# Big Walk studio says it used AI ‘sparingly’ in response to indie award jury statement against its use

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/big-walk-studio-says-it-used-ai-sparingly-in-response-to-indie-award-jury-statement-against-its-use/
- Published: 2026-11-10T11:46:56+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-10T22:42:19+00:00
- Original publisher: VGC
- Original article: https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/big-walk-studio-says-it-used-ai-sparingly-in-response-to-indie-award-jury-statement-against-its-use/
- Topics: AI, Technology

## Key points

- House House says AI touched well under 0.1% of Big Walk’s code.
- It used chatbots to help troubleshoot technical problems and bugs.
- Nineteen IGF jurors oppose voting for games using generative AI.

## Summary

House House has confirmed that it used large language models during the final stages of making Big Walk, after 19 Independent Games Festival jurors said they would not vote for games using generative AI in any capacity. The disclosure has renewed debate over whether AI-assisted coding should count as generative AI use in game development.

The studio said it used chatbots to investigate technical problems and bugs, and that snippets from their responses were modified as starting points for code. It estimates this affected well under 0.1% of the game’s code and says AI was not used in other parts of development. House House apologised to those whose standards its use may not meet and said it would introduce a more comprehensive AI policy.

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