"Background art generated by Wonder AI" Not to be disrespectful, but... is the irony of writing a game about community-building, fighting exploitation, and engaging in anti-capitalist resistance, while using AI to generate your "art", not lost on you?
A fair point! I think my concern had been about co-opting the art of a specific movemen if I'd used some public-domain piece, whereas AI could make something more like an amalgam of the style and elements of a lot of different pieces from across a lot of different movements, without biasing towards any single one in particular.
I agree with the comment, this feels very yucky to me to use AI, especially with a theme and a medium like this one. As an illustrator myself TTRPG is such a nice space where handmade illustration is still needed and valued, please don't let that change.
Plus the ecological + social cost and issues with AI are really... yeah, something.
I fully understand that paying an illustrator may be too much (even if it may be pretty cheap for one illustration), especially since your game is non-commercial.
Photobashing, using and modifying archive photos, doing a shitty drawing is infinitely more human and anticapitalist than using AI.
I get your point about not biasing toward a particular movement, but i think we should not erase the previous fights (especially not with AI). There was a lot of unafiliated protest, strikes and revolts.
Anyway sorry if this is a little harsh but I got your game with the Trans bundle and was as excited to play it as I was disappointed to see the AI picture
Two-page RPG I don't have Lasers & Feelings, but I wanted to get a feel for this and so I made a few quick selections, a few quick rolls and a single oracle roll to determine the entire outcome for the "New York Integrity Commission." What I created sounded like an episode of Batman the Animated Series. That's on me. This is a nice game. Thank you for sharing it.
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"Background art generated by Wonder AI"
Not to be disrespectful, but... is the irony of writing a game about community-building, fighting exploitation, and engaging in anti-capitalist resistance, while using AI to generate your "art", not lost on you?
A fair point! I think my concern had been about co-opting the art of a specific movemen if I'd used some public-domain piece, whereas AI could make something more like an amalgam of the style and elements of a lot of different pieces from across a lot of different movements, without biasing towards any single one in particular.
I agree with the comment, this feels very yucky to me to use AI, especially with a theme and a medium like this one. As an illustrator myself TTRPG is such a nice space where handmade illustration is still needed and valued, please don't let that change.
Plus the ecological + social cost and issues with AI are really... yeah, something.
I fully understand that paying an illustrator may be too much (even if it may be pretty cheap for one illustration), especially since your game is non-commercial.
Photobashing, using and modifying archive photos, doing a shitty drawing is infinitely more human and anticapitalist than using AI.
I get your point about not biasing toward a particular movement, but i think we should not erase the previous fights (especially not with AI). There was a lot of unafiliated protest, strikes and revolts.
Anyway sorry if this is a little harsh but I got your game with the Trans bundle and was as excited to play it as I was disappointed to see the AI picture
How many players is this game intended for?
I would suggest 3-5. You can do more, but it will likely cause turns to take quite a bit longer.
Thank you!
Two-page RPG
I don't have Lasers & Feelings, but I wanted to get a feel for this and so I made a few quick selections, a few quick rolls and a single oracle roll to determine the entire outcome for the "New York Integrity Commission."
What I created sounded like an episode of Batman the Animated Series.
That's on me.
This is a nice game.
Thank you for sharing it.
Glad you liked it! That sounds like an awesome session.