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@arstechnica@mastodon.social 16 min. ago

Big Walk used AI to fix a bug. Now the indie gaming world is having a reckoning.

Any amount of AI coding is too much for many Indie Game Festival judges.
https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2026/11/big-walk-used-ai-to-fix-a-bug-now-the-indie-gaming-world-is-having-a-reckoning/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

Ars Technica

Big Walk used AI to fix a bug. Now the indie gaming world is having a reckoning.

Any amount of AI coding is too much for many Indie Game Festival judges.

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HashRaydamon

@hashraydamon@me.dm 6 min. ago

@arstechnica IGF make their rules clear and are following them, what's the issue?

Freevolt

@freevolt24@mastodon.social 12 min. ago

@arstechnica I'm kinda in awe of how people seem to be okay to use AI coding agents in aviation, banking, security, military software and whatnot but not in gaming.

CauserEffect

@CauserEffect@mastodon.social 13 min. ago

@arstechnica hiliariously inane.