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AI has been used for pre-rendering player dialogue from text to audio

Steam achievements may contain pictures that was generated by AI

Music in the game is AI generated.

We use a AI voices for the radio messages, some icons and sound effects.

AI is used to generate pre-rendered avatars used for heroes in the game.

Pre-generated textures, items and characters images in the game

This project did not use tools to create content from text prompts. Because "Generative Artificial Intelligence" is inconcistently defined, following it the list all Machine Learning technologies I use. Many of them are widely used and not commonly considered AI, but meet the current dictionary definition of "computer system that has some qualities of human brain that is able to produce text, images, etc.", so I list them for full transparency: - Generating crew portraits with artist-driven sliders for facial features. - Creating portrait depth maps for dynamic lighting. - Upscaling promotional images. - Denoising rendered images. - Enhancing in-game ads with actor face replacement for realism. - Spell-checking, grammar-checking and rephrasing some text.

Store page translation into some languages was made with the assistance of AI.

Steam achievements may contain pictures that was generated by AI

Steam achievements may contain pictures that was generated by AI

Art, translations, and music are pre-rendered using AI.

AI Generated: - Loading Screens - Store Graphical Assets - Achievements Icons. - Cinematics & Voice Overs.

Steam achievements may contain pictures that was generated by AI

Some of the voice-over dialogs during the introduction cut-scene are computer generated. Some of the images during the introduction cut-scene were stylized using generative AI.

Generative AI has been critical for the development of this game and is infact a part of it's lore as well. Generative AI assisted us in producing pre-renders for our backgrounds and complimenting the high quality of our human made animations, the backgrounds of this game wouldn't have looked as beautiful as it does nor even possible had BOS released before generative AI existed. In simple: The game uses AI generated images for the backgrounds of different regions.

In Ashes of Mankind, we utilize AI-generated voiceovers to bring life to key in-game characters, such as GRIM and E.M.A. These entities serve as guides and narrators within the battlefield, known as The Citadel. Their unique personalities and lore were crafted by our team, with their voices pre-rendered using AI during development. Importantly, this use of AI is not generated live during gameplay, and there is no intention to impersonate real individuals or infringe upon existing copyrights. These AI-generated voices are carefully designed to enhance immersion while respecting all applicable guidelines. We remain committed to creating an engaging and authentic experience while ensuring transparency and compliance with Steam's policies.

Some art is made with AI

We are a small indie team and as our game includes close to 200 characters you can interact with, we have used Midjourney to produce their portraits for the Early Access release of the game. Depending on feedback we may revisit this at a later stage.

Steam achievements may contain pictures that was generated by AI

Translation into some languages (in the game and on the store page) and some of the store page assets ​​were made with the assistance of AI. Some elements inside the game like shirts of the players, may be generated with the assistance of AI.

While almost the entirety of the game is human-made, there are still some places where AI was used to speed up work, data validation or help with tedious tasks - such as converting old crafting recipes to a new format, improving wording of some in-game item descriptions, or generating placeholder thumbnails for internal use (e.g. testing GUI layout and renderer).

Some of the backgrounds are created using AI and manual refinement.

Translation into some languages (in the game and on the store page) and some of the store page assets ​​were made with the assistance of AI. Some elements inside the game like shirts of the players, may be generated with the assistance of AI.

Music in the game is AI generated.

In order to improve game performance, some parts of the code use mathematical formulas generated with the help of AI. AI was used to enhance several backgrounds and images that were originally hand-drawn and then used as reference material.

Due to the ambitious scope of the game, as well as our limited budget and manpower, generative AI has been integrated into our workflow to create pre-rendered "AI-assisted" assets. Character sprites (including facial expressions) are hand-drawn and colored, but enhanced using Stable Diffusion (img2img). Background images may be real photographs taken by hand, and/or AI-enhanced versions of real photographs (img2img). Voices are uniquely AI-generated by Eleven Labs. Proper inflection and tone are achieved by using an AI voice-changer to "wear" each voice and record lines individually. All of the above work is being done by the team lead, who is also responsible for the writing and programming, in order to bring his creative vision to life in a reasonable span of time. We appreciate your understanding, and hope you enjoy the game.

Pre-rendered AI generated voices may be used for NPCs in a few missions.

This project used LLM assistance for the creation of the mouse cursor icon, the game title design, and a recipe for Halloween sugar-free gingerbread cookies.

We use Ai to detect offensive material being uploaded to use as stage backgrounds and facemasks. Ai is also used to flag offensive room names and descriptions. Use of AI art is used in some marketing material for the steam page and announcements

Music is generated by Sumo, voices are generated by elevenlabs and icon and some ingame images are also generated by doll-e

Some event banners use AI generated images, some dialog uses AI generated content.