Big Walk studio House House admits limited LLM use as IGF jurors take a stand against AI games

House House says it used large language models sparingly to resolve technical problems and bugs while making Big Walk, according to Aftermath. The studio estimates that well under 0.1% of the game's code was connected to this use.

The disclosure came a day after 19 named jurors for the 2027 Independent Games Festival said they would not vote for any game that used generative AI in its development, citing a significant increase in such submissions. House House said "generative AI was not used in any other context when making the game".

House House did not previously disclose the use on Steam because the platform does not request disclosures about code or chatbot use. The studio said Big Walk was made without an internal AI policy and plans to establish a more comprehensive policy for future games.