Would love to stay in contact with you here, as I am finally ditching X/Twitter for everthing but basic fire and forget posts. I'm still in the founder-stage of a new (small) studio and plan on asking you for your expertice later down the line. :)
Godot has a wonderful Introduction-Section in the docs: docs.godotengine.org/en/stable/ab... And to be fair, this is how you should start - by reading the docs. Do that. And then familiarise yourself with how well Docs are embedded into Godot.
C# for web is around the corner. What issues do you have with the audio system?
About 11. All under NDA. Not counting my own folder of unfinished GDDs.
Just to be crystal clear: I am against AI for content generation. Use AI for data analysis. Use AI for Mocap or Animation Data Cleanup. Use AI for rendering and upscaling. But don‘t „synthesize“ or generate content. Produce actual quality content instead. Manmade.
And the reason why I argue this way is because I have seen the exact thing that you actively neglect happening right in front of my very eyes when doing trial work for a smaller studio. Ignorance is a bliss, I know. But since you advocate for AI use, at least acknowledge the other side of the coin.
Again: A huge company like MIcrosoft doing such a merger is NOT news to cheer on because that will very likely affect 26+ studios under Microsofts belt. Why? Because of how people not actively working with that tech THINK how that tech works. I understand the difference. You do. But suits don‘t.
On top of that, I was about to join a small studio after my last gig who did just that: fire 2 writers and instead hire one AI Editor who prepares prompts for the only actual writer left. Not naming it, as I still want to work in the industry. But you bet that I don’t want to work there anymore.
Read my words again. It’s not about what AI can do. It’s about what suits who hire and fire think AI can do. CNET, Buzzfeed and Insider are three outlets who already reduced workforce and pivoted to AI usage. You see „NPCs become more interactive“ in that headline and cheer. I see jobs on the line.
Hang in there. Sometimes, it‘s the little stories, the little happy accidents that stick with people. The best, most-paid writers still produce a ton of poop. If you write about something you are passionate about - chances are that someone else out there shares that exact passion. Just don‘t stop.