If a game is advertised as being from a 'solo developer' or 'solo developed', it does not mean it was created by one person. Most projects hire artists / audio engineers / animators etc. to create a large portion of the games content. I think some people are not aware of this when they hear it. I dont know if this needs to change, but I feel even for my own project I will need to drop the terminology, as of when I start to add additional content from other artists, for both transparency and acknowledgement of the talent that helps to actually make a game. How do other people feel about this?

Is anyone NOT using AI at all in their game? Like absolutely NO ai code assistance even? Go!!

We are in both an AI supercycle, and a collectibles supercycle. This is not a coincidence. AI and the character economy sit at opposite ends of the same barbell. Every dollar spent making intelligence cheaper... makes charizard more expensive. To elaborate: AI is a deflationary force on everything that can be copied. Character IP, and the collectibles markets that price it, is the inverse asset: it gets more valuable as copying gets cheaper, because meaning, scarcity, and true collector fandom can't easily be replicated. The vast majority of teams and brands are undervaluing and underinvesting in their own IP. We aren't. That's why Gigaverse is driving a deep deep level of intentionality to the characters & world that form the bedrock of our future ecosystem. And why we're growing our social channels like crazy, so we can introduce our characters to the world, at scale. Today we're a game, tomorrow we're an ecosystem of loved characters you can interact with across a growing surface area of meaningful experiences and products. Few.

I wanted to build a video editor into X like other social apps. I had expected it to take 3 months of engineering time. Today I decided to try prototyping it myself. I one-shotted a full in-browser editor in 15 minutes. It felt like I could replace the entire Adobe software suite by Sunday. Then I asked myself: will videos even be edited manually in 3 months? Chatbots can do reasonably well now. Product development is getting extraordinarily difficult when the world is changing so fast.

Here’s all the companies who sponsored the wedding btw. They are worth a shoutout as a piece of internet history. There’s some pretty decent services in there too @TryCompAI → trycomp.ai — AI-powered compliance to ship SOC 2/HIPAA/GDPR/ISO in hours, not months. (The company that @dagorenouf works for now) @dropkickcopy → dropkickcopy.com — B2B email & lifecycle copy that drives conversions. @ScreenshotOneHQ → screenshotone.com — Screenshot/PDF API for URLs, HTML, or Markdown. @elliottcanbuild (React Video Editor) → reactvideoeditor.com — React SDK to add a timeline video editor to your app. @promptwatch → promptwatch.com — Track AI/search mentions & visibility of your brand. @FeatherFlowTech → feather-flow.com — Product studio that designs & builds AI/SaaS MVPs fast. @vidext_io → vidext.ai — AI platform to create/translate/distribute business video. (CommitKick) @ThanksRolf → commitkick.com — “De-complexity” tools & templates for founders/teams. @superblog_ai → superblog.ai — Blazing-fast, auto-SEO blogging platform. (WebCrawlerAPI) @andriixzvf → webcrawlerapi.com — Production-ready crawling & content extraction API. (CrawlChat) @pramodk73 → crawlchat.app — “Chat with any site” after it auto-crawls the pages. @rank_ai → rank.ai — AI-powered SEO platform/agency to dominate AI & Google search. @indievish → indievish.com — Indie maker building useful micro-tools & resources. @ShortsAI_com → shortsai.com — Generate and schedule short-form videos with AI. (Clio Websites) @natmiletic → cliowebsites.com — Calgary-based web design/dev agency. @LaunchTip → launchtip.com — Shopify apps that help merchants grow sales. (Heap Chat) — heap.chat — AI-assisted knowledge/chat for teams (internal search & QA). @papermarkio → papermark.com — DocSend-style data rooms & doc links (open-source friendly). (LeanerCloud) @magheru_san → leanercloud.com — AWS cost & carbon optimization (FinOps/GreenOps). (OnceUponA.ai) → onceupona.ai — AI tools for narrative/visual storytelling. @inboxzero_ai → getinboxzero.com — Open-source AI email assistant for Gmail/Outlook. @toolfolio → toolfolio.io — Curated directory of the best tools for builders & designers. (Posterio) → posterio.xyz — ADHD-friendly task breakdown that schedules two wins daily. (ZeroCrew) @sprintdojo → zerocrew.ai — “Zero-employee” AI-leveraged company-building collective. (LuckyNote) @lucky_uros → luckynote.io — DM-style notes, links, and tasks to yourself. (Small Bets) → smallbets.co — Community & courses for indie makers to test ideas faster.