Making games with PlayAstrocade: AI copies recipes well but can't innovate
andrey_kurenkov · x · 2026-11-07
andreykurenkov shares how much fun he's had making games on PlayAstrocade lately, even producing a trailer for one of them.
His takeaway: AI is great at copying established recipes, but for anything even slightly novel, human involvement in design and play-testing remains essential.
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