Luis Soares

We're working as fast as we can to get the nomination feature live now that Fable 5.2 has dropped. Giving devs an option to monetise their viral games immediately.

Okay, so I wanted to test the “Illuvium with guns” theory using AI. And this was a one-shot. A handful of our low-poly assets. One prompt. I spent zero time on game design, cohesion, or polishing. This is literally what came out. I’ve also included a full render of one of our Illuvials so you can see what our artists have actually built. That’s part of the inventory that got me thinking about all of this. We invested so much time, effort, and love into creating the best-looking IP in crypto. And honestly, it’s not even fucking close. I know I’m biased, but fuck me, go through what we’ve built. Creatures, environments, guns, weapons, Rangers, drones, the list goes on. For the first time, I’ve actually dug properly through our assets myself, and it’s beyond mind-blowing. I’ve spent years looking at this stuff, but going through the library thinking about what I could build with it was completely different. It’s fucking disgusting how much is there. Does that by default make the MMO we’re about to launch a hit? No. Do I think it will be? Yes. I really do. But the thing we didn’t realise, the thing we weren’t trying to do, was enable anyone, and I mean fucking anyone, to start building some of the craziest shit in the world using AI. You can’t shortcut an asset library of tens of thousands of beautiful, handmade assets. All the years our artists spent creating these creatures and worlds are sitting there, ready for someone to do something with. I think AI will get there one day. Obviously it will. But building an entire library with this much depth and quality, where everything belongs to the same universe? I think that’ll take a long time. And yes, this shooter is rough as fuck. I know. I gave it a few low-poly assets and one prompt, then left it alone. There’s a lot of work between this and something people will want to play for years. But I did this myself. That’s what’s messing with my head. Now imagine someone who actually knows what they’re doing. A solo dev who’s spent years building shooters. A small indie team with an insane idea and fuck all budget for art. What could they do with access to everything we’ve created? As much as I can’t wait to see player reactions to what we’ve spent six years building in the Overworld, I cannot stop thinking about this. Shooters, MOBAs, racing, RTS, MMO expansions, clones, puzzles, whatever. You can start testing ideas in minutes with a library this dense and this insanely beautiful. And people out there would take it in directions we’ve never even considered. Our dream was always to build an interconnected universe of games. And I always said that building at the quality we wanted required our team. I don’t believe that anymore. Opening this up to solo devs and indie teams brings literally endless possibilities, and it’s only going to get better and easier. I want to see what someone who’s obsessed with a completely different kind of game would do with our creatures. Or what some cracked dev could put together over a weekend that makes all of us go, wow, why didn’t we think of that? We’ve spent years imagining what this universe could become. The idea of other people getting their hands on it and showing us something we never imagined is pretty damn cool. Again, you cannot cheat the work that went into this. You cannot shortcut it. We had to be crazy enough to have 250+ people working on an IP for many, many years to end up with an inventory like this. I don’t think any other crypto IP comes close. I’ve said this many times before, and I’m not trying to be an asshole; that’s honestly how I see it. If I’m wrong, please show me in the comments. But while I clearly think we did this best, we’re not the only IP that had millions of dollars poured into handmade assets. Some projects shut down long ago, leaving beautiful assets sitting there. Creatures, characters, environments, entire fucking worlds that artists spent years creating. The project died, and all of that work went with it. Some of those IPs could come back if today’s builders could use their libraries. If whoever owns the assets is willing to open them up, someone else could take what’s there and build something people love. Imagine seeing an IP you hold NFTs of, that you thought was dead years ago, come back because some solo dev got access to the assets and went fucking nuts with them. I’d love that. So much talent and money went into this industry. It would be crazy to leave all that work sitting in folders while the tools to build with it get better every month. I started this wanting to see what “Illuvium with guns” would look like from one prompt. Now my mind is racing with what people could do with everything we’ve built. Now to harness it. And because X downscales everything, check our website if you don't believe me. illuvidex.illuvium.io/asset/…

162 AI-developed games have applied to our Game Jam. Considering extending it for another 48 hours. Half of them want to launch a token on Loadout. Instant launches are closer than you think.

80 entries in the game jam so far. Free to enter. $5K in prizes. Just under 3 days left.

Know someone building a game using AI? Tag them below! We’ve got $5k in prizes up for grabs, and I’m adding a $500 pool for referrals. If someone you tag submits a valid entry, you get a share of that $500. Building one yourself? We want to check it out! Competition rules below 👇