Overview
- A group of 19 Independent Games Festival jurors posted a statement Tuesday saying they will decline to vote for any game that used generative AI in any capacity.
- House House responded the same day, saying it used large language models sparingly to research and fix difficult technical bugs and that under 0.1% of Big Walk’s code was linked to that use.
- The studio gave a concrete example of a Unity URP fix where an LLM suggested a solution that, after extensive modification, became roughly 10 lines of code.
- Following the disclosure, players posted a sharp rise in negative Steam reviews and some refund requests, and the studio apologised for not publicly declaring the usage earlier on storefronts.
- House House said it will write an internal AI policy going forward and the IGF jurors are urging the festival to adopt a rule banning games that contain any AI-generated work, a push that could change future awards eligibility.