Wombats

Dall-E 2 renders have been trapped in squares, requiring people to either crop the image or play tricks with paint programs to trick the AI into extending the image. Today, OpenAI built that capability right into the program. Edit to your heart’s content to make the perfect image for your needs. A golden robot playing an acoustic guitar on a small stage in a spotlight, old band posters on the wall behind the robot, viewpoint is from stage right My partner and I were watching Dice Tower’s “ ” tonight, and one of their non-game projects was for a Guitar Robot – plans to build an Arduino-powered guitar playing robot. ...

Number: 23. Genre: Submarine Simulator. Title: “23 Fathoms”. Outline: In this submarine simulator, you are the captain of a nuclear submarine on a secret mission. You must navigate the treacherous waters, avoid detection, and complete your mission without being detected. In the grand tradition of Silent Hunter, “23 Fathoms” puts you in the captain’s chair of a nuclear submarine. As you navigate the treacherous waters, you must avoid detection while completing your mission. The game features realistic submarine physics and gameplay, as well as a dynamic campaign that changes based on your choices. ...

The 22nd Letter is a game of mystery and Scrabble. As you play the game, you’ll gradually uncover the story of “V”, a man who disappeared during a Scrabble tournament long ago. Can you solve the mystery?

I asked OpenAI’s GPT-3 to generate 31 different videogame ideas, one for each day of Blaugust, each dealing in some way with that particular day of the month. Here’s its idea for August 21st: “21 Reactions: Chemical Chaos”. Number: 21. Genre: Rhythm game. Title: “21 Grams”. Outline: In this rhythm game, you must keep the beat while 21 grams of various substances are added to a beaker. The challenge lies in ensuring that the mixture does not explode. ...

Just griping. I was asked to remove or hide behind a content warning any AI art I feel like posting to the Mastodon instance (Elekk.xyz) where I made my home when it looked like Musk was going to turn Twitter into his own personal fiefdom. That’s looking increasingly unlikely, but I have met some cool folks on Mastodon, so I still use it. Sometimes I post there things I don’t think would fit somewhere else – like my friendly wombat, here. ...