15 y.o me: * builds an entire RPG with character customization, choice matters, good/evil balance, different dialogue choices for species/classes, cutscenes, hidden content on RPG Maker 2000 * kinda basic but ok 32 y.o me: * plays a video on how to create a scene on Unity* oh, that's where I start
In this screenshot we can see a real example of how to write something without your brain functioning at all
As someone deeply entrenched in games media this feels all too real especially when it comes to the gaming industry Games are art, made by artists "Live service" is yet another "content" mill designed to strip the soul from the art, plunder consumers, and destroy the artists Then the game is gone
I try to support as many folks as I can, in whatever way my dwindling emotional & financial resources allow But please, to all the wonderful folks out there creating amazing writing, videos, visual art, whatver See yourselves as the artists you are, love yourselves for creating something unique
The moment capitalism decided that artists should become "content creators" it was obvious what the system wanted from artists. An infinite system of human mechanisms churning out goop for consumption That's why they think they can replace you with generative AI, because they don't care about art
One of the worst crimes capitalism is to blame for is turning art into "content" Art should be celebrated for what it is, in whatever media form it takes, but capitalism reduced it down to a soulless consumable "content" "Content creator" isn't a positive term, someone making art is an artist
