Indie game dev: AI handles hundreds of UI variables so he can focus on the craft
round · x · 2026-09-11
An indie game developer shares how AI saves him significant time on the controller side of game projects: late-stage games often involve hundreds of sliders, toggles, and variables that would otherwise consume all his energy. His in-progress project On the Way to the Museum has an even more complex interface, made manageable thanks to AI. He muses that the project may keep growing precisely because AI can handle the maintenance burden.
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