"There is no way to AI generate this quality": Manor Lords creator shuts down AI concerns over the city builder's new update
Jul. 26, 2024AI can’t match the work that Manor Lords' developers put in
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Manor Lords' creator and mostly solo developer Greg Styczen has shut down random speculation around the game potentially using AI-generated art.
Manor Lords' next patch,coming in the “next few weeks,“is bringing crossbows, fishing ponds, and much more to the bonafide hit city-builder. Among the additions are new character portraits that you can choose from (get a glimpse via the newpatch notes), which prompted one Redditor to comment that the art “looks kinda AI-generated.”
Styczeń was quick to squash any speculation, as the developerconfirmedthat there “is no way to AI generate this quality yet,” while joking that there’s “no need to insult [character artist Beata Krzywdzinska] by assuming it was.” Krzywdzinska is the artist who created the other beautiful Manor Lords portraits depicting all of the playable Lords and Ladies.
The Manor Lords patch notes were just there to give us a quick preview of what’s coming up next, so while some things might change between now and the update’s release, it seems like AI is definitely off the table. Whatever AI can vomit out can’t yet hold a candle to Krzywdzinska’s work.
AI’s use and impact in the gaming industry has been a scorching hot topic for months now, and it seems to be reaching a fever pitch as some of the biggest publishers on the planet, includingActivision Blizzard, havealready quietly embraced the technology. Unionized video game actors represented by SAG-AFTRA also justannounced plans to strike against companiessuch as EA, Disney, and Activision to secure protections against AI.
Manor Lords publisher urges other studios to “take care of all the devs” instead of hunting for the next viral hit.
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