I am personally super happy with the decision to ban AI artwork from participation. I've used AI to fill in the gaps in some of my projects in the past, but I know for a fact my games were worse off overall for it. It robbed me of a chance to practice what I wasn't confident in. to folks who are determined that they have no artistic talent, just give it a shot! it may take you a while (my games are a prime example of my slow growth), but giving up at the starting line wont help you in the slightest. for a game jam focused on encouraging creativity and practice, this is the right call! good luck everyone!
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yeah i agree, while AI can be a useful thing for noobs, you gotta actually start trying, especially if you are a dev who doesn't allow people to play your game unless you give them money (skycorp doesn't allow you to play much of it unless you pay them money per month. and they've been taking their time with their work, i'll say.) so them using AI now, not a surprise to me, but a bit of a disapointment. like come on, you are pretty experienced skycorp, you should try to improve yourself and learn some new useful skills. AI is very much just a crutch, and doesn't really fit a jam that's about creativity, it's like if at a spelling bee you were allowed to let chat gpt spell for you. kinda just..defeats some of the fun of it. that is just my opinion though.