I disagree, it absolutely was necessary. The AI tool it was based on (Graphite) creates a frame-perfect emulation of control inputs. While it would technically be possible to manually do it, doing so wouldn’t be practicable. Even with the tool, it would take much more effort to actually build the level around the player view, and if they automated that then fair play to them.
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Deceptichum@kbin.social 8 months ago
From the sounds of it, the AI wasn’t really necessary for this as the levels could have been recreated manually from watching the footage alone.
TWeaK@lemm.ee 8 months ago
Deceptichum@kbin.social 8 months ago
You don’t need player inputs to work out the scale and shape of a map.
TWeaK@lemm.ee 8 months ago
Again, you’re ignoring what is practicable. You could in theory rewrite the game from scratch, but that’s just not practicable.
Deceptichum@kbin.social 8 months ago
People manually recreate shit all the time for a hobby.
RightHandOfIkaros@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Not necessary but definitely a helpful timesaver.