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Song of Larithea is made by a solo developer using generative AI across the pipeline: the artwork is AI-generated and then hand-edited in Photoshop, and the voice lines, music, and sound are AI-generated as well. The story is the author's own, adapted from her own novel, with AI helping polish the English text. The game ships in English, Russian and Simplified Chinese; both translations are AI-generated. Art, voice, music, and sound are reviewed, corrected, and finished by hand before they ship.

I'm the only developer on The Fixer. The 928 2D images (portraits, scenes, stadiums, events) were made with AI image tools, then I selected and adjusted each one against fixed references. The 59 music tracks and 34 sound effects came from AI audio tools, picked and tuned by me. Code and narrative text were written with AI assistance under my direction: I set the rules, balanced the game, rewrote the text, and validated it all by playing. The EN, ES and IT translations are AI-assisted and proofread. Everything is produced during development: nothing is generated by AI while you play.

Generative AI tools were used during development to assist with portions of the game’s code, gameplay data, English and Korean text, visual assets—including card, character, monster, UI, and environment artwork—and the creation of music, ambience, and sound effects.All AI-assisted material was reviewed and selected by the developer, then edited or processed where appropriate, tested, and integrated into the game. The game does not use generative AI at runtime, and no player input or personal data is sent to generative AI services.

No live AI generation is used during gameplay. Bit Footballer's stadiums, players, kits, crests and crowd sound are produced procedurally by game code, and the soundtrack is synthesized by the project's own audio script. AI tools were used under developer direction for implementation, localization, and selected store page artwork.

Generative AI tools were used as assistive instruments during development to help generate base concepts and layers for some of the game's background music and 2D visual assets. However, most AI-generated audio and visual materials were edited and finalized by our human development team to perfectly match the game's cyberpunk atmosphere. No AI is used to generate real-time content during gameplay.

Localization

As a solo developer, this game utilizes generative AI tools to assist in the creation of certain assets—including game dialogue, artwork, and audio elements—which are then carefully edited, refined, and polished by the developer.

Generative AI was used to assist in creating certain promotional artwork and the game's logo/title. These assets were manually edited, composited, and refined by the developer. All gameplay, code, vehicles, environments, UI, level design, and core game content were created manually by the developer.

Generative AI was used to create art assets and assist with localization text. These assets and translations are prepared during development.

AI tools were used during development as a learning and support aid. They helped me understand development workflows, troubleshoot technical problems, explore gameplay and UI ideas, and create early concept images used as visual references. All final decisions, implementation, balancing, and content selection were handled and reviewed by me. No AI content is generated during gameplay.

The game itself is built from hand-written code, human-made art assets, and licensed music, and does not use generative AI while you play. Generative AI was used to help create some marketing and store artwork and to assist with translating the game into other languages, with all translations reviewed.

Some visual art assets and music used in this game were created with the assistance of generative AI tools. These materials are used as part of the game's visual presentation and soundtrack. No content is generated by AI during gameplay.