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The thought of keeping it soley to human effort is good, but allowance of using LLMs/generative AI (Assuming that’s what you’re using, since they’re the issue but you probably know that Artificial Intelligence/an AI is generally a broad term that can apply to artificial intl programs that aren’t harmful. So if the programs you’re using are the harmless ones, sorry for the misunderstanding) in any capacity related to this still has the ethical and environmental concerns? Not to mention allowance of useage of it tends to also attract the same crowd who uses AI for art/writing because they don’t deem it worth the effort to learn.

For your issue of bugs or questions I understand(coding is tedious for me & I find it to be a pain. I’m still slowly learning but I use shortcuts & other people’s help mainly), there are dedicated (reddit mainly) forums & discord servers online soley for people to share and request code help & people will do it for FREE because they like helping. For a more consistent solution you can also search for a volunteer coder (people offer this on discord servers like devtalk). Obviously whatever you do is up to you & its your jam but wanted to share since I was initially curious but this put me off

No worries I get that. Good luck in the Jam! I'm sure the mods can explain it better if needed

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Hi there, I'm the jam organizer, Manisha! When I wrote that specific rule, it was mainly because we could not monitor the use of AI in places other than art assets and audio. However, I do agree and appreciate your take and concerns regarding the use of AI. I will be updating the rules to reflect the standards that the other bigger game jams are establishing. I know this topic has had many mixed opinions before but I would rather lean towards creativity and learning than the opposite. Thanks for sharing!

Updated rule:
We encourage you not to use artifical intelligence and/or generative AI in your game submissions. However, we are only able to monitor the use of AI generated images, graphics and audio assets. The game jam exists to encourage collaboration and refining our game dev skills.

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Hi Marissa! Thanks for responding and considering it! That totally makes sense, I think most jams with a general “no generative AI” rule operate off the good faith assumption that for things they can’t check like writing & code, all they can do is just trust the person submitting the game. It’s something that isn’t enforceable or provable & is more just to discourage it