Tom S
@silvertommedia.bsky.social
Game Designer at Behaviour 🎮 • Fan of Kingdom Hearts, Nintendo/Zelda, Final Fantasy VII Remake & Sonic • I make music remixes on YouTube 🎵 • Opinions are my own • (He/Him) 🇬🇧
For the most part it's alright to use a form of machine learning AI to *help* with the tedious parts of game development. For example Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth used an automatic system to do the thousands of lip-syncing movements for sidequest characters
It's generative AI "slop" that's the problem
It's generative AI "slop" that's the problem
November 28, 2025 at 4:33 PM
For the most part it's alright to use a form of machine learning AI to *help* with the tedious parts of game development. For example Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth used an automatic system to do the thousands of lip-syncing movements for sidequest characters
It's generative AI "slop" that's the problem
It's generative AI "slop" that's the problem
It'll also be "so commonplace in the future" that players want to enjoy games made with actual human creativity and care into their visuals, instead of products containing artificial generated slop.
November 27, 2025 at 10:33 AM
It'll also be "so commonplace in the future" that players want to enjoy games made with actual human creativity and care into their visuals, instead of products containing artificial generated slop.
....Is this a joke I'm not getting
November 25, 2025 at 7:02 PM
....Is this a joke I'm not getting
(But I'll save it for Christmas, I'm already playing through a handful of games right now)
November 25, 2025 at 5:13 PM
(But I'll save it for Christmas, I'm already playing through a handful of games right now)
Also some of the platforming gets TOUGH
There's this tall tower section in the penultimate chapter, and although there are checkpoints, the navigation and parkour is quite tricky to figure out. But it's made slightly annoying because sometimes your character will leap away instead of grab in place
There's this tall tower section in the penultimate chapter, and although there are checkpoints, the navigation and parkour is quite tricky to figure out. But it's made slightly annoying because sometimes your character will leap away instead of grab in place
November 24, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Also some of the platforming gets TOUGH
There's this tall tower section in the penultimate chapter, and although there are checkpoints, the navigation and parkour is quite tricky to figure out. But it's made slightly annoying because sometimes your character will leap away instead of grab in place
There's this tall tower section in the penultimate chapter, and although there are checkpoints, the navigation and parkour is quite tricky to figure out. But it's made slightly annoying because sometimes your character will leap away instead of grab in place
Sword Of The Sea deserved a LOAD of nominations at The Game Awards but sadly didn't get any, which is a huge shame. It's an absolutely spectacular, divine, wonderful 3D platformer from the Abzu+Pathless devs
It's in my Top 3 favourite games I played this year, next to Expedition 33 & Split Fiction
It's in my Top 3 favourite games I played this year, next to Expedition 33 & Split Fiction
a video game shows a person flying through a canyon
Alt: A small gameplay snippet of Sword Of The Sea. A human character surfs a hoverboard sword along a colourful river in an orange desert canyon.
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November 23, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Sword Of The Sea deserved a LOAD of nominations at The Game Awards but sadly didn't get any, which is a huge shame. It's an absolutely spectacular, divine, wonderful 3D platformer from the Abzu+Pathless devs
It's in my Top 3 favourite games I played this year, next to Expedition 33 & Split Fiction
It's in my Top 3 favourite games I played this year, next to Expedition 33 & Split Fiction
You should definitely try The Pathless and Sword Of The Sea next! (Same art director + devs, but made years later)
They're phenomenal
They're phenomenal
November 18, 2025 at 8:06 AM
You should definitely try The Pathless and Sword Of The Sea next! (Same art director + devs, but made years later)
They're phenomenal
They're phenomenal