Hi,
Why is the AI inside GDevelop so problematic and weak?
Is there an alternative?
Thanks
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I have asked Claude for advice a few times, that’s the anthropic ai there’s a free version that seems to be okay at giving instructions at least. However like most of them they are very limited, they don’t always look (or can’t) at your entire project & all the settings - for example I couldn’t figure out why one of my objects wasn’t moving - neither the inbuilt AI or Claude could figure it out - but it turned out I just had the acceleration setting way down low they didn’t pick that up bc they either didn’t have access to the object behaviour settings or didn’t look at it or it wasn’t in scope for what it was doing.
Right now? I am also having some mixed results, but as I said - keep the requests very specific and small in scope that seems to have better results. Best of luck!
You mean claude can be installed on gdevelop as extension
I don’t think so (or at least if it can I don’t know how, as i’m only using the free version). I have asked Claude for steps to follow in Gdev & have had some success if the steps were very specific. But since it’s not embedded if something doesn’t work it might not know why. The inbuilt AI was able to build a basic template of an event I needed, again it was a single event & very specific. I think if I could ask the AI gods for a gift I’d actually prefer to have it look at my code as a whole & suggest ways I can optimise it, but not actually change anything.
Hi, ChatGPT 4.1 is great for coding.
You can create JavaScript by explaining which objects you have in the scene, which variables you’re using, and whether they are object variables, scene variables, or global variables.
It can do incredible things, and in addition, you can create multiple JavaScript files (one for effects, one for calculating stats, one for managing inventories), so that you have a modular structure that is easy and simple to debug.
ChatGPT’s great for people who are illiterate/can’t spell so they’d be no good at writing working code themselves.
Which includes most people on social media IMO.
With GDevelop, I created a puzzle game published on Google Play, with in-game purchases and the possibility to buy DLC.
I also developed a framework that translates Yarn commands into visual novels and interactive movies, managing cameras with the possibility of camera movements just like in cinema.
GDevelop is simple, fast, and optimized for exporting. But it’s complicated for debugging and creating complex functions, which require weeks of thorough testing.
But since I started using JS with GPT-o1 (now 4.1), I’ve been able to create dozens of custom extensions and build functions instantly (like complex stat calculations for JRPGs).
Currently, I’m developing a custom version of Yarn to be launched directly in-game, which will allow the creation of visual novels with cameras and effects directly in the game.
Complaining about AI is like complaining about the arrival of cameras in the 1800s.