Where do games disclose AI use?

AI was used to reduce time investment in illustration art. The AI art can be seen in various UI elements where illustrations are present. Please note, all of the AI art you see wasn't merely generated and thrown into the game, it obviously needed a fairly extensive degree of retouching.

In the interest of transparency, illustrations were created with the help of AI-assisted tools, used as creative support within a human-led artistic process.

Dev uses generative AI tools to help develop some in game assets.

AI art is used as placeholder for cards who's artwork is not yet finished. We are regularly replacing artwork with hand made artwork. The final product won't have any ai or placeholder artwork.

Dynamic Aging: Unit portraits realistically age over time. Each character is initially AI-generated and then hand-finished by our artist.

Some dialogue backgrounds and icons use AI generation.

I used AI tools during development to help with code optimization, solve problems like pathfinding and mathematical formulas, and assist with English translation and proofreading.

Some images are generated using AI.

Image generation used for the store page only

AI was used to generate some of prototype art.

Generative AI was used for the background of the store page capsule art.

I use Grok to help render background images for Scenes and the stores in order to set the tone/atmosphere.

1. Artistic assets are generated with the assistance of AI. (Can be completely removed from the inside mod page) 2. The localized text is translated with the assistance of artificial intelligence.

A majority of the static image content, the character portrait animations in the Character Select screen, and some flavor text on playable cards, had AI play a role in their development. Some notable exceptions to this are: The card frame artwork for all cards, which were created by a contracted artist. Our capsule and header images, which were created by a contracted artist. Some enemy portraits. Marketing materials which include artwork from the capsule and header. All narrative and dialogue text, which was written by the team. We would like to extend a special thank you to the select family and friends who volunteered their likenesses for use as models for some of our main characters. It is deeply appreciated and we enjoyed working with you.

We use the IA to create 10 small portrait for the monster that you encounter into the campaign mode.

Pre-rendered AI generated images may be used for card art.

Capsule art generated by AI.

Parts of the trading cards artwork and profile backgrounds artwork were helped or enhanced by artificial intelligence.

For ideation and references only.

AI was used for generating of heroes' portraits

Community items were generated using artificial intelligence.

Some of our card art was produced with AI-generated images which our artists painted over and edited before animating the finished card. Some older marketing and website material has been AI-generated as well.

AI tools were used to pre-generate a marching song heard during one of the sequences in late game.

Some artworks have been made with the help of the Midjourney AI tool.

This game used AI to help quickly iterate through designs for some UI elements using our own artwork as a baseline. AI is also used to help translate the game; and is used for the AlienGPT custom species system using player inputs.

The illustration is created with AI and modified.

Generative AI is used for the English audio narration, loading screens and a small percentage of skill icons.

Quick note: The capsule art is AI-generated as a temporary placeholder, but I’m already working with an artist to replace and upgrade it with final artwork.

Some graphics, music, and translations were created with the help of AI and refined manually.

In our game development process, we have adopted AI technology to generate art content, mainly for the character portraits of esports players and illustrations in game events. We hope to provide players with richer and more diverse character portraits, but considering the economic, manpower, and time aspects, we find it difficult to afford a large amount of hand-drawn content. We have tried to separate parts such as the mouth, face, and nose, and then assemble them into 3D characters, but the effect was not satisfactory. Therefore, we decided to try a new method: using AI to generate these contents. We used some of the content we had created before to train the AI model, allowing it to learn and understand the art style and requirements we want. Now, all the AI-generated character portraits and illustrations in the game are made by our trained model, and after completion, we also manually correct them. We deeply understand that AI cannot replace the creativity and uniqueness of real artists. For this, we feel very sorry, but we also promise you that “Esports Godfather” is not a work without sincerity. We have spent a tremendous amount of time polishing innovative gameplay and various experience content. In these four and a half years, we have been committed to completing a work that satisfies everyone. We hope you can understand our decision and continue to support our game. We will continue to work hard to provide you with a better gaming experience.

The game includes AI-generated images.

Some of our artwork is generated via an AI and then re-rendered by our artist.

Generative AI was used in a limited capacity during development to assist with marketing artwork.

Usage of AI-Generated and Assisted Illustrations in Shadow Empire Post-release Illustration Creation Process The developers use Midjourney and Nano Banana to generate high-resolution illustrations for new functionality added post-release, particularly for Vidcom and Stratagem artwork. These images are often post-processed by hand, as well as enhanced using tools like Magnific, Topaz Labs, or other upscaling and refinement software. AI in Post-release Portrait Art Portraits: A base image is generated using Midjourney with a generic prompt such as “portrait of young woman, military.” Smaller parts (eyes, nose, mouth, hair, etc.) are overlaid using DALL·E to create variations. Aging effects are achieved by rendering an older skin texture with partial transparency over the younger base face. The older the character, the more opaque the overlay becomes. (Note: Eyes and lips often retain a youthful appearance.) This effect is gradually applied using a limited number of sprite layers, allowing nuanced visual transitions. AI-Generated Art in Post-release Game Content The game includes AI-generated and AI-assisted illustrations for Vidcoms and Stratagems. All such AI-generated art is pre-generated — no generative AI tools are called or used in real-time by the game itself. The intention is to provide players with an option to toggle between the original and updated AI-enhanced graphics via preferences. (Note: This is an aim and may not yet apply to all content.)

I use PhotoShop's generative AI, Replica Studios for some voice acting, and ChatGPT for some quest dialogue. I also use Mid Journey to generate graphics. Most AI generated content is temporary and will be replaced when/if the game ever makes enough money to hire people to replace them.

Used chaptgpt 4 for generation and enhancements trading cards and community assets art.

No generative AI is used to write content or produce any kind of imagery or assets for the game. For localization, we hire professional translators with AI tools to reduce the workload. Final translations include both machine-translated text that's been human-reviewed and directly human-translated text (e.g. "The megacorps created Cyber Knights as the first quantum-secure data couriers").

Card paintings is created by AI.

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

IA art only on store page

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.