Game 'Big Walk' used AI coding tools late in dev, sparking awards eligibility debate
IanArawjo · x · 2026-11-10
The game Big Walk reportedly used AI coding assistance 'in the final stretch' of development, triggering a fierce debate over whether it should remain eligible for industry awards.
Working developers largely dismissed the controversy: anyone actually coding in the industry and reading the coverage agrees code-assist usage is a non-issue — developers shouldn't be punished for using code assist tools, with the sarcastic counterpoint that if anything deserves scrutiny, it's generated music and art, not code. The real questions are how awards rules define 'AI involvement' and whether code assistance should be treated differently from content generation.