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A Steam AI Generated Content Disclosure

The developers describe how their game uses AI Generated Content like this:

AI-generated voiceovers for ingame characters. This is a indie no-budget production. Sorry :-'(

A Steam AI Generated Content Disclosure The developers describe how their game uses AI Generated Content like this: AI-generated voiceovers for ingame characters. This is a indie no-budget production. Sorry :-'(

I'm so sick of seeing AI disclaimers like this.

The solution to not having the budget for voice acting isn't to use AI, it's to not have voice acting at all!

Games don't need VO to be good!

By jamming in slopvoices, you're not making your game better, you're making it worse and reprehensible!

4 weeks ago 7729 2226 238 510

Thanks for the breakdown! It's always interesting to see the specific tooling created by small teams to allow the vision to work.

1 month ago 0 0 0 0

Thanks for the shoutout and feedback!
It's easy to skip demo content by going to the classroom early. I will update the demo in the future ๐Ÿ™

1 month ago 1 0 0 0
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In Hillthorn, clues act as conversation subjects. They can also be combined together!

There is no dialogue : You have to interpret the meaning behind the clues you receive.

#screenshotsaturday #demo #steam #indie #indiegame

1 month ago 6 1 0 0

Will give it a try it looks so fun!

1 month ago 1 0 0 0

Love how it looks and always in the mood for a Mystery! Will give it a try and add it to my list of monochrome games ๐Ÿ‘€

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Screenshot of the Community Awards of Steam.

Screenshot of the Community Awards of Steam.

I noticed that they standardized the Steam awards. It's probably for the better, but I will miss using the Jester in a passive aggressive way ๐Ÿคก

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Hillthorn Demo on Steam A disappearance in a secluded mountain. A village hiding its secrets. A detective running out of time. Hillthorn's investigation system encourages you to use logic and imagination. Combine actions, cl...

Are you taking games that barely missed the deadline but still released a demo this week? If not no worries, we'll probably make it for the next one ๐Ÿ˜…

Thanks for doing this! Already noticed some nice one in the comments.
store.steampowered.com/app/3615330/...

1 month ago 1 1 1 0

Such a fun idea! Will give this one a try!

1 month ago 0 0 0 0
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Nice discovery! I love the aesthetics, I'm adding it to my monochrome curator ๐Ÿค๐Ÿ–ค

1 month ago 1 0 0 0
The capsule art of Hillthorn : A woman facing looking at the viewer with the white outline of the moon behind.

The capsule art of Hillthorn : A woman facing looking at the viewer with the white outline of the moon behind.

Have you played Hillthorn's #demo yet?
If you did, please leave a review, it helps a lot!

#NextFest #SteamNextFest #indiegames

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1 month ago 4 1 0 0

Welcome to Bluesky!
I like how it looks! The painted style reminds me of Child of Light a little!

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Rainbow Billy: The Book of Fears on Steam Billy is back for an investigative adventure in Summer camp. Unravel mysterious events in this colorful journey as campersโ€™ worries manifest as Fearlings. Explore the camp, investigate its secrets, an...

Proud to share that we are making another #rainbowbilly Game! This time, we had a lot of fun exploring an older Billy & Friends at Summer Camp ๐ŸŒˆ๐Ÿ•๏ธโœจ #indiegame

store.steampowered.com/app/4157340/...

2 months ago 3 1 1 0

Thanks for giving it a try! I was worried about making them cards because of this, but it just works ๐Ÿ˜…

Balancing the amount of clues visible at the same time was one of the big challenges! If you handled the demo you'll be fine for the whole thing :)

2 months ago 1 0 1 0

๐Ÿ‘€โœจ

2 months ago 0 0 0 0
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Hillthorn on Steam A disappearance in a secluded mountain. A village hiding its secrets. A detective running out of time. Hillthorn's investigation system encourages you to use logic and imagination. Combine actions, cl...

This one is one not to miss! If you're into investigation games you simply HAVE to check this demo out

store.steampowered.com/app/3504050/...

2 months ago 1 1 0 0
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In Hillthorn, you investigate using deduction and logic by combining actions and clues together.

#detective #indiegame #demo

2 months ago 5 1 0 1

Looking great! โœจ

2 months ago 2 0 0 0
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Hillthorn on Steam A disappearance in a secluded mountain. A village hiding its secrets. A detective running out of time. Hillthorn's investigation system encourages you to use logic and imagination. Combine actions, cl...

NEXT GAME ANNOUNCED!

๐Ÿ” Hillthorn is a new take on the investigation genre. Will you solve the case before midnight?

Demo available now!
store.steampowered.com/app/3504050/...

#gamedev #indiedev #detective #qgc

2 months ago 11 3 0 1

& Other games I've played this year that I really enjoyed :
- Silent Hill f
- Baby steps
- The royal writ
- Q.Up
- Ball x Pit
- 9 Kings
- Pseudoregalia
- Goodnight Universe
- Fallen London

3 months ago 0 0 0 0

My Favorite Games of 2025:
๐Ÿ‘‘ Blue Prince by @blueprincegame.bsky.social
๐Ÿช„ Hades 2 by @supergiantgames.bsky.social
๐Ÿซ Consume Me by @qdork.bsky.social
๐Ÿ—ก๏ธ Silksong by @teamcherry.bsky.social
๐Ÿ”ฎ Seance of Blake Manor by @spookydoorway.bsky.social
โ™ ๏ธ Deltarune by @tobyfox.undertale.com

3 months ago 0 0 1 0

What's sad about this whole bubble is that I feel most people don't really believe these lies. They just don't care because they think it's gonna be profitable anyway.

3 months ago 7 1 0 0

Finally got around to play Consume Me and I can't recommend it enough. It's easily the best storytelling I've seen this year. ๐Ÿ”ฅ

Rarely have I seen an rpg system serve the story so well! Don't skip it! ๐Ÿ™

3 months ago 0 0 0 0

Seconded! Don't let them use this logic to put pressure on developers and players to accept things that they're against.

5 months ago 1 0 0 0
Key art of Pyrene (Two Tiny Dice).

Key art of Pyrene (Two Tiny Dice).

๐Ÿ˜ TWO TINY DICE GIVEAWAY ๐Ÿ˜‡

Win a Steam key of Pyrene (aka the best roguelike ever).

โค๏ธ Like & Follow our account
๐Ÿง‘โ€๐Ÿคโ€๐Ÿง‘ Tag 2 friends
๐Ÿ” Repost

Winner will be randomly selected on Friday 24th October. GL ๐Ÿ€

#giveaway #tuesday #indiedev #indiegame #pyrene

6 months ago 28 20 16 1
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Please Keep Watching is now playable in browser! #ScreamJam #indiegame #horror

sprawl.itch.io/please-keep-...

6 months ago 4 2 0 0

Hi Derek, if I wanted permission to reference some of your games in an Update of one of mine, where should I reach out?

6 months ago 0 0 0 0

GG! I'll try it out this weekend.

6 months ago 1 0 0 0
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I've spent the last week making a game for #ScreamJam

It's a self person shooter where you play a streamer exploring an abandoned facility.

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#gamedev #gamejam #indiedev

6 months ago 10 1 0 1

Billy's World of Imagination is spreading into Abomi Nation!

There's so many other cool crossover with indies, check out their Kickstarter!

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