Big Walk Developer Confirms Limited Use Of AI In Development

House House, the developer of Big Walk, has confirmed that a small part of the game was made with help from AI. The studio updated its FAQ to say that large language models were used sparingly during the final stretch of development.

The confirmation followed a statement from a group of Independent Games Festival judges, who said they would not vote for any game that uses generative AI in any capacity.

According to the updated FAQ, snippets of LLM responses were sometimes copied as a starting point for game code, and the studio estimates that well under 0.1 percent of the code was affected. Generative AI was not used in any other part of making the game.

House House did not disclose this on Steam because the platform does not require developers to reveal code or chatbot use. The studio says it added the section because the matter has become one of public interest, and it apologized that its use may not meet some people's standards.

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