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Inco Jan 15 @ 9:28am
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AI art
Is it possible to use the AI portraits from itch.io version in the Steam release?

I feel like the hand-drawn portraits look cheap and they don't fit with the realistic approach of the game.
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Originally posted by Evil Trout:
No, but you could investigate modding them in. Sorry the art isn't to your taste!
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Hairy Phil Jan 15 @ 10:20am 
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Unfortunately, there are many people who will leave a bad review of a game if it includes AI-generated content.
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Inco Jan 15 @ 10:55am 
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Originally posted by Hairy Phil:
Unfortunately, there are many people who will leave a bad review of a game if it includes AI-generated content.
What about people who will leave a bad review because the Roottree sisters on the cover look like being copied straight from Stardew Valley?
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Evil Trout  [developer] Jan 15 @ 10:57am 
No, but you could investigate modding them in. Sorry the art isn't to your taste!
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Inco Jan 15 @ 11:06am 
Originally posted by Evil Trout:
No, but you could investigate modding them in. Sorry the art isn't to your taste!
No problem. I understand that including AI art might be controversial and different people like different styles. It the end we're all here for the mystery solving and not for graphics.
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luma-chan Jan 15 @ 8:48pm 
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Wholeheartedly disagree. No one wants to see AI art in games. I get having different taste in aesthetics, but the dev is spot on.
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CultClassicGamer Jan 16 @ 9:44am 
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Yeah, I found this thread while trying to confirm that it DIDN'T have AI art before I bought it as I don't want to support that practice. AI art usually means the developer is willing to cut corners in every aspect in order to rush something to market; huge red flag. Really happy to hear the AI images on itch were just placeholders used during development which is really the only place for AI art.
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Metacrab Jan 16 @ 10:40am 
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The hand-drawn art is way better than the AI art. I like the obviously hand-created imperfections.
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jcsturgeon Jan 16 @ 2:22pm 
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Originally posted by Hairy Phil:
Unfortunately, there are many people who will leave a bad review of a game if it includes AI-generated content.

That's actually very fortunate. The more people the better. I can't understand how anyone can be exposed to any AI "art" and not be viscerally disgusted.
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jcsturgeon Jan 16 @ 2:24pm 
Originally posted by Inco:
Is it possible to use the AI portraits from itch.io version in the Steam release?

I feel like the hand-drawn portraits look cheap and they don't fit with the realistic approach of the game.

So you would prefer if the devs used "AI" to steal images to slop together fake pictures using models and artists that weren't compensated?
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ChillSeeker Jan 18 @ 6:22am 
Originally posted by jcsturgeon:
Originally posted by Inco:
Is it possible to use the AI portraits from itch.io version in the Steam release?

I feel like the hand-drawn portraits look cheap and they don't fit with the realistic approach of the game.

So you would prefer if the devs used "AI" to steal images to slop together fake pictures using models and artists that weren't compensated?
the way people got brainwashed on AI by the self proclaimed "artist" on twitter is really amazing to me
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SandvichBAWWW Jan 18 @ 12:53pm 
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Personally if there had been AI art in the game I wouldn't have bought it, simple as that
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Keiyuu Jan 28 @ 11:56am 
For me it isn't just the fact that it's AI. I simply think the original photos look significantly better and contribute more to the realism. The drawings don't look great at all and if they're AI generated, that makes it even worse.

Why was the decision made to replace them with AI art? Did someone really sit down, look at the AI generated pictures and think "Yup, this looks better! Let's go with that!" ?

Hopefully a setting can be added to allow switching to the original art. Otherwise I'd rather stick to the original game.
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taggedjc Jan 28 @ 11:59am 
The original art was AI generated. The current art is human-illustrated.
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Evil Trout  [developer] Jan 28 @ 12:02pm 
Originally posted by Keiyuu:
For me it isn't just the fact that it's AI. I simply think the original photos look significantly better and contribute more to the realism. The drawings don't look great at all and if they're AI generated, that makes it even worse.

Why was the decision made to replace them with AI art? Did someone really sit down, look at the AI generated pictures and think "Yup, this looks better! Let's go with that!" ?

Hopefully a setting can be added to allow switching to the original art. Otherwise I'd rather stick to the original game.

Yes, again for the record: none of the artwork in the Steam version of the game is made by AI. The original game with the photorealistic look used AI art.

There will be no setting to switch back to the original art. It's still available on itch and you're free to play that if you prefer it.
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