Ah hell, I didn't realize this was AI slop. That's a shame, as this is a good idea. *sigh* Right, here we go...
Okay, so let's start with what the GenAI excuses are this time:
1. "The four assets in this work—one UI component and three landscape paintings used as wall decorations (frames not included)—were produced using additional AI for refinement. None of them were created by AI from the ground up."
In other words, you didn't even use AI all the way, just half the way. It's still GenAI. You either were trying to smartass and say, "oh, just a little slop", were too lazy to finish your own art or you were too cowardly to go all the way. That's even less respectable than just using it out right.
2. "AI helped with grammatical corrections for in-game text, which were then carefully reviewed and adjusted by hand."
...No. No they were not reviewed. There's gramatical errors everywhere in this game. Hell, even the prompt "Press E To Action" is wrong and that's on the screen 90% of the time. Also, hey, fun fact: literally every PC is outfitted with the latest technology called "Spell Check". Requires no GenAI and will save the people in the state of Georgia their houses, too. Hell, you could've hired someone from Georgia to look over your work, if you were so busy not to.
3. "We only consider AI to be a supportive tool. Every detail is meticulously crafted with human intent, as our creative process is still firmly anchored in manual craftsmanship."
So, the GenAI used is unnecessary, is what you mean. You just happened to get lazy with a couple lil parts? Yeah, and EA only uses Origin "just a little bit". If you use AI at all, there's no telling what else you used it for. The thing reeks of vibe coding, which is probably why instead of using LEFT CLICK to interact with things, you mapped it to E with no way to remap it. That's the nature of the beast. If you were all about human craftmanship, you would've kept working on it and did it right. Don't ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ people.
Okay, now for the actual game: it's good and that's the heartbreaker. There's a kind of zen to the whole thing and it's got that Powerwash Sim satisfaction of cleaning up a mess and making order out of it. It gets pretty repetitive fast, though, and once you get the ability to see where all the other books in a series are, it kinda makes the game a bit on the idle side, but hey. A shame the dev decided that GenAI was more important and they used it on frivolous things. There is no excuse for it and thus you're helping burn the planet for no reason. So on that note, I can't recommend it.
