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A feature-length alphabetized roundup of indie and small studios pledging to keep generative AI out of game development, arguing that AI training steals artists’ labor, risks copyright and ethics, harms the environment, and undermines human creativity, with each studio offering its own rationale for remaining AI-free.
A Kotaku columnist browses Steam Next Fest with an AI-content detector and finds that many demos carry generative AI warnings, turning the event into a depressing experience as AI-made visuals and assets creep into indie titles. The piece argues small teams feel pressured to use AI due to resource limits, worries about a future where human-made games are rarer, and notes the overall flood of AI-signed content alongside a backlog of non-AI titles.
Indie dev Cakez celebrates Tangy TD’s earnings spike after a viral moment, with the Steam back-end showing 3,676 copies sold and $31,942 in the first 30 hours, and later around $245,000 gross from 28,171 sales (2,892 refunded). All-time peak concurrent players were modest (under 800), but the four-year development paid off in six-figure-ish potential, highlighting how indie games can find substantial revenue on Steam and how SteamDB estimates can closely track sales.