alt Hacker NewsYou can change the stylization with LLMs. I think what we're seeing is simply any barriers to code/design/art/music/etc completely going away.
But those barriers going away now means that the starting point is much closer to where the finish line used to be. Like a few years ago this would have been an upper tier beat-em-up. I think we're still early enough in the window that I'd still call this upper tier, but the reality is that it's also now something that an uncle can vibe code for his nephew over a weekend.
In general I think this is going to be very good for everybody, but it's going to completely destroy the software as a problem-solving industry, and make the software as entertainment industry much more competitive.
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> Like a few years ago this would have been an upper tier beat-em-up.
For a 48 hour game jam, perhaps.
This is extremely far from upper tier.
Barriers going away means you get a lot more at the bottom and middle of the pack, but a game is more than the sum of its parts, and as long as LLMs do what you tell them, you need to have real talent to make good games.