That could be true, but what if itch.io shadow bans accounts they think are AI assisted? Because even my human-made games were deindexed. Space Game (my human-made game) was made on Scratch with zero AI assistance. I made my pixel art in Piskel. I coded it with the help of tutorials made by humans, not machines.
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Could it be that you started using AI without disclosing it? If so, the staff might have concluded that you intended to deceive users, which could be the reason why your games aren't being indexed.
In that case, the issue isn't that you used AI, but rather that you were untruthful about using it. To be clear, this is just a supposition—I’m not accusing you of anything.
bans accounts they think are AI assisted?
Again, if this were true, we would expect to see a consistent pattern—but that is not the case; every day, more and more AI-created games appear on Itch.
What Itch has done is implement a tag and an exclusion system: if I, as a user, do not wish to see AI-created games, there is a quick option on the left-hand side to filter them out of my search results. Therefore, it would make no sense for the staff to randomly ban a few creators simply for using AI.
In your specific situation—and noting that you mentioned in your initial post that you did not intend to discuss any particular ban—it is possible that your account has been flagged as suspicious for some reason. Perhaps you violated a rule, used bots, or did something else that caused the system to flag your entire account—rather than just an individual game—as suspicious, which is why none of your games are appearing in the index.
If this is the case, you should contact the staff to discuss the matter with them.
I never made anything NSFW. I didn't make low-quality mass-produced AI slop. I never do. I have a lot of projects, but they are all different games. I have different game pages but only for the Phone version. Like I said, this wasn't a post for the mods or itch.io staff. It was for everybody. And not just one person. I want lots of people to share their opinions on this.
I am not a moderator, nor do I work for the staff; I cannot tell anyone whether or not they should share their opinion, so I’m not really sure what you’re getting at.
I am simply a user sharing my own opinion. Honestly, I don’t think your argument holds any logic—one only needs to look at the thousands of games created using AI to see that your point doesn’t stand up, and that is all I wanted to highlight. If you don’t like my opinion, you are well within your rights to say so or to counter it with your own arguments; however, since this is a public forum, you cannot ask me not to express my views—especially when you yourself are posting in a public forum.
That said, and since it seems my replies bother you, I wish you a good day; I will not be responding to you again.
I’m the person who coded the site telling you how it works. If you want to ignore that to push some conspiracy theory (that’s clearly false if you spend a second browsing the most recent games) then I’ll just close the thread. Thanks