AI Game Dev: Is It Over For Indies?

Let's talk about why I'm sad about the state of the industry... but know I don't have to be. ► Join my Full Time Game Dev live challenge: https://www.thomasbrush.com/challenge 0:00 Mixed feelings 0:31 Anyone can make games, but not everyone can make a product 1:17 My tweet: sadness about AI in indie game dev 2:18 Learning to code and draw by hand since age 12 3:35 "Everyone can just do it now" 4:33 AI-made games aren't products 6:10 Promo: My 3-day challenge 7:44 How to stand out when anyone can make games 8:20 Reading your replies 9:29 Keep your coding skills alive (AI-off days) 10:37 CNC machines, sculptors and staying human 11:56 Should indie devs be scared? A rising tide lifts all ships 12:53 How games get sold keeps changing 14:04 The TikTok comparison: the pie got bigger 15:12 My hope: algorithms that find your audience 16:19 The big point: building a product means testing 17:01 Step 1: Test your idea with people 18:02 Step 2: Prototype with cubes and test again 18:57 Step 3: Build a polished vertical slice or demo 19:21 Step 4: Launch the demo and get wishlists 20:24 Step 5: Scale up to 1.0 21:31 I'm honestly not sure, but I'm hopeful 22:34 Outro and challenge details