Veteran Dev: AI Can't Make Good Games, But Eliminates Sunk Costs of Trial and Error
draginol · x · 2026-08-03
The developer elaborates on AI's practical value in game development: while it can't generate good games directly, it eliminates much of the tedious work.
He notes that over decades, for every commercial game shipped, five were scrapped because the idea sucked. AI's true value lies in allowing teams to cheaply test ideas they wouldn't have dared to try before, minimizing the human potential wasted when projects are thrown out midway.
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