>>81644
I don't see how it is messy or difficult to ban AI outright.
Just write down a rule that says
"Using generative models of any kind, free or not, self hosted or online, using your own prompts, code or content to create Text, Images or Sound is prohibited, and doing so will result in scrutiny by the judges and a possible disqualification of your game.
Other people put in effort creating assets for their games, there is artists that offer to help you, ask them to join your team and do collaborative work or use asset banks or even softwares such as Daz Studio, or Virt-a-mate, it is unfair to create content through the use of a generator that somebody else created, while others spend days focusing on elements that take time to craft from scratch"
done.
As of the gamejam I found it to be relatively successful, there was a handful of well made and creative games, that are even getting new updates planned in the future.
The only people complaining were mostly the AI users themselves, the only exception being AnonymooseProduction who started bitching about his game not making it to the top 5, because he has his own head so far up his own ass he doesn't realize said top 5 was made up of hand-drawn assets made by 3 to 4 people, using custom engines for some and with actual gameplay loops, while his game was a cringe-worthy VN made in Ren'py filled with memes slapped together in a ridiculous plot and using trash Virt-a-mate models that he keeps putting in every single one of his games.