Indie game Big Walk faces backlash over under 0.1% AI code; IGF jury splits
emollick · x · 2026-11-11
Kotaku breaks down the fallout around Big Walk: House House disclosed that well under 0.1% of the game's code involved AI, sparking fights among players, developers and IGF 2027 jurors—some demanding a hard no-AI line, others arguing such minimal use shouldn't disqualify a GOTY contender. Steam doesn't require disclosure of code or chatbot usage.
Ethan Mollick argues the anti-AI backlash mostly hurts indie studios: insisting on zero AI code is an impossible standard when all coding will effectively involve AI—fans should reward games centering human artists instead of policing AI use.
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