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【AI-Generated vs. Human-Crafted】What Quality Would Make You Play an AI-Generated Text Game?

A topic by lee0818 created Apr 28, 2025 Views: 780 Replies: 22
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Compared to meticulously designed human-made AVGs, AI-generated games might fall short in some aspects. So, what factors would make you willing to try and keep playing an AI-generated text game? Is it the speed of generation, novel or unique ideas, replayability (different every time), or other attractions? #AIGameExperience #PlayerMotivation #AIvsHuman
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Nothing. Why should I bother to play a game nobody could be bothered to make? Art is a conversation between creator and audience.

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For me, the AI is best used for ideation and variations more than it would be for actual product creation. Yes, sure, you can make art and sound and other things, but the tricky part is to obtain consistent flow which is expensive and hard to preserve in context and story.

If you are still willing to try, though, i'd go with simple games like quiz (brand logos, or cars, or something catchy and trendy) and see how much reaction you would get.


What do you have in mind?

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You said it yourself that AI generated games fall short in some aspects, so the answer is obvious : nothing.

Is it the speed of generation, novel or unique ideas, replayability (different every time), or other attractions?

There's no way you could get novel nor unique ideas from AI. Replayability isn't enough to make a game fun or engaging, you need important element which AI couldn't provide.

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If no human is involved, none. Example: Doom recreated by Gamengen by watching 900 hours of doom gameplay

It's an hallucination, not real doom. Not a real game, period.

But I have a better opinion of game which are created by human users using AI assets (Images, music, voices, code, etc...). I think AI give us indies a potent tool to rivals big studios. But there must be a symbiosys between machine and human, no former without the latter, The human become the maestro or conductor bringing the elements together. If you've made your game using AI, you have less excuses and pass than a hand crafted game. I will not judge you on the graphics but I expect them to be good since you've used AI. I will also judge the game on composition, how the elements were weaved together and the gameplay.

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If you create a game and code from the ground up  that generates randomized stories which each gameplay, I would think that's interesting but a text based game that's just copy and paste chatgpt AI slop isn't worth reading. 

I am very happy to receive your reply. As you said, if it is just text, it is not interesting and attractive enough. Do you think it would be interesting to you if background pictures and background music and any other things are added?

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did you seriously reply to me using chatgpt are you that lazy 😭😭

I am really not an robot, and I did not reply to you using gpt. How should I speak to make you think I am a real person?If you insist on thinking that,I can't do anything.

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I am still skeptical about artificial intelligence, mainly because there is still a lot to be said about the regulations it will have in the future, for me it is still shaky ground.

I fully understand you, but I have to admit that in many ways, AI can indeed do things more efficiently. And AI-derived seems to be very interesting too.

I only found AI alone can do only crappy graphics, or if they are good, they are too standardized (as happens in most art, human or AI). 
With the games, it can do elements. Graphics, music pieces, and some chunks of code.
It programs quite bad. If you are a programmer, you can notice it. Non-conventional or too original games are impossible.

And all this is a very happy news. You can use AI, and still it needs a lot of work from you, as an human, to design and give it sense. It won't take jobs, but make you able,  to create what you couldn't do before as  a solo or small team. 

I totally agree with you, our team is doing some interesting games with AI, but we know we can't rely totally on AI, and I think it's more efficient to combine AI with human design.This is our telegram channel,welcome talk with us:https://t.me/someyagame

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Can you clarify something? 

It's not clear at all what you are talking about in this thread. I am reading the title again,and is this about a text game that generates a text adventure or what? If it is, it already exists, and is named AI Dungeon, Novel AI, Dreamily... And there are more. 

But on other of your answers it looks like you are talking about completely generated games without human interaction, which I think is a complete mess,and I'm contrary to it, because things like that flood the market with crap. Games that use AI or ai generated resources are on, but something like generating a full game can only lead to cookie cutter games that may flood the market and I think that should be just banned. Why? Because it damages both games and devs that use AI, and those who don't. 

I use AI and I don't approve all the "businesses" like that offering to write complete books, or make complete games, or films fully generated without intervention because of the poor resulting quality, uniformity, and flooding danger. I would think the same if tomorrow any collective not using AI decided to make clones of pacman and flood the whole market with them. 

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Or you can answer in this forum thread, if your system is to make complete games with AI without almost human intervention, or if it is a system to generate AI games of text using AI. Those are two different things.
Honestly, by telling everyone who replies to go to a Telegram or Discord instead of replying here at itchio, looks strange and scammy.

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human-crafted is better. Original idea and connected with community wants..

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The entire point of text based games is for the author to use writing to create an immersion and connection. It is art and requires intention from the author to be meaningful in any way. If they can't even put in the effort to write it themselves there is nothing the author has to share that is worth looking at.  

Sorry to be so harsh, but it would really just be super boring regardless of how fast it generates or what it comes up with just because there is no intention behind anything. Even if the author has a unique idea, the AI is what is expanding on it, so there isn't actually any meaning or connection to any of the other ideas. 

Maybe make a different kind of game? A game that relies on writing made with AI is not attractive at all. I think the person who replied a quiz game has a good idea, but even then that is something you can code on your own. 

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"Sorry for my bad english" AI generated is good at sometimes, But the soul of a game is depend on the creativity of the Human who crafts, like he played games or watches movies or even reading stories so he knew which part excites the most and he work on that, in AI we are just feeding the idealogy of the exciting part where it lack experienc, even though its fast or efficient or has replayability it doesnt have the soul or creativity its like playing a short good game rather than playing a shit game with 100 hours of story and gameplay

AI Generated games aren't bad if people are involved in guiding them. I built the entire Forgotten Realms in an AI in Friends & Fables and I have a blast playing every day. I just finished about 100+ hours of work on a Solo Leveling themed AI game and I can't put it down. I think it really does depend on what steps are taken to guide the AI. If you're meticulous enough, it can be a lot of fun because of how open and free the AI can be with the direction you want to go.