Square Enix Confirms AI Art Use in PS5 PS4 Exclusive Foamstars
Bound to bubble up eventually.
Squeaky-clean PlayStation exclusive Foamstars arrives on PlayStation February 6th as a PS Plus Essential offering, and making good on its earlier threats, publisher Square Enix confirmed the game will feature AI-generated art. This is in keeping with the "aggressive" AI policy the company intends to implement.
At a recent press event, VGC asked Foamstars producer Kosuke Okatani if the contentious tech had been used during development. Okatani claims that most of the game was made traditionally: "All of the core elements in Foamstars – the core gameplay and the things that make the game enjoyable – are all made by hand." A few icons were created using Midjourney, a generative AI tool that turns text prompts into images. Okatani says that regarding game content: "This makes up about 0.01% or even less, but we have dabbled in it by creating these icons in the game".
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