Is it possible to train an AI model based on brand guidelines? The rise of AI-generated imagery is revolutionizing the world of art and design. Suddenly, everyone has the tools to become an artist, without spending the hours needed to hone the craft. However, when it comes to branding, a critical challenge emerges: ensuring consistent brand outputs. AI, inherently statistical and somewhat…

Designing dozens of icon variations is both an essential and challenging task for many game studios. In this tutorial, I’ll share my workflow for creating a hypercasual style icon from scratch. The full process Before delving into the specifics of creating icons for the fictional game “Office Shooting”, here is a high-level overview…

Is AI technology capable of creating consistent and beautifully rendered game art? The million dollar question. Maybe even more, since mobile game companies spend millions of dollars on constant live-ops, skins, and endless levels every year. I set sail to find out, and chose No other than my favourite mobile…

Dall-E2 can create astonishing pictures with just words. Nevertheless, when using these pictures as illustrations for a book or comic, the characters and art style should be consistent. It is currently not possible to upload a character in Dall-E2 and tell the AI to use that character when drawing new…

NFTs are here to stay based on these six human factors. — I’ve been trying to figure out NFT trading for months. The numbers are crazy. Just in October, NFT trading volume exceeded $15 billion. 15. Billion. Dollars. It’s even crazier when you count how many unique users are involved in these transactions. In October, there were approximately 800,000 traders. The average…

2022 is coming up (yikes!) and your team’s goal is to make a list of features you’d like to see added to the product’s pipeline. Compiling such a list is not an easy task, and usually involves a handful of long meetings spanning around the same or very similar ideas. …

One night in May my gaming group and I played four different games one after the other. We played Isle of Skye, Cartographers, Tiny Towns and Point Salad. While different from each other, it struck me that these games are very much the same. …

With user acquisition costs constantly rising, it’s more important than ever to retain the users you’ve already acquired. In this short article, I’ll share what I’ve learned crafting loyalty systems for brands,and what can we learn from games about user loyalty. Learning loyalty from the masters In digital games, especially…

In this post I’ll share with you how I’ve managed to stick with my New Year’s resolution to train 20 minutes a day, six days a week, by designing my own behavior and avoiding payment to an NGO that I hate. *** December 2019. Two major events were about to…