Majority of players prefer the new direction which I see in sales - my top performers on Steam utilize AI tech.
My games were never popular, so if this change helps me pay the bills and allows me to make better games, I don't see why not use it.
To be honest, drawing became frustrating. It wasn't getting any better and no matter how I tried, none of my projects achieved what current ones do. For me, it's obvious.
this is really sad and I hope you find yourself in a better position in life so you're not giving your passion over to this machine nonsense. I'm sure you're seeing a short term sales boost, but I don't see it lasting as people grow ever-more pissed at the technology and its ruinous impact on literally everything.
Don't worry about the A.I. thing. There is currently a moral panic going on with A.I. like video games, drugs and other stuff before it. It's mainly too many sci-fi movies to blame, making people think A.I. is sentient. There is nothing actually wrong with it and most of the negative claims people bring up about it are provable false. A.I. is already used industry wide, even by top tier artists, and this panic will die down in a few years so don't let the pearl clutchers stop you from using A.I. to make your art. Everyone else is already using it.
