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Big Walk review-bombed after developer confirms using AI to fix Unity bug

House House confirmed using AI during Big Walk's final development to fix a Unity bug after a paid engineer could not, drawing review bombs and a pledge by 19 IGF jurors to refuse voting for the game.

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Timeline · 2 reports

  1. 2026-11-11 12:40 · Techmeme
    Game developer House House confirms using AI during Big Walk's final development, sparking an intense debate among Independent Games Festival judges and jurors
  2. 2026-11-10 18:27 · r/artificial
    Video game Big Walk gets review bombed for using AI to fix a bug in Unity, accounting for 10 lines of code. 19 Independent Games Festival jurors declared they will refuse to vote for it due to AI use

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