zeograd

Great angle!

That's a very interesting topic, and gen AI is very controversial for several years.

I'm a bit annoyed that gen AI intertwines with touhou. The touhou fandom was much better without it, but now that the cat is out of the bag, we, as fan, have to deal with it.

I'm somewhat relieved that ZUN communicated this week, and that he did so by assuming his use of gen AI and rationalized it.

Using it as a tool, and not for any creative process, especially coming from a seasoned artist, is a fine stance. Ignoring gen AI by pretending it doesn't even exist would lead the way to a flood of artificial content that would drown the carefully crafted real art, from actual artists. Embracing gen AI as a casual way to generate background, story, sprite... would remove the soul of touhou. Using it as a tool for the lesser creative tasks and freeing time for what's matter most is, imho, a right approach, and I'm happy that ZUN picked this way.

I recall the backlash of "digital" artists near the end of the 90's, hated by analog artists, bashed for their ability to 'Control-Z', called cheaters and shamed for this. The story repeats, with the addition of social networks as amplifiers, echo chambers. And outrage will diminish as gen AI enters artists' workflow as a help. Those who claims to be artists by sharing raw generated images will remain frauds, and those who manages to integrate gen AI in their artist pipeline will be able to create better art pieces.

So now that ZUN clarified his position, I feel better about touhou and gen AI use in its future.

Ok then, let's play it safe by flagging it unsafe :)

Your post didn't work properly, it could be due to fedia.io, but if I'm not mistaken your post is this one: https://photon.lemmy.world/post/lemmy.world/30103881

and the main image would be

Lovely pixels :)

I just tried the trial. If you don't care for 1CC, it's a 20 minutes run to finish it in normal mode.

Then, it's a matter of when the fan will start playing it.

Maybe one week would be good enough.

That would make sense to have the same rules.

Should I remove this post, or change url to avoid the CD/character design as thumbnail?

I understand better. Hope you're fine now!

This is a weird description of your condition :)

This was a fashion invented by Bond vilains back then.

It never ends well :)

Story: Reimu is one of the few having felt something weird at the base of the mountain and decides to investigate

Only Marisa and Reimu will be playable, but with the help of 8 "mutation stones", which are said to contain the past experiences (previous games/incident, maybe?)

As the title contains the kanji for "going to Tokyo" and contains an underground eye, many are speculating over the revelations awaiting us (another komeiji sister, a link with the "outer world"... ?)

Cute mashup :)

A smiling yuuka, that's precious!