IGF jurors reject generative-AI games after Big Walk disclosure
Original title: The indie game community is in disarray over AI and Big Walk
House House says well under 0.1% of Big Walk's code started from LLM snippets used to debug third-party issues.
Some Independent Games Festival jurors said they will not vote for games that use generative AI in any capacity, citing a rise in AI-assisted entries. House House, developer of Big Walk, said it sparingly used an LLM chatbot late in development to research bugs and modify suggested code. The studio disclosed that use to IGF, not on Steam, and said it lacked an AI policy at the time.
Unconfirmed: The under-0.1% code figure is House House's own estimate, not an independent measurement.
- The jurors' statement does not speak for IGF or every jury member.
- Signers include Sam Barlow and Celeste composer Lena Raine.
- House House estimated the LLM-related code share at well under 0.1%.
- The studio said it will adopt a more comprehensive AI policy.
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Some Independent Games Festival (IGF) jurors published a statement yesterday saying they would not vote for games that use generative AI in "any capacity." Soon after, the developer of indie hit Big Walk has published a statement saying it "sparingly" used AI in the "final stretch" of the game's development to "help work through difficult technical challenges and bugs."
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