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A wuxia life-sim card game.You die, and the jianghu remembers you. Reborn — this life, are you a noble scion, or an orphan beggar? Learn, roam, make enemies, find love — every choice rewrites your fate. Reincarnate, carry your pa…
Music and images created with AI assistance.
2D Images, Music
A dark fantasy roguelike tower defense. Hold the wall against endless legions across ten acts, command 23 unique heroes and forge runs that never repeat. Every wave you survive is a choice; every choice reshapes the siege. How lo…
Grimhold's artwork is created by commissioned human artists, and its music is human-made licensed audio. Generative AI tools were used to assist in writing portions of the game's descriptive text and creature lore. All gameplay, code, and design are human-made. The game does not generate any AI content during play and does not connect to external AI services.
Writing
In this absurd first-person bouncer game, you have 10 seconds to decide who gets into the club. Check IDs, catch drunks and hidden contraband, confiscate forbidden items, then let them in - or slap, shove, grab, and throw them ou…
We combined hands-on development with AI tools to help speed up our workflow, including work on artwork, music, text, and translations.
2D Images, Music, Writing, Localization
Bring a lucky dog to your desktop! It stays in a screen corner, keeps you company while you work, and lets a little luck into your day. Take a break with a quick card game, win rewards, open blind boxes, collect outfits, and make…
AI-assisted BGM, localization translations, and store trailer transitions.
Music, Localization, Video
BULLETJUMP is a survival shooter where you jump and shoot your way through relentless waves of bullets while avoiding going out of bounds.
AI was used in assistance for complex coding solutions. nothing more.
Code
An action RPG with roguelite elements. Explore the levels of Hades, battle the hordes of enemies, and unlock new abilities and unique items that will increase your chances of survival. Solve puzzles scattered throughout the level…
Generative IA used for marketing shop and into games for some UI portraits placeholder
UI Elements, Marketing Assets, 2D Images
A linear paranormal mystery visual novel driven by dynamic text presentation. As timid but earnest rookie Mao-Rabbit, explore a mall after closing, rescue a customer the night guard cannot see, and uncover the anomaly rules alrea…
Generative AI tools were used during development to assist with portions of the programming, user interface and text presentation implementation, as well as initial drafts of some localizations. The game’s setting, narrative text, visual design, and all final content were created and determined by the developer. No generative image models were used, and the game does not connect to or invoke any generative AI services at runtime. It contains no live-generated content.
Code, UI Elements, Writing, Localization
Ride attractions, play minigames, and chase online high scores! Shoot ducks, feed raptors with a crossbow, or hunt pterosaurs from a roller coaster. Win teddies at the Claw Machine and fill your Lodge shelves with Dino Cards. You…
Generative AI was used for some artwork and audio (music and sound effects). No AI is used at runtime.
2D Images, Music, Sound Effects
Explore abandoned locations with 1–4 players. The creature hunts, captures, and imprisons you — your teammates must find you before it's too late. Can you escape together?
Some visual assets and music in this game were created with the assistance of generative AI tools. All AI-generated content was reviewed, edited, and finalized by the development team.
2D Images, Music
Waronomy is a deceptively simple, yet highly strategic turn-based conquest wargame set in a medieval fantasy world, where strategy is everything: raise armies, empower heroes, forge elite stacks, and annihilate rival warlords unt…
Some image assets are generated by AI.
2D Images
Build a cozy city block by block in a spatial puzzle city-builder where smart placement earns points. Create powerful synergies, unlock new tools, expand, and grow a living city.
This game uses AI as an aid in the marketing and coding process.
Code, Marketing Assets
Guardian of Boss Neko is a 2D anime-style survivor-like game with integrated guardian mechanics. Players take on the role of a young female escort and protect Boss Neko the catgirl from waves of monster attacks.
Portions of this game's art assets were created with generative AI assistance. All content has been manually curated, adjusted and quality-verified.
2D Images