Tollway Tycoon, a comedic highway Toll booth management game where traffic backs up, zombies show up, and HQ still wants results, released on Steam

4 months ago by Agent_Karyo to c/tycoon

Potholes. Breakdowns. Zombies. Just another shift at the Tollway. Hire Staff, upgrade your tollway, appease HQ and keep traffic flowing before the cursed highway bankrupts you.
TheAlbatross 6 points 4 months ago

AI generated assets 😕

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Agent_Karyo 0 points 4 months ago

Generative AI was used only in a limited supporting role for selected music and art assets.

I am honestly surprised how quickly I get replies about GenAI bla bal in this community.

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TragicNotCute 3 points 4 months ago

The anti-AI sentiment is pervasive on Lemmy.

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Agent_Karyo -1 points 4 months ago

I get that, it's just a bit strange how quickly you get replies about GenAI in a niche community about Tycoon games.

I personally don't see the over reliance on ML generated assets in this game, but I could be wrong.

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Donkter 3 points 4 months ago

idk, I played it cause it was an interesting concept. The models are pretty low effort, and the AI is prevalent, showing up as the primary art style for all the encounters you get in the game. It's not even like high-quality AI slop; it's a pretty simple style that was probably the first pass at prompting an engine for an image. Like the majority of the pictures are of the inside of cars and the steering wheels don't go anywhere, spokes don't complete, and hands are just not correct. It just reeks of low effort, and frankly, you could have followed the heuristic of "AI bad" here, and it would have been correct.

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TragicNotCute -2 points 4 months ago

My personal theory is that there’s a segment of the members on Lemmy that downvote anything with AI in the title or body. They don’t tell you why, they don’t want to engage in a conversation. It’s literally “AI BAD” and a downvote before moving on and doing it elsewhere.

It’s pretty shitty, but even these comments will eventually get downvoted because we aren’t rabidly anti-AI.

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