The debate over generative AI in games continues.

Clair Obscur won multiple awards but used generative AI art as placeholders during production.

The Indie Game Awards revoked Clair Obscur’s Debut and Game of the Year after the AI disclosure.

IGAs reassigned the awards (Blue Prince, Sorry We’re Closed) and reignited debate on gen-AI use.

  • Katherine 🪴@piefed.socialEnglish
    237·
    3 months ago

    I don’t understand why they need GenAI for placeholders; part of the fun of the creative process is coming up with fun, crude drawings that are clear placeholders.

    • lepinkainen@lemmy.worldEnglish
      41·
      3 months ago

      Because games are about the feels. And having crudely drawn dicks doesn’t exactly make QA work easy.

      Also there’s lighting, reflections etc that need that shit to be close to real.

      For the same reason movies use stand-ins to adjust lights and not a can of beans, which would be more fun