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  • I can’t find anything concrete online, but my assumption is that it has to do with the adventure / module design.

    Consider a scenario where the party is going to go kill a lich, but first must delve into the lich’s lair before they may fight.

    “Prophet” being that the party is forearmed with the knowledge of what the final encounter will be - and perhaps some intelligence on the dungeon.

    “Squeeze” where the party has encounters that drain their resources. Those grenades / fireballs are going to be handy for fighting the lich, but they’re also useful for dealing with the lich’s zombie army.

    “Monster” where the party finally encounters the prophesied monster and fights the lich.

    I’ve never heard this trope named this way, but it’s how so many dungeons and adventures are designed. The party knows they have a particular fight coming up, and must carefully manage their resources because they won’t be having that fight at full strength.














  • The licensing is going to depend largely on what model or service you use. I imagine the website will have an About or License page which will detail your uses.

    If the license isn’t permissive, it would be somewhat ironic since it’s an open secret in the industry that those models are trained with stolen images.

    Asking this question on lemmy is probably going to give you a spicy time. Many of us despise AI.

    Can I use it as inspiration and make my own assets that are similar but not the same?

    Legally, I don’t imagine this would give you a problem. You’d be using the prompt as a reference and then creating your own assets. The generated image is likely to be watermarked in some way, so I’d recommend tracing it.

    I’d really recommend you drop AI and run though. I suppose many people don’t really care, but in the indie gaming community you could be burning a lot of goodwill by using it

    If you’re considering assets, you can get free ones from Kenney or Open Game Art. They might not meet all your needs, but they’re an excellent tool for prototyping or supplementing your other assets




  • I recently started a new job which I think is going to destroy my health. Standing on concrete all day, ugh.

    So to counter the incoming joint pain, I’m doing lots of stretches and yoga. Bringing lunch from home is also helping the diet, that should hopefully pay off.

    Ironically, I took this job because I thought it would be better for my mental health. Less stress, gets me out of my basement (I was working from home), and it’s much more physically active.

    But gosh, my bones hurt. I might have to leave this job too for my health. Maybe the lesson here is that working for the man is bad for your health