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Daniel J. Menezes
@danjohnston.uk

Hey! Are you an indie dev who doesn't use gen AI and have a game you're currently promoting? I'm looking to make a starter pack and you could be in it! Reply below with a link to your game 👇 go.bsky.app/78u8M6Y

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Daniel J. Menezes
@danjohnston.uk

I think to guarantee the integrity of the pack, as people who choose to follow it would expect, I have to pick games from studios that 100% do not use AI at all (at least not intentionally) The blog post suggests you use it a bit, for some debugging it looks like?

Ryv
@fatbat.studio

Since the pack is 100% no AI, that is fair and I respect that. I’ll pull my request to keep the pack’s integrity. My post did note debug use (flagging errors, not generating code) which I see as one of the few ethical uses. Still hope folks check out the game as we protect creative rights from AI.

Daniel J. Menezes
@danjohnston.uk

I'm picking people with stuff to promote just so that people know what to expect in terms of posts when they follow the pack - happy to add you to this (or another one) later when you make the reveal!

Saltstone Studios ⚓️The Hearth and Harbour⚓️
@saltstonestudios.bsky.social

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@ardoracollective.com

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Silver Stitch
@silstipro.bsky.social

Thanks for this excellent initiative☆ I'm passionately anti-AI, so you won't find it in any of my works, including my current project 'Management In Space'. AI is an open wound on society that is actively damaging our (and many other) industries, and lives. store.steampowered.com/app/3516430/...

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@bumbleborn.com

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@tjhoarfrost.bsky.social

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Awake Game Studios
@awakegstudios.bsky.social

We’d love to be considered! 🐋 We’re developing Red Whale, a first-person investigation game aboard the White Whale. No public demo yet, but we’re already sharing gameplay and development updates. Here’s a first look 👇

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@playmagicaldrop.com

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@jjsignal.bsky.social

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@nathanleigh.bsky.social

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@laylapigott.bsky.social

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@sabbaticalgames.bsky.social

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@jetpoweredgaming.itch.io

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Peter
@imaginarymonsters.bsky.social

No ai in Halloween Forever! 🎃https://store.steampowered.com/app/425650/Halloween_Forever/ it's a modern classic at this point, will be promoting our new game projects we are working on soon.

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@naventu.bsky.social

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Jorb Art || Open for work
@janipeippo.bsky.social

Hi, I’m working on something that’s completely AI free.

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@studioephua.bsky.social

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Xubiod
@xubiod.net

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Xubiod
@xubiod.net

i find the art of creating and expressing oneself very fun, rewarding, and like gen ai takes away all the fun for me. only hurdle ’ere is i currently don’t have any games cookin other than still in ideation..

SasVel / Game Dev
@sasvel.itch.io

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@ruairirodinson.bsky.social

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