AiCensus.

§ Recipe

Game dev starter.

Game development historically required a team because of the asset pipeline. AI didn't remove the need for taste, but it did remove the need for ten specialists. Solo devs can now ship.

Indie

  1. Art + asset generation

    01
    Scenario

    Scenario

    AI art generation for games — train custom models on your art style for consistent game assets.

    AI 3D & Game Dev
    Freemium
    4.2

    Fine-tune a model on your art style and generate consistent sprites, tiles, and UI assets. The tool that eliminates the 'I need an artist' blocker for indie devs.

  2. 3D model generation

    02
    Meshy

    Meshy

    AI 3D model generator — create textured 3D assets from text or images in minutes.

    AI 3D & Game Dev
    Freemium
    4.3

    Text-to-3D that actually produces game-ready meshes with UVs. Not film-quality, but for prototypes and background props it's transformative.

  3. Music + SFX

    03
    Suno

    Suno

    Create full songs with AI — vocals, instruments, and lyrics from a text prompt.

    Video & Audio
    Freemium
    4.4

    Generate an original soundtrack in the right mood without a composer. Plus variations for menu, boss fights, exploration — the parts of scoring that kill indie project velocity.

  4. Voice acting

    04
    ElevenLabs

    ElevenLabs

    The most realistic AI voices — text-to-speech, voice cloning, and dubbing that sounds human.

    Video & Audio
    Freemium
    4.7

    NPCs, narration, protagonist voice-overs. At indie scale, hiring voice actors is where scope explodes. ElevenLabs collapses it.

  5. Code

    05
    Cursor

    Cursor

    The AI-first code editor — indexes your entire codebase for context-aware development.

    Coding & Development
    Freemium
    4.9

    Unity C# or Godot GDScript — Cursor handles both. The agentic refactors save dozens of hours once the game's systems start interlocking.

  6. Game design thinking

    06
    Claude

    Claude

    Anthropic's thoughtful AI assistant — built for safety, depth, and nuanced reasoning.

    Chatbots & Assistants
    Freemium
    4.8

    A good game design doc is the difference between six months of drift and a shipped game. Claude is a patient design lead for the solo dev who doesn't have one.