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by mike_hearn 813 days ago
You should link not to the first episode but a playlist that you update in reverse order, so the best episodes come first. It wasn't clear to me that the quality would improve with each episode, and honestly getting through the first was a bit of a struggle.

How much funding do you think you need for an MVP that's more Copilot-like? I might be interested in taking part in a seed round. Having AI do everything is a fun challenge, but I think the sort of people who would actually pay for a product would want to have some creative control and let the AI handle the parts they don't want to or can't do.

The Minecraft-esque graphics probably aren't an issue, but scaling up to provide all the needed assets probably is. There are AIs that can generate 3D models but having a consistent art style is required for it to work visually and you provided that here. Finding a way to quickly and cheaply scale the "kitbashing" seems key to any kind of productization.

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Good call on the playlist. I'll do that soon. I agree, ep1 is rough.

I shot you an e-mail on a v2. (An MVP would be less; I realized I sent you the pitch for a full v2.)

There are a LOT of art packs out there for a ton of different looks and genres. Building sets is quick and easy even with kitbashing. I think you could synthesize 3d content in a lot of ways (vid2vid, Gaussian diffusion generative models, prop placement by LLM, clever use of stable diffusion/firefly for mattes, etc.) or have a small stable of fiverr types to make art for people on demand in a specific style...