The rising use of generative AI in game development has players talking; not all is good news. Some folks see promise in faster development cycles and new creative avenues, others fear for the future of quality games and the livelihoods of talented artists caught in the crossfire.
A recent thread on the Steam forums perfectly captured this sentiment. The original poster, AyeforScotland, proposed a feature allowing players to filter out games developed with generative AI. “I don’t have any interest in playing demos from games that use Generative AI in their development,” they stated. It’s a straightforward request that echoes through 27 pages of replies filled with similar sentiments.
You can almost hear the collective sigh of relief from gamers who want to play creations born from human passion rather than algorithms crunching data. One user said bluntly, “I don’t want to play a game nobody wanted to make.” Another chimed in with concerns about financial support for developers using what they called “stolen labor” to train these AIs, an issue that’s been simmering under the surface for quite some time.
This discussion raises an important question: How much do we value human creativity over machine efficiency? As someone who’s spent countless hours battling pixelated foes and exploring vast digital worlds, I can tell you there’s something irreplaceable about knowing a person poured their heart into crafting every detail.
