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Comment · 1 month ago
This is a small study on the capabilities of different frontier models on manipulating Blender + 3D objects.
Comment · 1 month ago
13M LoC, are we sure it didn't exploit any latent issues in the lean proof system?
Comment · 5 months ago
This was a lot of fun! I beat it in just under 30 minutes but lost to the new settlers.

Thanks for sharing!

Comment · 7 months ago
This is awesome! I’m working on the Open Prompt Initiative as a way for open source to share prompting knowledge.
Comment · 8 months ago
That’s probably fair which is why I tried to be upfront that this is shilling. I figure some people might be like me, interested in sprites but not artsy enough to make them. You might start with an ai sprite and fix it via LibreSprite or another tool.
Comment · 8 months ago
Thanks for your opinion
Comment · 8 months ago
Like the comment above I split sprite sheets into grids with edges for NBP to follow. I have the option to add the canny edge map to the grid to enforce a lot of consistency as well. Then I specifically tailor the prompt to the task.

But even still it has issues sometimes.

Comment · 8 months ago
Exactly! On my tool I specifically use 4x4 grids which is limiting and I use canny edge maps to help enforce consistency. A very fun problem to solve!
Comment · 8 months ago
This is 100% true for artists. But I am not an artist, and I like pixel art stylistically. So when I make sites or games, I need to either: use my bad art, hire someone on fiverr, or use AI.
Comment · 8 months ago
I'll shill this project again: I built myself a small sprite generator because I'm a terrible artist.

If you're looking for pixel-art sprites, check out 8bitsmith.com. Or you can just ask Nano-Banana for sprite sheets and it does a pretty good job!

Comment · 8 months ago
That’s a bit reductive. Some do, others don’t. I do a lot of AI development, and building. But I value the act of writing for clarifying my thoughts. And I value other people’s time when reading my writing.
Comment · 8 months ago
I do agree it is one of those “if I had more time, I would write a shorter letter” situations.

But in this case the piece is wordier than a bad human writer would be. If they want to use ai for writing, so be it, but at least include “concisely” in the prompt.

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