cross-posted from: https://piefed.social/c/Bside/p/1540475/indie-studio-released-10000-game-assets-to-help-devs-avoid-ai
Two-person indie studio Chequered Ink launched a pack of 10,000 game assets to “give budding developers an alternative to AI”, which includes over 9,000 graphics for platformers, RPGs, puzzle games, board games, and more, as well as over 700 sound effects.
That’s it? It’s textures, it’s not like you are ripping off a struggling artist. I’m all for debating the finer nuances of copyright and big companies stealing data, but this is generating textures. You can do that with a free model on your computer. Might not even be trained of stolen data. And it’s not under control of any big company using this data to get rich.