAI but you're not integrating it into your game.

So.... To clarify: Your "adapt and evolve" strategy here was research AI-generated imagery and then choose not to use it in favor of human-generated and painted models. Huh. Sounds like you came to the conclusion that AI-generated imagery wasn't something a game needs or something you wanted. Right?

Can I request information on if and where you used AI in your game development?

Yo, you literally wrote a pitch for your own game wherein you say everything is easier & simpler in Asili Forest, & it will only take 20-40 minutes to play as if those are selling points. I want to play games that are fun & creative. If you can't make that, I have a huge collection I can replay.

oh my god

I think even for people who aren't artists, there are many who enjoy art as a human feat of skill and expression even if they are doing no art creation themselves. Even if AI art was better then human art, and it's not, no one gives a shit that a forklift can carry more then a weightlifter.

Obviously he tucked this borrowed shirt into his thong in his haste while getting dressed.

Guess it's time to figure out what's going in here....