The indie game community is in disarray over AI and Big Walk

Some IGF jurors published a statement saying they would not vote for games that use generative AI in "any capacity," citing a significant increase in entries developed with generative AI tools. House House then said it "sparingly" used AI in the final stretch of Big Walk's development, estimating well under 0.1% of the game's code was involved, mainly to research third-party code issues via chatbots. The studio said it disclosed the usage in its IGF submission but not on Steam, called its lack of an AI policy a "failure," and said it does not endorse AI tools.