The Eternal Life of Goldman developers takes a hard stance against generative AI in game development

The Eternal Life of Goldman, the ambitious hand-drawn platformer from developer Weappy, is mainly known for its gorgeous, analogue art style. It's a look and feel that makes the game look decidedly analogue and handcrafted, and that's because it is.

We recently sat down with producer Andreas Schmiedecker to talk about a bunch of topics, and here he basically confirmed that when it comes to AI of a more generative flavour, that particular concept is pretty incompatible with their game:

"Using AI tools for art production in this game would pretty much oppose the whole idea of doing it this way in the first place. Therefore, it wasn't really an option for us. No matter how technology develops right now, there is a place and audience for hand-made art," Schmiedecker says.

In our in-depth interview we go over several aspects of development, design and the journey the team's been on for the past many years.