Indie dev of 17 years: AI cuts game iteration from days to minutes
yunta_tsai · x · 2026-10-19
A developer recalls making his first indie game 17 years ago: the hardest part wasn't coding but finding and convincing 3D modelers and composers to execute his vision, with asset waits and iterations taking a day or two each. Now AI lets him swap a game's look and feel in minutes and focus on gameplay — and he's revisiting abandoned projects to see what's now possible.
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