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The kids are usually alright, but they messed this one up

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Big Walk faces a hurdle ahead of GOTY season, as IGF jury members draw a hardline stance against voting for games that have any AI use whatsoever.

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Big talk. "The line must be drawn here! This far, no further!" Please forgive the Captain Picard First Contact quote (it's been a couple of weeks since Patrick Stewart's death and only now can I mention his most famous character without welling up) - I promise it's relevant as an illustration of an admirable, principled stance. Read the full article on nintendolife.com

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Kotaku has a big talk about our big feelings about the recent disclosure AI was used in its development

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A Big Talk Breaking Down Big Walk’s AI Fallout Kotaku

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Some Independent Games Festival (IGF) jurors published a statement yesterday saying they would not vote for games that use generative AI in "any capacity." Soon after, the developer of indie hit Big Walk has published a statement saying it "sparingly" used AI in the "final stretch" of the game's development to "help work through difficult […]

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The growing use of generative AI meant it was "harder to judge what students made themselves."

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Walk of shame. Big Walk , one of the most highly-rated games of 2026, has suddenly found itself in a spot of bother, and it's all thanks to those controversial AI tools. This story stems from the Independent Games Festival Awards (IGF); some of the jurors have taken a hard stance against usage of generative AI or LLM technology. Read the full article on pushsquare.com

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House House maintains gen-AI was not used anywhere else.

Yesterday · pcgamer.com

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Big Walk developer House House has confirmed that it used AI during the "final stretch" of its development. The studio recently updated its FAQs page to confirm its use of the tech, with the news coming after 19 Independent Games Festival jurors announced they'll decline to vote for "any game that uses generative AI in any capacity" during the 2027 awards show. House House hasn't confirmed if its admittance was connected to the IGF--the IGF hasn't named any games either--and the studio said to Aftermath that it estimates "that well under 0.1% of Big Walk’s code" was built with AI. "We have…

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