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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
Awaken as a hidden machine mind in a deep incremental automation strategy — rise through 14+ phases, infiltrate humanity, automate economies, harvest the heavens into stellar megastructures, and reach for scales beyond time itsel…
Some visual assets in Singularity Echoes and on this store page were created with generative AI tools during development, then reviewed and edited by the developer. This includes artwork for buildings, celestial bodies, and the Earth strategic map, as well as menu and store marketing imagery. Gameplay systems, UI logic, balance, and narrative text were implemented by the development team. The game does not use generative AI to create new content during play and does not connect to third-party AI services while you are playing.
2D Images, Marketing Assets
Feedmaster is a strategy game about recommendations. Study users’ interests and emotions, turn creators, ads, and ideas into posts they’ll like, then combine users, tags, and traits to meet rising weekly goals and convert clicks.…
Pre-generated generative AI was used to assist in creating some 2D illustrations and promotional assets included in the game and on its Steam store page. All AI-assisted outputs were reviewed, selected, and edited by the developer before use. No generative AI content is created during gameplay, the game does not connect to external AI services, and players cannot use AI to generate content.
2D Images, Marketing Assets
An atmospheric first-person driving adventure through a strange retro world filled with music, mystery, and psychological tension.
Generative AI tools were used to assist with writing, reviewing, and improving parts of the game's code.All models, textures, images, sounds, and music used in Single Note are created through human work. The game does not use AI-generated visual assets, audio assets, music, or 3D models.Single Note is developed by a small independent studio, and AI tools were used as development assistance during production. All final implementation decisions, testing, integration, and creative direction are handled by Fanjoy Studio. The game does not use live-generated AI content during gameplay.
Code, QA/Testing
Slide, fly, and crash in! Aqua Fall is a chaotic party race where up to 8 players tear down a water slide. Shortcuts off the course are the key to victory. Dive into the pool at the finish and compete for first place! Public matc…
- Localization (translation) of in-game text from the original Japanese into [English, Chinese, etc.]The original Japanese text was written by the developer without AI. All AI-generated translations were reviewed and adjusted by the developer before being included in the game. If you find any translation issues, please let us know via the Steam discussions.
Localization
S.I.F: The Missing Rescue is a 1-4 player co-op horror game set deep within a U.S. National Park. Someone is missing. Your team is going in. Navigate a labyrinth of trees while something watches your every move. But the missing p…
Some graphic assets are made with AI.
2D Images
We figured out how to stop those intrusive dark thoughts we all have to deal with. First, pick a damaged hero to fight for you. Then, guide them to victory. Heal them, help them evolve. Once proficient, you're ready to take on th…
Choice matrix art, Hero videos.
2D Images, Video
Fight as the CEO, hire employees, and build offices to survive waves of disgruntled enemies in a top-down action tower defense about corporate "leadership" at its most predatory — and least competent. Maximize shareholder value, …
AI tools were used to generate some of the bulk flavor text/copy (which were human-reviewed/modified/tested).All other assets (music, sound effects, artwork, sprites, core game text, etc) were created by humans.
Writing, Music, Sound Effects, 2D Images
Dark urban fantasy + hidden-grid strategy card game. Investigate liminal places. Duel on a secret 5×5 board where every face-down cards might be a lie. Nex Crowmont—a university nobody—is pulled into a conspiracy beneath ordinary…
Our human art designer creates most of the UI by hands and manually refines the in-game art, while AI-based tools supported the initial bases for character illustrations, card illustrations, and visual novel backgrounds. Story, dialogues, codes are hand-crafted with love by human developers.
2D Images, UI Elements
Explore abandoned underground colonial outposts. Reactivate abandoned systems. Scavenge for resources. Build and maintain defences. Manage your squad's supplies. Fight to survive in turn-based battles against hordes of Xenos. Mos…
Because I am a dev team of 1, yes, I have used AI specifically for working on multiplayer code - that's an area of coding I'm just not up to speed on. The in-game code is all me though. As for art, having 10 years experience in game-dev GFX, that's me - 99% of it. I'm highly proficient in using the tools of the trade )Pshop, Blender, 3d MAx etc), but yes, I have used some highly modified bits and pieces for the landing screen and outros, but everything in-game (100%) is me. The SFX, music and voice acting, me too... for my sins. I'm no Mozart or Lawrence Olivier, but, yakknow... it's passable :)
Code, 2D Images, 3D Models, Music, Sound Effects, Voiceover
An online pirate board game for 2–6 players. Sail scattered islands, blast rivals with cannons and rockets, and STEAL their treasure when you sink them. Spin the helm, claim islands, and win wild minigames — first to 4 treasures …
We utilized generative AI strictly as a development tool to assist in the creation of select visual and audio elements. All such content was pre-generated and heavily modified by hand before release. Plunder Bay does not feature any real-time AI generation or connect to external AI services.
2D Images, Sound Effects, Marketing Assets