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Spell a word. Smash an enemy. Turn random letters into attacks and stack strange items into ridiculous builds. Make rare letters hit harder or long words pay off in this turn-based word-combat roguelite, solo or with up to three …
Spellk includes some AI-generated artwork and music, alongside artwork created by contracted artists.
2D Images, Music
An action roguelite where you fight through arenas and unlock epic upgrades! Defeat the Bosses and challenge the Emperor. Die, upgrade, die and descend again.
Claude Code was used to help write code when I couldn't figure stuff out
Code
Launch a chicken into the sky and stay airborne with limited Egg Bursts. Choose your angle and power, preserve speed and altitude, and adapt to boosts, random events, and upgrades. Simple controls meet physics-driven timing and r…
This game uses generative AI during development to create some image assets, music assets, and text drafts. All generated content was reviewed by the developer and edited or processed as necessary before being included in the game. The game does not generate content using generative AI during gameplay.
2D Images, Music, Writing
The Clues is a challenging logic deduction game set in Paw Town. Play as a cat detective, read the clues, and identify every Criminal and Innocent. No guessing, no luck—every handcrafted puzzle has a unique solution.
Generative AI was used only to assist in creating a small number of visual assets, including some artwork used in the Steam store page gallery and elements of the game logo. All gameplay screenshots show the actual game. The puzzles, game design, text, and gameplay content were created manually by the developer without generative AI.
2D Images, Marketing Assets
GemSlasher is a fast-paced action roguelite where every attack is built from gems. Combine Main Gems with Support Gems, merge duplicate gems to increase their star level, and create powerful builds capable of tearing through rele…
Generative AI tools were used during development for visual assets, 3D models, audio, and localization. Final assets were selected and integrated by the developer. Generative AI was also used to assist with translations. No AI content is generated during gameplay.
2D Images, 3D Models, Music, Sound Effects, Localization
Pilot an experimental probe through collapsing celestial fields in a fast-paced rage arcade space game. Push deeper into the Transfer Gauntlet, build your probe, chase records, and see how far you can get before the Vector ends y…
Some Steam store and library presentation artwork was created with assistance from generative AI tools, then selected and edited by the developer. Localization was completed conventionally, with AI used to assist in verification and quality checks.
Marketing Assets, Localization
Start with a worn-out workshop and grow through eight increasingly advanced factories. Produce, ship, reinvest and automate with robots in an active incremental management campaign that progresses only while you play.
Generative AI tools were used during development to assist with portions of the game's pre-generated 2D artwork, marketing artwork, localization drafts, and development code. All player-facing AI-assisted content was generated before release, selected, reviewed, edited where needed, tested, and integrated by the developer. The game does not generate or modify content with AI during gameplay and does not send player input to an external AI service.
2D Images, Marketing Assets, Code, Localization
An idle ARPG for loot goblins. Slaughter monsters automatically, hunt build-changing gear, craft ridiculous builds, unlock new classes, then rebirth and do it all again—stronger.
Some art assets in the game and on the store page (story character portraits, some icons, backgrounds, and capsule images) were created with AI image generation tools, then manually curated and edited by the developer. All gameplay, code, and written story content is human-made. No AI content is generated at runtime.
2D Images, UI Elements, Marketing Assets
Your Adventure, Your Dungeon, Your Loot! Dungeons of Destiny is an action-packed anime 3D dungeon crawler. Explore perilous dungeons, defeat formidable fantasy creatures, master powerful skills, and gather valuable loot to streng…
Generative AI is used solely as a development tool for texture design ideas and for code review and performance optimization.
2D Images, Code, Ideation
A 2D colony simulator and sandbox where you make a name for yourself in a dying world. You can type freely to anyone, and they remember what you did. Mine, build, wire logic circuits, appease five silent gods, and push the limits…
The demo's NPCs use a local LLM that runs with the game for chat responses, in addition to prewritten lines. NPCs respond based on their personality, past player interactions, job, location, etc.Some art assets and sounds are initially generated with AI tools.
Runtime AI
Pan and zoom across a massive shared board in real time. Grab up to 5 friends and split up to attack different sections, or huddle over the same clue and hash it out together. Super Friendly Crosswords turns the crossword from a …
We use AI as a coding assistant during development, and as a drafting tool to help generate candidate crossword clues from our word bank. Every single clue is reviewed and edited by a human before it ships. AI generated images were used during prototyping as early placeholders. All final visual art assets that ship with the game have been created by the developer.Music used in the trailer may be AI edited (the supplier was unclear)
Code, Writing, Ideation, 2D Images, Music
Dark Gothic survivor-style action with free loot drops and deep build crafting. Choose from Barbarian, Mage, and Assassin; evolve five skill paths and hunt legendary gear. Carve through undead hordes, grow from a lone survivor, a…
The game supports multiple interface languages, and some visual assets were generated using AI.
2D Images, UI Elements, Unspecified