My answer is honestly both. I messed with BASIC back in the early 90s and got a taste of making text adventures using it, but then didn't do any more programming until 2023. 30 year gap. I LOVE doing creative work but more or less was convinced that I couldn't do it for a living. Dreamed of making games since I was 7 or 8 years old. Got a BA in Visual Art but ended up in the cleaning industry because I couldn't figure out how to make money with my degree. Always been told programming was not for me because I don't care for advanced math. Only recently I decided to say screw all that and try to do it anyway. I want the skills AND I want to make games (my art) that are commercially viable. I'm trying to figure out how to move fast with AI without completely robbing myself of the learning experience. That's the tricky part. I'm definitely learning as I go, but my LLM is doing the lion's share of the programming. I'm pretty competent with the basics, but feel lost when trying to figure out how to implement an idea in game programming, so end up usually just doing what the LLM suggests.

I already have a workflow that is LLM-heavy (I dislike the generalized term AI when talking about game programming, because in games AI has always meant NPC behavior), but I am interested in your workflow and what I might learn from it. For me, the name of the game is learning and becoming better, faster, so I can make good games in the time I have available.

I voted yes because I'd love to collaborate with other developers on anything at this point, just to have that experience. But honestly, I *do* suck 😅. I'm a newbie. And probably in the minority here since I'm learning Godot instead of Unity. That said, I'm still down and would take the opportunity to get experience with Unity as well.

Great points!