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You take on the role of Alice, who wanders through a dark forest in search of a way out. On her journey she meets many figures — each one a reflection of her own personality, an echo of her fears, and a manifestation of her subco…
Helping build and manage narratives
Writing
BotForge is an intense roguelite auto-battler where strategic loadouts, custom circuits, and precise heat management dictate the fate of every run. Build your ultimate mecha, optimize core systems, and adapt your tactics to survi…
As a solo developer, I used generative AI tools during the development process to assist with creating game assets (such as character artwork and item graphics), composing background music, and generating or refining code snippets. All AI-assisted content was pre-generated prior to release and manually curated. No AI content is generated live during gameplay.
2D Images, Music, Code
Turn a bare house into your dream home with your own brush. Draw furniture, appliances, toys, and pets by hand, then watch them come alive together in about 7 seconds like magic brushes. 15 rooms, family pets, cute pixel art - co…
AI‑generated music is used in this game, and some artwork was created with reference to AI‑generated images.
Music, 2D Images
Awoken is a story-rich fantasy RPG with real-time pausable combat. Push ever deeper into a dangerous Zone created by a magical disaster and investigate its links to a secretive order. Explore five regions, choose your friends, bu…
Character portraits and story illustrations received an AI enhancement pass based on the original hand-painted artwork. Each image was then refined with a manual hand-drawn pass.
2D Images
Smash your way through endless waves of enemies and grow insanely powerful with spells + guns! Summon armies, fortify bases, level up, dash around enemies effortlessly, unlock characters + upgrade to create unique and wild builds…
AI tools were used ONLY to initialize the store thumbnail (capsule art), as I am a solo game developer, not a graphic designer.
Marketing Assets
A 2D pixel-art Monster Tamer RPG set in a medieval realm scarred by centuries of war. Catch, train, evolve, and breed over 200 monsters, master tactical grid-based combat, collect every Faction Emblem, and earn your place in the …
Generative AI was used to assist with grammar and spelling checks for some in-game text, translate store page content, and generate some sound assets. All content was reviewed and approved by the developer before inclusion. The game does not use live-generated AI.
Sound Effects, Writing, Localization
The most absurd soccer game ever created! More than 30 ridiculous teams, dice-powered abilities, and total chaos. Aliens, zombies, crypto traders, communists, punks, orcs, lawyers, Vikings, and more fight to reach the Final. Play…
This game includes pre-generated AI-assisted content, including music, voice lines, translations, some sound effects, and some graphic design elements.
Music, Sound Effects, Voiceover, Localization, Other
StarColony is a resource management & incremental space colony building game.
Code written with AI assistance.Use AI to generate descriptions for planets.
Code, Writing
A casual, retro-inspired 2D shooter with an alt-history twist! Pilot the last German Zeppelin in a parallel universe against a reptilian army. Master your Zero-Energy Impulse and blast through double-deckers and flying saucers. S…
AI was used to help fine-tuning some graphics and animations, also to create some background graphics.AI was used to create voices and to fine tune music.
2D Images, Music, Voiceover, Animation
Shred endless waves of hostile spaceships in a 1-bit arcade survival roguelite. Build absurd weapon combos, unlock pilots, upgrade your fighter, and survive escalating dogfights against swarms, elite enemies, and colossal bosses.
AI was used only to help review, correct, and improve portions of existing code during development. All visual assets, music, and other creative content in the game were made by real artists, whose work I fully support.
Code
High-speed space arena for 2–8 players. Your ship leaves a permanent trail that fills the arena — touch any trail, wall, or ship and you're out. Play online with friends or solo against bots. 20 unlockable ships, host-configurabl…
Spaceship models and some sound effects have been developed with the use of AI.
3D Models, Sound Effects
Become a Sellsword in a magical kingdom. Take contracts from rival factions, battle for gold and reclaim territory in the name of mighty overlords. Forge your path through a living sandbox where no two journeys unfold alike, and …
AI is used to enhance images, icons, artwork, and UI elements by applying filters and visual refinements to assets we originally created ourselves.
2D Images, UI Elements