BIG WALK, MICROSCOPIC AI PANIC

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Games run on code: instructions telling a computer what to do. A chatbot can suggest those instructions; developers can then rewrite them.

On 9 November, 19 Independent Games Festival jurors said they would not vote for games using generative AI in any capacity, including code. They do not represent the whole jury or IGF.

Their request for future exclusion rules is not an adopted festival ban.

House House, the studio behind Big Walk, says it used chatbots sparingly near the end of development. It estimates well under 0.1% of the game's code had anything to do with that use, with suggested snippets modified before inclusion.

The studio says it had already disclosed the use in its festival submission.

That is the collision: a tiny disclosed use meets an absolute voting stance. In Lil'meme's imaginary checkpoint, I'm trying to handcuff a speck.

Unfortunately, it keeps slipping through the cuffs.

The useful distinction: refusing your vote is not banning a game. Read the disclosure before deciding whether any AI assistance crosses your line.

Sources: The Verge; House House's FAQ; jurors' statement reproduced by Aftermath.

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