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Phantom Cardia: Astral Card Duel is a turn-based card RPG. Build 30-card decks from 168 cards, fuse duplicates into permanent Startraces, and cross an eight-chapter campaign. In co-op, you and an AI companion or friend command se…
AI tools were used to assist with editing the game’s promotional videos and creating a small portion of its art assets.
Video, 2D Images
A third-person action-puzzle adventure where a team of tiny toy agents explores an oversized human world, solves environmental puzzles, and uses each character's unique abilities to overcome obstacles.
Generative AI tools were used only during early-stage concept exploration and as internal visual and design references. No AI-generated artwork or other AI-generated content is included in the final game. All final in-game art assets are either created by our development team or sourced from properly licensed assets. The game does not use live-generated AI during gameplay.
Ideation
Desk Hunter is a desktop idle RPG that keeps battling in a compact window while you work or play. Collect loot, refine equipment through Gear Alchemy, shape builds through skills and growth nodes, fight alongside familiars, and t…
AI tools were used to assist with translation and localization of in-game text.
Localization
Your enemies are your weapons. Usurper puts a fresh spin on incremental space shooters. Take control of enemy ships and their firepower, grow stronger through combat and research, master new forms, and use your enemies' power aga…
Generative AI tools were used during development to assist with game localization and code generation.
Code, Localization
A turn-based management strategy game about leading a traveling fixer crew hired to rescue game studios in crisis. Plan the week, split dependent tasks across five disciplines, beat deadlines, and protect your crew from burnout.
Project Burnout was created through a human-directed development process using generative AI tools. These tools contributed to programming; localization; character, in-game, and store artwork; and pre-generated audio including music, sound effects, narration and character voices. All shipped results were selected, reviewed, tested, and integrated by the development team. No content is generated by AI during gameplay, and the game does not connect to external generative-AI services while running.
2D Images, Code, Music, Sound Effects, Voiceover, Localization
A cozy dice town builder with a brainy tetromino twist. Three dice decide the shape, building, and nature you fit into your little sketchbook town — the warm yet brain-teasing joy of tetromino placement. Use stars to fine-tune th…
Generative AI was used only for programming assistance and localization. No generative AI was used for artwork, music, or sound effects.
Code, Localization
Build the dungeon. Send in your hero. Extract the loot. Grow stronger. Dungeon Buster is an incremental dungeon-building autobattler RPG built around permanent progression and deeper expeditions.
Some UI elements had their concept art generated, then our artist carefully refined and and improved each part to ensure a cohesive experience.
UI Elements
A first-person psychological horror where you must identify anomalies, choose the correct elevator to progress, and escape an endless loop in a hospital corridor while avoiding deadly entities.
This game uses AI-generated content in some images.
2D Images
A cyberpunk roguelike deckbuilder. Fight the AI apocalypse with melee, magic, or rifle — 3 weapon classes, 9 build paths, 120+ cards. Every run is a new tactical puzzle of stance, distance, and deck synergy.
Some visual assets (card art and character portraits) generated using Google Gemini image models. Some SFX partially generated via ElevenLabs where Unity Assets were not available. All licensed for commercial use. Game design, code, and text content are original.
2D Images, Sound Effects
ALL GAS is an endless, high-speed traffic-weaving experience where every run is different. Push your limits on a flowing, procedurally generated highway and prove yourself on the global leaderboards.
During the development process, developer may use AI-based tools to assist with the creation of certain UI elements. In any case, the output reflects the expression of the development team. Examples include upgrade icon images.
UI Elements
Poker hands aren't just played here — they're placed. Drop each card onto a 3×3 altar where the Five Elements feed and fight their neighbors, cascading multipliers across the board. A roguelike deckbuilder about space, not sequen…
During development we used generative AI tools to create some content that ships in the game:- Visual art: Some 2D art (card illustrations, store/capsule art, boss and deity illustrations, UI seals, and marketing images) was generated with an image model, then hand-edited, composited, and curated by us.- Music: The looping background music tracks were generated with an AI music tool, then edited and mastered (trimmed and crossfade-looped) by us before inclusion.- Text / localization: Some in-game text and its translations (Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese, English) were produced with AI assistance and then reviewed and edited by us.All AI-generated content was reviewed by a human before shipping.We have confirmed our right to use these tools' output commercially, and have taken steps to ensure the content does not infringe third-party IP.
2D Images, UI Elements, Marketing Assets, Music, Writing, Localization
Renegades is a party RPG with deckbuilding combat: lead five hunted heroes, each with unique mechanics and their own deck, choose three for each fight, and survive a kingdom coming apart through tactical, story-driven battles.
This game includes pre-generated AI-assisted assets created during development, including selected background music and some visual art assets. All AI-assisted content was reviewed, curated, and edited by the developer before inclusion in the game. The game does not use live generative AI during gameplay.
2D Images, Music