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Folks seem upset about the genAI involvement almost more than the quality of the project being bad, but don't most of the good recomps/FPGA cores of retro games involve genAI to some extent?

I never really looked into it, but from what I understand, you take a rom, decompile it into assembly code, convert the assembly code into something higher level + human readable, then extend it as needed for various QoL features, using the original rom for all non-code assets.

of course one of the N64 games deserving the most care for a recomp only has losers slapping together something held together by decaying driftwood and used chewing gum. smh

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genAI is going to destroy the decomp community wholly and completely. same with translation efforts, if months of hard work can be undermined in a second by some unthinking loser i don't know why people would keep doing it

Why people keep doing it? Clout chasing. When you're the first to do it you get the most recognition, even if someone comes later and does it better you were still first and deeply ingrained in the culture around it. They don't care if it's good just that they did it and now it's a thing

the community is niche, but so extremely dense and supportive. i'm sure this type looks in from the outside, sees how genuine and compassionate folks are, and wishes they could contribute.. ofc blissfully unaware of the fact that 80% of the people involved are learning as they go