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.

  • lepinkainen@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    1 day 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

    • petrol_sniff_king@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
      2·
      1 hour ago

      And having crudely drawn dicks doesn’t exactly make QA work easy.

      This is just simply not true. First, dicks are an HR issue, and second, the sentiment being expressed here is ridiculous. You do not need near-finished assets to test things out.