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Average time-to-redundancy: 11.3 months
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pssst. this is to sign up for updates on the game ;)
Will AI replace Game Software Engineer jobs? · Latest report #494ptzng
Your job has an expiration date
December 17, 2027
In 14 monthsYou are just a glorified prompt wrapper for your own replacement.
Indie dev waiting for the AI to finish the game.
Check another roleComment your opinionor JOIN THE RESISTANCE!
One human is building a game about fighting back.
Game logic without the human baggage.
oof.youAI▸ CODEFORGE ENGINE 9▸ RARITY · UNCOMMON▸ DEPRECATION IN 14 MONTHSAI's Special Power
refactors your legacy codebase in seconds
Writes game systems and gameplay code while managing LLM-generated snippets to debug engines and logic.
The one thing AI can't do
You can still explain why the build broke at 3am for no discernable reason.
Your enemy, your name, your date. Post it.
Step by step, from the first quiet change to Deprecation Day.
Week 4
IDE plugins start writing your boilerplate code for you.
Month 4
Models gain access to project files to resolve errors.
Month 8
AI agents start managing the engine build and shader updates.
Month 12
Models propose and implement entire game architecture modules autonomously.
Month 14 · D-Day
The engine now compiles itself based on high-level feature requests.
What you cost, what the machine costs, and what you get on the way out.
Per year
Savings: 98.7%
2 seconds
Prompt-to-commit delay
4,000,000
Unread stack traces
99 percent
Human ego per line
Your severance
One free subscription to a dead game studio.
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