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Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 loses Game of the Year from the Indie Game Awards (www.xda-developers.com)
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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.

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[–] pupbiru@aussie.zone 2 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago) (1 children)

it’s irrelevant whether you agree with the rule or not… the award is for games that didn’t use AI during development. the game should not have originally been in contention for the award

i tend to agree this is the right way to use AI assets, but this isn’t the award for them… it doesn’t matter if it was accidental, if it was removed before release, or anything else

[–] lepinkainen@lemmy.world 0 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

Yes it’s their rule. It’s a stupid rule.

But how do they intend to police said rule in the future? Since it clearly isn’t just for released art assets but THE WHOLE PROCESS.

If it’s just self reported what’s the point?

[–] pupbiru@aussie.zone 3 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

that’s all irrelevant though… the rule is the rule and they got caught

people should be allowed to have awards for games which only use humans, and if a game is caught cheating they should be disqualified

if they want to compete for some awards, these aren’t the awards for them: there are others

[–] lepinkainen@lemmy.world 0 points 9 hours ago

Yes yes. They used AI, they lost the award. I’m over it. Next topic:

How do they (indie awards) enforce this in the future? Please read, understand and explain:

The rules say no AI can be used in ANY stage of the development for ANYTHING. How do they check it? Where do they draw the line? Is it just art assets? Voices? Code?