# Big Walk used AI to fix a bug. Now the indie gaming world is having a reckoning.

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/big-walk-used-ai-to-fix-a-bug-now-the-indie-gaming-world-is-having-a-reckoning/
- Published: 2026-11-11T17:37:32+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-11T18:04:13+00:00
- Original publisher: Ars Technica
- Original article: https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2026/11/big-walk-used-ai-to-fix-a-bug-now-the-indie-gaming-world-is-having-a-reckoning/
- Topics: AI, Entertainment, Gaming, Technology

## Key points

- House House says AI helped fix one Big Walk bug.
- The resulting code was well under 0.1% of the game’s code.
- Nineteen IGF jurors oppose voting for any game using generative AI.

## Summary

House House has disclosed that it used a large language model briefly to help fix a technical bug in Big Walk, prompting a wider dispute over whether any generative AI use should disqualify games from indie awards. The disclosure has unsettled some Independent Games Festival jurors who valued the game, and sharpened debate about AI’s harms, transparency and place in game development.

The studio says the AI-assisted code accounts for well under 0.1% of Big Walk’s code, including 10 lines adapted extensively from a chatbot suggestion for a Unity shadow bug. House House says a Unity engineer had said a fix was not possible; at least one social media user has disputed that. Nineteen of more than 50 IGF jurors have said they will not vote for games using generative AI in any capacity, and urged the festival to adopt a broad ban. Valve’s disclosure rules focus on AI-generated content rather than coding assistance, while House House disclosed its use to the IGF and says it has now made that information public because of the controversy.

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