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Hacker News has set AI a lot of challenges over the years. Which ones has it met?

2025 Augustzerr

About whether LLMs speed up game development when coding was never the bottleneck.

My litmus test for generative AI: generate a complete spritesheet for a 2D pixel art action game, e.g. only for the battle tank or main hero movements. No success so far.

Generative AI produces a complete spritesheet for a 2D pixel-art action game, such as all of a main hero's movements.

Has this happened?

Yes 63 (57%)Not sure 33 (30%)No 14 (13%)

Votes cast 1–2 October 2026: 100,590 votes from 9,694 people.