# The indie game community is in disarray over AI and Big Walk > HelixNews · Web page: https://helixnews.one/story/30915 · All pages for agents: https://helixnews.one/llms.txt 2 outlets covering · First listed: The Verge, Nov 10, 2026, 11:32 AM · Read it: Some Independent Games Festival (IGF) jurors published a statement yesterday saying they would not vote for games that use generative AI in "any capacity." Soon after, the developer of indie hit Big Walk has published a statement saying it "sparingly" used AI in the "final stretch" of the game's development to "help work through difficult ## Who's covering it In the order they published: - Nov 10, 2026, 11:32 AM: [The indie game community is in disarray over AI and Big Walk]() — The Verge (Digital news, United States) Some Independent Games Festival (IGF) jurors published a statement yesterday saying they would not vote for games that use generative AI in "any capacity." Soon after, the developer of indie hit Big Walk has published a statement saying it "sparingly" used AI in the "final stretch" of the game's development to "help work through difficult - Nov 11, 2026, 11:37 AM: [Big Walk used AI to fix a bug. Now the indie gaming world is having a reckoning.]() — Ars Technica (Digital news, United States) Any amount of AI coding is too much for many Indie Game Festival judges.