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Generative AI tools were used during development to assist in creating some 2D graphics, visual effects, and sound effects. AI-generated outputs are reviewed and edited before being used in the game. The game does not use generative AI or generate AI content during gameplay.

Generative AI was used to assist with coding the game.Generative AI was also used to create the cover art for the Steam store page.

Generative AI tools helped create or refine some artwork, UI assets, 3D assets, and text, alongside purchased asset packs. All were reviewed and integrated by the developer. No music or audio was AI-generated, and the game does not generate AI content during play.

The soundtrack of PERIHELIA was created with the assistance of generative AI music tools. All tracks were curated, edited and integrated by hand, and each ships with a hand-authored beatmap. All other content — art, code, visual effects — is authored directly and drawn procedurally, with no AI involvement.

Generative AI was used in creating all pre-rendered artwork, including environment backgrounds, menu and branding art, icons, and promotional/title-card images. These assets were reviewed and integrated by the developer. No content is generated during gameplay, and the game does not connect to external AI services.

Pre generated images were hand picked, edited, and assembled by the developer.

Visual assets for the Store Page and Steam Library (including header images, background art, and the base design of the game logo) were created with the assistance of Generative AI.Pre-generated Content: The marketing and branding materials were conceptualized using AI tools, followed by extensive manual editing, polishing, and compositing to ensure alignment with the game's minimalist aesthetic.Live-generated Content: The game does not feature any live-generated AI content during gameplay.

Music and images created with AI assistance.

Operation: Horumus is a "vibe coding" experiment. Most of the game's content — code, game design, pixel art, sound effects, procedural music, narrative writing, and all four language localizations (English, Korean, Japanese, Simplified Chinese) — was developed with extensive use of generative AI tools, under the developer's direction. Every creative and technical decision was made by the developer, and all AI-generated output was reviewed and curated before inclusion.No AI is invoked during gameplay. The game runs entirely offline and makes no calls to external AI services.This is a parody experiment, and the use of AI is part of the experiment itself. We disclose it here so you can decide whether that approach is interesting to you.

Some visual assets (such as store page graphics, backgrounds, and UI elements) and the localization/translation of the game's user interface were created with the assistance of generative AI tools. All core gameplay mechanics and code are strictly human-made, and no live AI content generation occurs during gameplay

Autoregressive Gen Assist & Debugging

Generative AI tools were used during development to assist with visual asset creation, programming support, background music generation, and writing/editing structured script data such as dialogue and localization files.