Diego

It's an AI image generator, but the latest version is more sophisticated and can work from starting images. It's very much an AI generated image that resembles the original, with added things from a prompt. It also allows for continuous iteration. Like, usually these models start from random values and denoise it slowly using a transformer until it looks like a thing. And the only way to adjust small things is to start from scratch. But this model actually allows for adjustments midway. (EDIT: so I could say, after that generation, "make the shadows a bit darker" and it would continue from this image instead of starting anew) I'm just giving you the basic idea I read somewhere though. I'm not an expert on this thing.

Asked ChatGPT to take this random screenshot from the metal age and "turn RTX on". just for giggles. Looks nice.

Something about clean water too. Put a little alcohol in your water and it's safer. I don't know if they knew what was happening. Surely they didn't know about microbes but they might have noticed the correlation of getting sick less often when they put a bit of alcohol in the water.

2020 too? haha I have a four year old as well. It's a whole different life. It gets easier, and we get a little more efficient too. EDIT: just released a playable prototype, if anyone wants to check it out https://diegzumillo.itch.io/the-eldritch-monarch

There's a pretty active dev scene for retro consoles. And they can sell well, as long as you also offer them on modern platforms. Personally, I like the console and I like the self imposed limitations. I find them creatively stimulating. Work on the demo has been soul crushing. I wasn't going to make one, because I thought it wouldn't need it. But seeing the launch flop I decided I had to make one. But it's a lot of work for such small amount of time. Implemented a bunch of new systems while designing the thing and I didn't even get to make the tilesets yet. (I have some half done I can use)

Guys. Turns out having a kid is a lot more work than I anticipated. And I anticipated it would be the most exhaustive thing in my life, just to give you an idea. I'm a little thrown off by the fact I created this topic almost 5 years ago. I missed five seasonal visits to this forum! That megadrive project actually became a kickstarter campaign. Which is struggling, and probably won't succeed. I'm not throwing the towel yet. Currently working on a demo to spruce up the campaign. I'm quite proud of the trailer! Anyway, I'm just taking a look at all your projects and updates!

So sad to learn about this.

My building/street has some machines running and they're combining into one ominous low note. It really sounds like I'm inside a thief mission.

I made a small prototype level

Just finished watching it and came here to comment. Excellent documentary indeed! Really cool hearing all those people who worked on it. The deadly shadows part made me feel bad for him. It's a flawed game, for sure, not just because of constraints and technical difficulties, I think the wrong choices were made and only later they understood them. However, it's clear from the interview that it was obviously made with a lot of love and effort, and sometimes bad choices are not obvious at the time. And flawed as it may be, I still hold the opinion that the plot is at the same great level on all three games. The way they worked at Looking Glass goes against all my instincts of any creative project. It was very much a chaotic group effort, there is no one person who you could say made Thief. To me that is a terrible way of making art, but I guess that it has its merits if it can produce Thief, system shock and deus ex.

Streaming is weird. I don't watch any streams of any kind! I do not understand the appeal. But I decided to do it for my own selfish purposes. You see, it's way harder to procrastinate when there are witnesses. Sometimes there are 2 or 3 people watching me for whatever reason and it makes me feel bad for scrolling twitter instead of working.

BTW, I started streaming my game deving. If anyone's interested in watching hours of mostly black screen with some characters on.

Yes! they do bother me! Coincidentally just a few minutes ago I was thinking "I could really use an extension that makes these go away"