Asher Zhu

update on Asher's Slime game💚 The dungeon's popularity is plummeting! Only the Slime can make it fun again. Lots of magic sodas are needed to get the job done. #indiegame #gamedev #techart #slime #game

This will become the new norm as we mature through the transition stage of ai-slop and it's not just about ethics or legality. Having shit smeared all over your store is simply bad business

Valve is scary because the only way out of this shitstorm is a monopoly that Epic can control, otherwise it doesn't have moat or economy of scale. Switching cost out of UE will basically be zero and the branding will be ruined soon at this pace

what's in for the tech companies..? they'll basically be obsolete since llm and the open source community can create whatever tools for free for everyone Could that be why they really hate Valve, a monopoly that actually provides a fair market?

another logic that's really baffling to me is.. we as creators are trained to use tools to create value. IP theft is hurting everyone, but hurting the tech companies more. When we come out the other end, finding new form of art and new jobs that don't exist yet,

right now tech companies frown upon the concept of copyright and are just enjoying the theft-driven bubble. Imagine the irony when they found they've lost their moat too and have to fight back

If it's so great soon developers will be training models on UE specifically and tailor our better, faster custom engines to avoid the 5% fee. We'll be able to make llm cherry-pick whatever we want in the new UE updates

This happens during combat / lock on as well. Details like this greatly reduce the chance of motion sickness, because "my viewpoint moves when I didn't expect it to" is the biggest cause of your brain thinking "something is wrong we must be poisoned".

Been studying 3rd person camera and discovered a neat trick from Zelda Walls blocking camera is commonly solved by moving the viewpoint closer. However when the wall is moved away, Link's camera doesn't immediately jump to its original 3rd person position, instead only slowly recovers when there is user input.

The thing I hate most about generative 'ai' art is when I see something actually good. I know a real artist did that style very well, and someone else drew her hair in this specific way I love and want to see more. But there is no way to know more about the artists who the 'ai' stole from. 'ai' art doesn't have real value but is getting better at theft and attracting eyeballs. It's disrespectful. Many reputable game companies I know are rolling out no-ai policy, my team among them. I don't care that stealing can be profitable. I didn't work my whole life becoming who I am today to be a piece of shit.

Thanks for all your DMs! I woke up to way too many animation showreels than I expected, a lot of which are spectacular and humbling, others inspiring with passion. I'll sort through everything in a day or two and also try to give as much constructive feedback as I can ❤️

I'm looking for a freelance 3D character animator to bring our humanoids to life💓 hmu with your portfolio if hitting the slime with a huge bell hammer sounds like your thing (more permanent positions available after we are fully funded :) #animation #indiedev #gamedev