You made the pixelart, but cheaped out on the character avatars?? Please stop using ai, you're a fine artist, make pixelart of the characters or hire an artist.
The pixelart is AI too. And the entire premise of the game is that it is all AI. There is even a guide included on how to make your own character. You say the dev "cheaped out" but they're only selling the game for 8 dollars, with a large amount of the content being free and included in the demo anyway. Having to budget for hiring an artist would triple this games price at least.
And they were right. Cars in particular have had substantial negative effects on daily life and the environment - not from using them, but from abusing them. While cars expand the maximum range people can travel, entire cities are designed to fetishize cars and stop people from accomplishing basic life tasks they should not strictly need a car for. That's the only reason suburbs exist.
AI is the same paradox. There are plenty of tasks where AI is appropriate such as statistical analysis, cybersecurity, mathematics, etc. As we can see it can produce decent illustrations, but we should not confuse illustration with art.
I think the main draw of this game (so far as AI is concerned) is the fluid NPC dialogue, and I hope as time goes on more efficient technology appears to replace the current, very wasteful and flawed models.
So that's not how the world works. " "destroying the environment"? Ha! It's just a oil mine? Make money and move on". "Not everyone has the art skills nor money" Have you seen the COUNTLESS games using free community maps, textures, mobs, art programs, or even a just shitty game that gets so much love? Ai is stealing. Goon ethically inconclusioniamamoron.