AI for Animation: How a Frontend Developer Built a Game With No Experience
Andrey Makar-Uvarov, Head of Frontend at Surf, decided to test AI in a field where he is a complete beginner: creating animation for an indie game. The idea: a ginger cat with a lantern walks through a dark maze and shares its light with animals. AI helped, but the loop of "ask → break → ask again" nearly drove him to a nervous breakdown. A prototype did get built in the end.
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A neural network for animation can help even beginners make games. Andrey Makar-Uvarov, Head of Frontend at Surf, set himself an honest experiment: take a task from a field where he is an absolute beginner and try to carry it through to a result using AI alone.
Can you build a game with animation if you have no animation experience?
Yes. According to the Surf Head of Frontend's experience, you can build an indie game prototype with AI even without any animation background.
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