As I cannot reply directly to settle this due to a weird bug on itch I've been experiencing.
There's zero AI-generated art in the game. We employ a full team of artists.
We discussed considering training a model on one of our own artist's work, with his involvement, during a period when severe local disruption prevented him from working normally... His city was literally turning into urban warfare, and this was a way to try keep him paid so he could survive in the meanwhile whilst remaining employed.
That plan was never implemented. And claiming we're stealing artwork or assets is false. Pretty much every single piece of art I can find the sketches to.
The only reason this record even exists is because I choose to acknowledge it is a thing that was discussed at one point in development rather than burying it.
I have receipts.
Final clarifications: As I cannot reply to people below me properly because itch continues to bug out - I will attach proof of this because apparently people also think this is a lie.
No, we obviously did not randomly tell people at the time the full details of what the artist was going through because the artist was entitled to privacy on that, not just so everyone could speculate on his current, living experience.
The user below I will not name was banned because he actively stalked and harassed us across websites. You do not have to like the game, but don't sit there shocked expecting me to tolerate harrrassment.
Arguments that sketches, working files and production records do not count as evidence because they could theoretically have been supplied to an AI model is an unfalsifiable hypothetical and completely bad faith argument.
It is the equivalent of arguing "Well, just because we haven't seen any unicorns, how can you be sure they don't exist, huh?"
No, we have not removed anything from the cheat menu. I have no idea where this has come from, we have, and are in fact, still adding to the cheat menu. Builds and devlogs liteally prove this. You can play an older build and a current, and SEE with your own eyes there are more cheats, but whatever.
I have chat logs discussing art as it is produced, and the changes I want. I have footage, sketches, artists WHO YOU CAN LITERALLY APPROACH AND INQUIRE ABOUT COMMISSIONS.
I am done at this point. I will not discuss the matter further. The burden of proof isn't on me, and yet somehow I am the one supplying all the actual evidence.
