# Educational game dev program cancelled because students were submitting games made entirely with AI

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/educational-game-dev-program-cancelled-because-students-were-submitting-games-made-entirely-with-ai/
- Published: 2026-11-10T16:59:19+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-10T17:57:39+00:00
- Original publisher: PC Gamer
- Original article: https://www.pcgamer.com/software/ai/educational-game-dev-program-cancelled-because-students-were-submitting-games-made-entirely-with-ai/
- Topics: AI, Technology

## Key points

- The 2026 event will be the challenge’s last.
- ACER says AI made student contributions harder to assess.
- Organisers have no plans for an alternative version.

## Summary

The Australian STEM Videogame Challenge will end after its 2026 event, concluding a programme that has run for more than a decade. The Australian Council for Educational Research says generative AI has made it increasingly difficult to judge which parts of students’ games they created themselves, shifting the competition away from its educational purpose.

The free national competition encouraged students to develop video games. Organisers say they have no plans to replace it with an AI-adapted version, though ACER says it will continue exploring other learning programmes with schools and the education sector. A judge had also suggested funding cuts might have contributed, but ACER cited AI as the reason for the cancellation.

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