Will there be a way to categorize games by whether they were AI generated or not? This way anyone making a game without AI can prioritize giving reviews to others in their category.
Good question. Itch already has a built in way for developers to disclose AI use. However you would first need to determine what that even means.
Which brings us to a bit of a problem in that almost every big game engine: Phaser, Pixi, Godot, and LittleJS used AI code in their development. Web browsers like Chrome and Firefox, are built using AI. Google search also uses AI. So it's really not fair to say that any game was developed completely without AI.
LittleJS also provides a set of tools specifically for people to make better games using agentic programming:
https://github.com/KilledByAPixel/LittleJS-AI
What I think what you mostly want to avoid is low effort entries that are basically AI one shots. This is usually pretty obvious from the thumbnail if not within the first 10 seconds of gameplay. Feel free to just avoid those entries or give them a bad review if you want.
Specifically I would like is a way to filter games so that I can only review human-made games (if I decide to also make a human-made game). It's not always obvious from the the thumbnail or the first 10 seconds. There are filters for Platform, etc. already. I'm curious if there can be one for AI-generated vs. human-made. I understand that the category selection would have to be an honor system, and that the definition is fuzzy.
I didn't know how much of it is customizable. Thanks, that's a good idea. /t/7003709/custom-categories-for-game-jams-especially-ai-gen-vs-h...