because games at any level are so often such long productions and big financial risks, losing your USP is a big hit to your odds of recouping investments, let alone becoming profitable. many of us are might care more about the artistic side of things, but without sales, we can’t make these things.

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Lot of great replies down there, the bit that stands out to me is that this is specifically discouraging people from sharing glimpses (demos, previews) of unfinished projects early, because it's so easy and fast to vibe code something that looks similar on paper

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it's digital kudzu, basically. (minus having anywhere that it actually belongs)

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that's basically the problem i've been having on etsy. i haven't run across any AI copies of *my* work (yet), so i'm lucky in that sense, but the slop has pushed real artists out of the space. the problem with AI is that it exists

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i see distrokid has gone from "we'll get them soon :)" to "i don't fuckin know man" in the disclaimer about the youtube earnings

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