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dev-tools

Development posts tagged dev-tools. Tags cut across the categories, so this pulls together work on the same subject from different parts of the game.

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A goblin unit sprite shown three times: on a magenta field, cut out with fringing, and cleanly keyed

AI Tooling & PipelinesMachines making art

Turning generated images into game sprites

Every unit and building in this game began as a generated image on a magenta field. What turns one into a sprite is five passes of unglamorous pixel work.

27 Mar 202612 min read

A skirmish lobby slot row with a provider dropdown open, showing Claude, ChatGPT and Gemini as choices for one AI seat

Game Design

Letting a language model command an army

A language model gives orders every 12.5 seconds while an autopilot handles the second-by-second work. Where the boundary sits, and what it costs to run.

25 Mar 202611 min read