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![Following these discussions, I asked Yano if Mega Crit has a firm policy set in place against generative AI, as well as if the team uses AI in any other capacity. Yano explained that while he is against generative AI, he understands the usefulness of AI in other areas of game development and isn’t firmly anti-AI. That said, he suspects that most of the developers on the team don’t use it that often.
“Some of our programmers use AI for code reviews–it’s like a glorified spell checker. I sometimes use it as a slightly more involved thesaurus. But we don’t use generative AI,” Yano reiterated. “I think there’s a very different mentality, right? [When] you write code, you’re just trying to write code in the best way you can to achieve the objective that you want. There’s an end goal that’s definable. Art is not like that. It’s an expression.”
When it comes down to it, expression–even when that expression looks like mechas and not-so-subtle SpongeBob references–plays a pivotal role in Slay the Spire 2. While you could perceive the game’s silly, MS Paint-style images as embarrassing interim assets, I’d argue it’s more interesting and accurate to view them as a story. Crude as they are, these pictures tell the tale of Slay the Spire 2’s evolution, and the Mega Crit team’s time spent working on the game. They showcase an admirable and fearless authenticity, and a willingness to reject optimization in favor of beautiful, janky humanity.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:sgty4g46w67iqwdhrzbgfz3m/bafkreigt5gaswno2g23enke3saxeldu65coofxbmiqhpsl4rbcerptusym)
