Hello everyone, I am the indie dev behind Lifespans, a text based game where your decisions will follow you for decades. Live the life of a random person in a quiet town and unfold a vast story through your own decisions and choices. Play it at https://lifespans.app if you’re interested!
Hey everyone, I would love some feedback on this screencap! (And maybe an answer to what you would do in this *totally hypothetical* situation)
This is from my game Lifespans, which is like bitlife but with less restrictions. It allows you to type in your actions directly, so if you don't like the options presented to you then you can go your own path. I have always loved the green crt aesthetic, but I'm wondering how it reads on social media. I'm also trying to present the same freedom you get in the game in a social media post. Would love some feedback from a group that is familiar with text based life sims!
Apparently if anything uses AI in any way, then it is AI slop. I'd like to think about that narrative a little bit.
Everyone here knows true slop when they see it. Poorly vibe coded sites, littered with bugs, that use that same damn rounded corner react element that they all use with that shitty icon pack. This is sloppy, but it also is a loud minority of the AI space.
Just because a product has AI in it, doesn't mean its instantly "slop", and this narrative gets old quick. A product can intuitively and intelligently integrate AI into its systems, but because its AI, its slop. It dosen't matter how well done it was, how well thought out or carefully integrated, if its AI its slop.
Integrating AI in a meaningful way where it acts as a tool and not a crutch is the defining factor between actual slop and regular products.
I think the AI slop crowd is going to be really frustrated in another few years when literally everything has AI integrated into it. For gaming espeically, I do not see a world where AI is not heavily used. It makes NPCs come alive, and can allow you to build a game with infinite replayability, and so much more.
Oh well, more compute for us I guess
Lifespans is a text based simulator that lets you experience life from a different perspective. Everyone around you lives deeply complicated and intriciate lives, where they are the main character of their own story. Yet, you never get to see how these stories play out.
Lifespans bridges that gap between everyone else in the world and you. Make a choice, roll the dice, and deal with the consequences. Get married, start a business, the world is your oyster. What choices are you going to make?
In other news I’m expecting my delivery of oil from the strait of Hormuz for use in the BST later today, anyone want to join me when it gets here?