Is it safe to start building games right now?

How do you make games in the age of AI without losing your voice?

This episode delivers a practical roadmap for creators across industries, including game development, music production, audio engineering, and independent artistry. Learn which AI tools are worth your time, how to keep your creative identity central, and why small teams can win by moving fast, building trust, and iterating in public.

Core questions we answer include:
Is it safe to start building games right now?
Should indie creators use AI?
How do you use AI tools without losing your creative identity?
Which AI tools should you learn first?
How do you build a community that trusts your process?
How can small teams ship faster with less risk?

What you’ll learn

• Why the fear is real—and normal. Every major tool shift, from engines to digital distribution, sparked the same panic, and early adopters consistently won

• AI replaces busywork, not creativity. Your real value is direction, taste, and intention

• The must-try toolset for rapid iteration and prototyping: Unity Muse, Inworld, Scenario, Leonardo AI, Runway, ChatGPT, GitHub Copilot, and Promethean AI

• The human advantage: intention, emotion, specificity, and creative weirdness that AI cannot replicate

• Build in public: how transparency, dev logs, and community feedback create trust and momentum

• The economics of staying small: how AI enables faster prototypes, earlier playtests, smarter marketing, and leaner production cycles

Actionable takeaways

• Prototype now. Choose one real bottleneck and apply an AI tool this week to remove it

• Use AI for volume and variation. Keep human judgment for curation, narrative, and style

• Develop new core skills: prompt clarity, rapid prototyping, ruthless editing, and taste

• Document your process publicly: weekly updates, design decisions, build streams, and honest postmortems

• Validate before you scale. Test multiple small concepts with a community, then double down on what resonates

• Keep fundamentals strong. Art direction, composition, code quality, performance, and storytelling make AI output better

Important Topics Covered

• How to make games in the age of AI
• Best AI tools for indie game development
• Prompt engineering for creators
• How to use Unity Muse, Inworld, Scenario, Leonardo AI, Promethean AI, Runway, ChatGPT, and GitHub Copilot
• How to build a community around your game or creative project
• Indie studio economics, lean workflows, and rapid prototyping
• Authenticity in an AI-saturated market

FAQs

• How do I start building a game with AI tools?• Which AI tools should indie developers learn first?• How can musicians, producers, and sound engineers use AI without losing their sound?• What parts of art, code, or narrative are safe to automate?• How do I build trust with players while using AI?

Why this matters

Technical polish is becoming table stakes. Your defensible edge is creative perspective, speed of iteration, and community trust. Whether you are coding a prototype, mixing a track, or designing a narrative system, the winning play is the same: adopt AI to remove friction, keep humans in charge of meaning, and ship work that feels unmistakably yours.