Thief of Hearts poll - Talking about AI (Patreon)

Hello again to all of our supporters!

We wanted to run a new poll to gather your thoughts and feedback regarding the use of AI in adult games such as ours.

It’s certainly a controversial topic, but AI has also become a tool that many people have either used or at least considered using in their everyday lives.

From our own experience, we’ve seen both the advantages and disadvantages that come with it.

So today, we want to hear YOUR thoughts on the use of AI in our current game, Thief of Hearts.

As mentioned in one of our posts a few months back, we mentioned that we would be experimenting with AI primarily for our animations.

It’s been a bit hit and miss, but we can’t deny that it has been a useful option to have available.

Making animations has always been one of the more challenging aspects of producing each update. They can be expensive and time-consuming to create, and even before AI animation tools became available, finding a skilled animator who was available when we needed them has often been difficult.

That said, we want to be very clear about something:

We have no intention of becoming a development team that relies solely on AI, or uses it for the majority of what we do.

We don’t believe that would be a true representation of who we are or the hard work our team puts into every update.

When it comes to scene creation in particular, we also feel that excessive use of AI can take away from the realistic character interactions and visual style that have always been an important part of making our games.

However, we also believe that using AI as an occasional tool, where it makes sense, can be beneficial without allowing it to become the focal point of our updates.

That’s why we’d like to hear what you think. Your opinions matter to us and we want to ensure we’re not overstepping any boundaries by you, our supporters.

Below, we’ve provided a few options covering both our current use of AI and also the use of AI in adult games more generally.

We’d also encourage you to leave a comment if you’d like to elaborate on your opinion. If you have criticism or concerns, please keep it constructive, and where possible, provide feedback that we can work with.

The information you provide will be genuinely useful to us as a development team and will help us make decisions about how we approach AI moving forward.

We make these games for you, and we always want to make sure we’re doing right by you, our paying supporters.

What are your thoughts on the use of AI in our game, Thief of Hearts, or in adult games in general, both for render creation and animations?

        •       It doesn’t bother me — keep doing what you’re doing.

        •       You’re overdoing it — maybe cut back on how much you use it.

        •       Feel free to use it more, as long as the quality of the updates doesn’t suffer.

        •       I hate it — please get rid of it entirely.

Thanks everyone! We’re looking forward to reading your responses and seeing how you vote.

Have a great weekend!

MrDots and the Team