This thread will likely get locked due to the nature of my question but I wanted to know how many people here are willing to voice their interest in a visual novel where all the art is AI generated but the plot was made through entirely human efforts.

I'm still trying to make a game and I want to know how viable it is for me now.

Here's a poll for those who don't feel comfortable answering here.
polls.io/en/btbfq

Depends on the quality of the story.

Honestly? I would prefer a VN made with Koitetsu or Kisekae.


Constant AI generated pictures in a visual novel would repel me and making me constantly asking myself, "Are the images the only thing AI-generated? Or is the script also entirely AI-generated?"


Even if you write a script that's 100% your own, it will be impossible for readers don't doubt about how true that is when they see a huge amount of AI in the visual aspect.

Art rarely matters too much for me when it comes to porn games, except if it's Real life (don't like that).

But AI art is too vauge since it contains a bunch of different styles, from anime/pixelated (which I am fine with) to hyper realistic (which I don't like)

So could you show some examples of what you mean?

I would be using a mostly blend of anime style art from NovelAI. There won'y be any realistic art images.

Also, as you may know, I'm an ace and the game I'd be making won't be "pornographic" in the strictist sense but would still be adult themed.

I think it'd make me uncomfortable more than anything.

If you cared enough to write all the text yourself, wouldn't you want to at least try and honor your own efforts by looking for an artist to work with? (The difference between "play" and "buy" also comes into effect here.)

The issue is one of money. With NovelAI I can literally produce as much art for this project that I want.



I hadn't intended to sell the game. Even if I did, I don't know how well a hypnosis game without sexually explicit imegery would sell.

Fixed that for you.

I helped with your generated images before, I am not judging you for doing it.

But I'm not gonna sit by while you pretty it up to justify your actions.

When the art is Drawn For the Story you are telling, the two become intricately tied. They convey the artist's interpretation of what they are looking at.

The AI does not have an interpretation. It does not have a reaction, it does not have feelings. It doesn't even Know there is a story or what a story Is.

It cuts your words into confetti, then compares it to the confetti it cut millions of images into to get the most likely result.

It's going to be the most painfully average by the numbers dogshit. It will say nothing. It will, by Definition, have been done before. You may be able to pretend it's inspired by the text if you squint.

You will condemn your work to be mediocre.

And if you are okay with that, go for it.

But if you are okay with that, why do you talk about it like this?:P

When you generate images, You are not Producing anything. You are telling a data center to make it for you through 3-4 language barriers.

Get over yourself.

and I'm not gonna pretend I understand what is going through your head asking this question when You can draw just fine > . >
What, can't afford your Own fee? Come on.

This - at this point my association of AI with no effort garbage is strong enough that I wouldn't bother to give your work a second thought. Which would be a shame, because you've presumably put quite a bit of time and effort into the writing.

The ironic thing is that I'd legitimately prefer it if the art was just shitty programmer art or barbie-doll dioramas. It'd catch my eye, and if the writing is good enough it'd come off as a charming artistic choice and not a budget limitation.

Well, I'd say that's enough feed back. I wanted to know which style I should take my game in and I've got my answer.

Thank you to all of you. You were brutal but I expected as much. Your honesty is reasuring in a way.

I'll be honest and admit that I've been checking the optics on my uploads with my drawings compared to my generations. It's virtually meaningless data but made me question things a little since I put so much work into my latest drawing but it was hardly engaged with in terms of favorites.

Whatever...

I'm going to wait a bit and then open up commissions again. I don't know a lot about AI as I've only ever used it for relief. I think I migth stop doing that as it's going to my head. Sorry, if I upset any of you.

The mods can lock this thread if they'd like now.

Ren'Py exists and I'm sure there are plenty of other options. I'm pretty sure you could make a VN using Powerpoint. There are also plenty of places where you could find royalty-free images to serve as stock and if you need ways to generate characters, you could probably find one or two of those for free, too. Or just doodle. It'd probably be endearing.

I don't want to cut a promo because I don't think it's necessary to be demeaning, but like, has social media been teaching everyone that having a skill is a binary or something?

I am not saying AI generates good stories, it has a hard time having a theory of mind. Which bothers me to a heavy extent when I want to test how certain suggestions could play out. But in a theoretical land where it could write an above average story, why would you care? Why would it even matter if it's done one way or another?

"In a theoretical world where AI wasn't bad at writing stories, why would you care if a story was written by AI?" is like asking "in a hypothetical world where eating thirty McDonalds hamburgers in a single sitting wasn't bad for you, why would you have a problem with someone eating thirty McDonalds hamburgers in a single sitting?"

Why even bother to ask that question?



Yes. Yes it has. I've hit the point in my life where I actively avoid stuff related to my hobbies because I know that seeing all of those cool expressions of skill will make me feel worse about my own skills, and I'm not in the right social circles to get the encouragement to counteract that.

I hope you understand that there are better ways to solve those problems.