Next Fest
Explorer

only for cover title and background, not in game

All pre-rendered visual artwork was created using generative AI under developer direction. This includes environment backgrounds, interface and menu artwork, branding, icons, and promotional/title-card images.

Generative AI was used to assist in the creation of some visual assets, UI elements and musics featured in Warchaic. Software development was handled by our development team, while animations, visual effects (VFX) and sound effects (SFX) were either created by our team or sourced from licensed asset packages.

Generative AI tools were used during development to assist in the creation of some visual and audio content. AI-assisted visual assets used in the game were substantially edited and refined by the developer and commissioned artists. Generative AI was also used to create music used in the promotional trailer.

This game's implementation makes extensive use of generative AI tools. Most of the visual assets (including skill icons and UI elements such as the boss health bar), the background music, portions of the in-game text and its localization, and much of the source code were produced with the assistance of AI generation tools.The game design itself is authored by the developer: the overall structure and player progression, class and skill design, boss movesets and phase design, and all numeric balance including damage values, health, drop rates and growth curves. These were planned, playtested and iterated on by the developer.

This game uses content created or assisted by generative AI. Generative AI was used to help create and edit some visual assets, music/sound materials, and scripts. All final content was reviewed, selected, and adjusted by the developer before being included in the game.

The visuals are generated by AI.

This game uses generative AI in almost every aspect of its development, including programming, graphics, music, and more.

Generative AI was used during development to create the game’s pre-generated 2D visual assets, including card illustrations, backgrounds, UI decorative elements, and Steam marketing materials. It was also used to assist with portions of the store text and localization. All AI-assisted content was selected, edited, and reviewed by the developer before publication. The game does not use generative AI to generate content at runtime.

The artwork in this game — the title screen, the application icon, the difficulty-selection backgrounds, the plate textures behind buttons and panels, and the store art — and background music tracks were created with generative AI tools, then selected and adjusted by the developer. The puzzle boards, pieces and target patterns are drawn procedurally, the sound effects are synthesized at runtime, and every puzzle is produced by a deterministic solver. No content is generated live during gameplay.

Some visual assets (sprites and promotional art) were created with generative AI tools and then edited. The game does not generate AI content at runtime.

Character artwork for Giusto’s characters that represent each tier of the player’s journey began as AI-generated concept art, conceptualized, directed and reviewed by our team to match the the art direction of the game. 3D character models were generated from this concept art using Tripo AI’s image-to-3D tool, then reviewed and integrated into the game by our development team. From which, the final 3D models were designed and styled within Unreal Engine 5 to fit the feel of our game. All game design, music and other content were built directly by our team and purchased and licensed human-made asset packs.