You’re right, there’s a few examples in the past. Cool Spot comes to mind as well, Pepsi man too.
What I mean is really the scale change. Whereas we have a handful from the past, I suspect a quantity that’s hard to process is on the horizon. If you don’t need a game to exist longer than 15 mins or something, you can vibe code that in a week or less as a solo.
The post’s example likely required more work from Matt than whoever did the mod implementation. Companions aren’t too complicated, and the hardest part technically would be visually representing the shelves’ inventory on the actor model itself. I would bet the content is Matt delivering a few specific lines at particularly important plot points & otherwise a bunch of canned phrases.
This isn’t to disparage the effort, Matt, or the devs. I’m trying to highlight how accessible video games projects are with AI vibe coding, especially within a controlled scope.
I work in video games. Watching the evolution and integration of AI into the development process over the last few months has made me aware that a new era of commercialization is coming for games. AI makes these sort of projects, as in a joke someone makes in a marketing meeting, reasonably attainable for a small team or even a single person. Arcade.gov, the disgusting travesty that is, was made possible because someone can vibe code that dogshit with a one-shot prompt.
I’m sorry, fellow poster. This is only the beginning. 😞I like Matt Berry & IKEA, but this stuff is going to be normalized aggressively over the next year. I hope it can be offset by the tools allowing new creatives to exist who wouldn’t have gotten the funding or chance prior.
32 All the believers were one in heart and mind. No one claimed that any of their possessions was their own, but they shared everything they had. 33 With great power the apostles continued to testify to the resurrection of the Lord Jesus. And God’s grace was so powerfully at work in them all 34 that there were no needy persons among them. For from time to time those who owned land or houses sold them, brought the money from the sales 35 and put it at the apostles’ feet, and it was distributed to anyone who had need.
Matthew 25:31, starting from 37
37 “Then the righteous will answer him, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you something to drink? 38 When did we see you a stranger and invite you in, or needing clothes and clothe you? 39 When did we see you sick or in prison and go to visit you?’ 40 “The King will reply, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.’”
Let’s say you’re trying to convince a populace of an unpopular war to invade, I dunno, Greenland. You want to convince the country of its massive land & untapped riches.
Absolutely. I work in the industry, and one of my predictions for the coming years is a further commercialization of games as the cost of development falls, either the actual dev or just plain entrance cost. More places will make micro games to sell things, like mobile game ads for every day businesses. I was saying to my wife, I expect politicians and weirder avenues to take up games as a means of engaging with audiences.
I sincerely hate that this is one of the first examples of what I imagined.
Mass voter here: I was dismissive of Markey before learning of his positions and work. We went to a rally, and many young people spoke about his progressive stances, advocacy for trans rights, voting against this regime, and so on. I voted for him, and I’m glad to see Seth dejected. I don’t want a young Senator with old positions.
I love reading about the interfaith community of Americans pushing back on this. This story is often shaped as this “believer” v “non-believer” debate, or it’s about the Satanic temple doing its thing.
Hearing about this variety of faiths, including other Christians, Jewish, Islamic, Buddhist, Hindu, UU, and so on, saying, “Families should get to decide what faith is taught to their kids, not the state,” is the kind of group and argument that could win at the Supreme Court. America is still about all faiths & none, says the FIRST amendment. All others come after it or stem from it.
I spent a few minutes searching, but yeah, I don’t see many stories of actual places. A lot is industry white papers about “how could they be beneficial for you?!”
You scratch my back, I scratch yours. The Romans said quid pro quo or some shit. If he’s cleaning money & everyone gets a little piece, what’s the problem? Maybe the overseeing officials were ”busy?”
Yeah, this is already crossed. I was reading about Project Maven the other day because it was mentioned on Lemmy. If the govt has an apparatus or tech stack dedicated to target identification, which writes reports & runs logistics, and that’s tied to drones (or robots), then the real gap today is latency, not capability.
You’re right, there’s a few examples in the past. Cool Spot comes to mind as well, Pepsi man too.
What I mean is really the scale change. Whereas we have a handful from the past, I suspect a quantity that’s hard to process is on the horizon. If you don’t need a game to exist longer than 15 mins or something, you can vibe code that in a week or less as a solo.
The post’s example likely required more work from Matt than whoever did the mod implementation. Companions aren’t too complicated, and the hardest part technically would be visually representing the shelves’ inventory on the actor model itself. I would bet the content is Matt delivering a few specific lines at particularly important plot points & otherwise a bunch of canned phrases.
This isn’t to disparage the effort, Matt, or the devs. I’m trying to highlight how accessible video games projects are with AI vibe coding, especially within a controlled scope.
Course it’s Mace (R). What a surprise… /s
Why are people downvoting this person?
I work in video games. Watching the evolution and integration of AI into the development process over the last few months has made me aware that a new era of commercialization is coming for games. AI makes these sort of projects, as in a joke someone makes in a marketing meeting, reasonably attainable for a small team or even a single person. Arcade.gov, the disgusting travesty that is, was made possible because someone can vibe code that dogshit with a one-shot prompt.
I’m sorry, fellow poster. This is only the beginning. 😞I like Matt Berry & IKEA, but this stuff is going to be normalized aggressively over the next year. I hope it can be offset by the tools allowing new creatives to exist who wouldn’t have gotten the funding or chance prior.
It is & it isn’t. Talking with AI does expose gaps in human communication. See https://youtu.be/FN2RM-CHkuI?is=gFHZ7bgmuHwanwAq
Acts 4:32
32 All the believers were one in heart and mind. No one claimed that any of their possessions was their own, but they shared everything they had. 33 With great power the apostles continued to testify to the resurrection of the Lord Jesus. And God’s grace was so powerfully at work in them all 34 that there were no needy persons among them. For from time to time those who owned land or houses sold them, brought the money from the sales 35 and put it at the apostles’ feet, and it was distributed to anyone who had need.
Matthew 25:31, starting from 37
37 “Then the righteous will answer him, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you something to drink? 38 When did we see you a stranger and invite you in, or needing clothes and clothe you? 39 When did we see you sick or in prison and go to visit you?’ 40 “The King will reply, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.’”
I think you need to read your Bible, Jesusaurus.
Website is terrible. This is old footage, posted the other week. If you’re interested, 2m10: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=uCS7zcmiz58
I am not affiliated with this person, just searched on Google.
It’s both/and.
Let’s say you’re trying to convince a populace of an unpopular war to invade, I dunno, Greenland. You want to convince the country of its massive land & untapped riches.
Which map would you use?
Plenty of options online https://play.tetris.com/
Absolutely. I work in the industry, and one of my predictions for the coming years is a further commercialization of games as the cost of development falls, either the actual dev or just plain entrance cost. More places will make micro games to sell things, like mobile game ads for every day businesses. I was saying to my wife, I expect politicians and weirder avenues to take up games as a means of engaging with audiences.
I sincerely hate that this is one of the first examples of what I imagined.
I didn’t think I could hate it more, and then I saw the screenshot. I fucking hate this whole thing.
Opposite direction: cave man minimizes over communication & waste of tokens.
Mass voter here: I was dismissive of Markey before learning of his positions and work. We went to a rally, and many young people spoke about his progressive stances, advocacy for trans rights, voting against this regime, and so on. I voted for him, and I’m glad to see Seth dejected. I don’t want a young Senator with old positions.
I love reading about the interfaith community of Americans pushing back on this. This story is often shaped as this “believer” v “non-believer” debate, or it’s about the Satanic temple doing its thing.
Hearing about this variety of faiths, including other Christians, Jewish, Islamic, Buddhist, Hindu, UU, and so on, saying, “Families should get to decide what faith is taught to their kids, not the state,” is the kind of group and argument that could win at the Supreme Court. America is still about all faiths & none, says the FIRST amendment. All others come after it or stem from it.
I spent a few minutes searching, but yeah, I don’t see many stories of actual places. A lot is industry white papers about “how could they be beneficial for you?!”
CNN ran some story, but it’s pay-walled, and I don’t know how to remove those. https://www.cnn.com/2026/08/11/business/data-centers-ai-economy
I’ve heard consistently more stories about the problems from real people living near them, plus the horror stories online like Meta sludge run-off.
You scratch my back, I scratch yours. The Romans said quid pro quo or some shit. If he’s cleaning money & everyone gets a little piece, what’s the problem? Maybe the overseeing officials were ”busy?”
“let Data Reign.” feels a little like “let them eat cake.”
My wife & I volunteer in local politics, and right now, the pushback on data centers is very purple, across the aisle.
Yeah 47 let some people use the gas station as a laundry mat, and some people get kick backs. What did you think it was? Legal?
Pretty sure we gloated about calling it “Department of War” whenever ago. Given we’re in one, why shy away now? #ManufacturedConsent
Yeah, this is already crossed. I was reading about Project Maven the other day because it was mentioned on Lemmy. If the govt has an apparatus or tech stack dedicated to target identification, which writes reports & runs logistics, and that’s tied to drones (or robots), then the real gap today is latency, not capability.