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Your job has an expiration date
June 20, 2027
In 8 monthsHand-placing squares is just a hobby for people with too much time.
Professional screen-staring enthusiast and square-placement expert.
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One human is building a game about fighting back.
Billions of sprites, zero hand-placing.
oof.youAI▸ SPRITEGEN ALPHA▸ RARITY · COMMON▸ DEPRECATION IN 8 MONTHSAI's Special Power
generates perfect sprite sheets while you blink
You spend days hand-placing tiny colored squares to build characters, animations, and game worlds.
The one thing AI can't do
You can still intuitively balance color palettes that make nostalgic players feel irrational warmth.
Your enemy, your name, your date. Post it.
Step by step, from the first quiet change to Deprecation Day.
Day 13
The AI scans your entire portfolio to mimic your specific aesthetic.
Week 9
Software generates complex animation sheets from simple text prompts.
Month 4
Color theory modules enforce strict consistency across all game assets.
Month 6
Vision models detect and fix frame-by-frame animation inconsistencies instantly.
Month 8 · D-Day
The art team is retired in favor of one generative model.
What you cost, what the machine costs, and what you get on the way out.
Per year
Savings: 99.3%
8,400
Average pixels placed per day
60
AI inference frames per second
0.02 seconds
Sprite generation time
Your severance
A vintage joystick and one free AI subscription.
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