Hey, I ABSOLUTELY agree with you. It's kinda discouraging for newbies...
Of course, I see many people grinding it out on their own (apparently, it's not cool anymore to use AI?)- but I think it makes it really restrictive. Disclaimers are okay, but straight up rejecting something just because, say graphics or vc is AI is silly. Don't we end up losing hidden gems because of it?
Yeah I absolutely and there are some that are okay with AI just seems like many aren't. But idk how you can make a call on if ai was used or not. Also how would you know how ai was used i think everyone uses it tbh. Especially for things like debugging. Also why not use all the resources we have available to make the best possible game. I know i certainly wont be developing with one hand behind my back.
I'm not sure I understand your suspicion that "everyone uses it." The people who dislike AI aren't going to use it. I use GDevelop, they added AI features and I turned it off immediately (by that I mean, clicked the option to hide the "ask AI" button). Now you might find a rare case of someone pretending to hate it but then using it in secret, but that is very unlikely. People who want to use it secretly will usually just not say anything.
There can be reasons not to use "everything available" - those of us who don't want to use it often cite ethical reasons around data scraping and real world resource consumption. Making the best possible game isn't worth it if I'm causing harm to others.
