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mcc@dryad.technology · 3d ago

I very much want to make coding "demystified", make it accessible, nonspecialized, make it possible to script with flowcharts, script with spreadsheets. LLMs are increasing the mystification. Creating bloatcode you need an LLM to interpret. Unreal 6 is *removing* its flowchart system as it adds "AI"

Aura/Moom@moomanibe.bsky.social · 3d ago

Today, me and a bunch of other IGF jurors are posting a statement on the encroachment of AI in the competition and the industry in general. We're also stating our intent to refuse to vote for any game that uses AI in any capacity, including coding. I feel it's important to state this in the open.

This year's IGF entries have been incredible. We've been lucky to play games that surprise, connect, and challenge us, and we're excited to vote for our favorites. Unfortunately, there has also been a significant increase in the number of submitted games developed with generative AI tools. This has set off some fairly intense discussion and disagreement across the judge and jury pools, and at this point there is no universal consensus on what (if anything) is to be done. The IGF has affirmed that we may cast our votes according to our own tastes and values. But we, a contingent of IGF jurors, feel that this trend and the games embracing it deserve stronger pushback than a vote in silence. While IGF leadership has approved the release of this statement, it’s important to note that we do not speak for IGF as an organization, or for all IGF jury members. Many jurors had differing perspectives and significant reservations about this statement. Some jurists additionally voiced concern about their ability to safely sign without professional blowback, and we do not intend this letter to serve as a censure of those who were unable to sign. Above all: Our goal is to state solidarity with those who despair over the future of their art, their craft, and their industry—including those who have experimented with these tools in the past, but who now believe they are not in our best interest. We know that change does not come at the individual level, but as independent developers, we also know firsthand the value of pushing back on what an industry has deemed “inevitable.” As jurists, we feel a responsibility to push past defeatism and aspire to a higher ideal. The future is not yet settled. You are not alone. We can stand together. We, the undersigned IGF jury members, believe the following: 1. That generative AI has these negative effects: * Ecological harms at community and planetary levels * Economic harms to working developers and artists * Cognitive and psychological harms to its users * Harm to the increasingly fragile information landscape * Harms to labor and worker power in creative fields 2. That these harms do not depend on what is generated, be it music or writing, art or VO, marketing assets or code. 3. That AI-generated code is not an exception to these harms. Programming is a creative discipline whose labour deserves the same respect we extend to any part of making a game. This extends to the past work used to train these models without the creators’ consent. 4. Finally, that the use of these tools is neither a foregone conclusion in our industry nor that their adoption has been wholly voluntary. We stand in solidarity not only with those developers who have the freedom to unilaterally reject them, but also with those who have been compelled by their employers to adopt their use, those working to establish or improve their workplace policies, and especially with those in positions of precarity who are so often those most pressured to abandon their values. For these reasons, this year we are declining to vote for any game that uses generative AI in any capacity. We urge the IGF to adopt a strong anti-AI policy for future years that disallows games containing any AI-generated work. A.M. Darke aurahack Aura Triolo Austin Walker Brendon Chung Brent Arnold Dan Floyd Everest Pipkin Gianna Ruggiero isaac io schankler Johnnemann Nordhagen Lena Raine Marielle Kho Megan Fox Noel Berry Osama Dorias Sam Barlow Tamara Duplantis Taylor Mccue
Arden Ripley@arden.rip · 3w ago

Hello! You probably followed me for game dev, but did you know my partner and I made an enormous, beautiful, erotic dark fantasy graphic novel? We're so proud of The Vow and I'd really love for more people to read it.

Arden Ripley@arden.rip · last yr.

Oska and Lalo are not people. They are only weapons to be wielded. The Arcana Imperii has pointed them at a divine beast, and yet they still find ways to make each other bleed instead. THE VOW is a 300 page graphic novel, available now. For mature audiences only. 🩸⚔️ physical // digital

Cover of the graphic novel The Vow, written by Arden Ripley and illustrated by Julian Cormac. Two people are locked in an embrace, with a sword running through both of their bodies, connecting them together. A string of blood connects their mouths. One has fair skin, messy red hair, and Lichtenberg figure scars covering the right side of their face. They're gripping the short blonde hair of the other person, who is shorter and has dark olive skin.
Remap Radio@remapradio.bsky.social · 3w ago

We're recording a subscriber-only podcast tomorrow about Janet and Chia's recent trips to Japan! If you have any questions + observations you want to share for our conversation, send 'em to questions@remapradio.com

the Mountain Goats@themountaingoats.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Yo. This is the union calling for a boycott. Here in America people like to say "Well I was already boycotting Starbucks!" No you were not. You were just choosing not to buy their stuff. That is not a boycott. A boycott is an organized, collective activity. "I" don't boycott: we do.

Starbucks Workers United@sbworkersunited.org · 2mo ago

We have power in numbers, and we'll continue to fight for a better Starbucks. Support us by BOYCOTTING STARBUCKS until the company finalizes fair union contracts with workers! boycottstarbucks.net

cado@cado.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Landed in the us and immediately had sticker shock when a vitamin water cost the equivalent of 863¥??? Pocari Sweat is like 180 max!!

Avery Alder, Buried Without Ceremony@lackingceremony.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Do you love any of the games that I have created? Whether it's Monsterhearts, Dream Askew, The Quiet Year, Going For Broke, or a deeper cut, now would be a great time to hit quote-tweet and tell your friends about it! It's been a slow month. 💕✨ store.buriedwithoutceremony.com

Buried Without Ceremony

My name is Avery Alder, and for the past eighteen years I’ve been designing tabletop roleplaying games. These are games about community, relationships, doubt, queerness, and the collapse of civilizati...

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Double Fine@doublefine.com · 3mo ago

To honor Tim Curry's memory, we are making Brütal Legend FREE on Itch.io, for 666 minutes: itch.io/s/199277/the...

Brütal Legend | The Tainted Coil shall rule forever! by Double Fine Productions

A sale by Double Fine Productions, 100% off Brütal Legend

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Double Fine@doublefine.com · 3mo ago

It was hard enough losing Dolly yesterday. ☹️ And now, we cry a sea of black tears for our very own Doviculus: The irreplaceable Tim Curry.  May these beloved legends rest well, as we carry their spirit forward~   🩷🖤

404 Media@404media.co · 3mo ago

SCOOP: 404 Media placed a tracking device in a shipment of rare books to see which AI company was buying it. What did we find? It ended up at an Amazon facility where Amazon scans and destroys books. Yes. This is literally the logo outside the Amazon warehouse door. Read now:

We Tracked a Shipment of Rare Books. It Ended at an Amazon AI Training Facility

We placed a tracking device in a shipment of rare books to see which AI company was buying it, and found an Amazon facility where Amazon scans and destroys books.

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cado@cado.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Managed to sneak into the @wehrlegig.games John Company mega game! Played Julia Benyon who ended up as a part of the court of directors the whole game. With a combo of some clutch blackmail and a lot of wheeling and dealing the Benyon family managed to come out on top of a very competitive game!

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