Industry News itch.io AI Game Policies in 2026: A Practical Guide to Disclosure, Assets, and Store Pages A practical breakdown of itch.io's AI disclosure rules in 2026: what counts as AI-generated content, how to label it, how to handle AI assets, and how to keep your store page compliant without hurting discoverability.
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7h ago· PlayForge Editorial Industry News Can AI Make a Fully Playable Game in 2026? An Honest Assessment We examine whether AI can generate a fully playable game in 2026, separating hype from reality. You'll learn the current capabilities, real-world examples with data, and practical steps to integrate AI into your workflow without sacrificing quality.
1d ago· PlayForge Editorial AI Technology How to Add an AI NPC to Your Unity Game in 2026: A Content and Safety Pipeline A practical guide to building AI NPCs in Unity that are safe to ship: how to structure prompt content, filter outputs, handle moderation, and integrate voice and memory without breaking build size or frame budget.
1d ago· PlayForge Editorial Industry News Unity's AI Strategy in 2026: What Changed and What It Means for Developers Unity's 2026 AI strategy shifted from generative gimmicks to production tooling, pricing changes, and runtime AI. This analysis breaks down what changed, what it costs, and how indie developers should adapt their pipelines.
2d ago· PlayForge Editorial Industry News itch.io AI Game Policies in 2026: A Pre-Upload Checklist for Indie Devs A practical walkthrough of itch.io's current AI disclosure rules, what triggers review, and how indie developers can prepare asset lists, storefront copy, and build files before uploading an AI-assisted game.
2d ago· PlayForge Editorial AI Technology How to Add an AI NPC to Your Unity Game in 2026: A Tool-Agnostic Architecture Guide Most Unity AI NPC tutorials lock you into one vendor. This guide lays out a tool-agnostic architecture — perception, memory, dialogue, action — so you can swap LLM providers, keep latency and cost under control, and ship an NPC that actually works in a real game.
2d ago· PlayForge Editorial AI Technology How to Build a Text Adventure Game with an LLM in 2026 A practical guide to building a text adventure game with an LLM: architecture, prompt and memory design, cost and latency control, real tool and policy data, and a concrete build plan for indie developers.
3d ago· PlayForge Editorial Industry News itch.io AI Game Policies in 2026: A Disclosure-First Guide for Indie Devs itch.io's AI disclosure rules changed how indie games get listed and sold. This guide explains the current policy, what counts as AI-generated content, and how to document your workflow so your submission clears review without surprises.
3d ago· PlayForge Editorial AI Technology How to Add an AI NPC to Your Unity Game in 2026: A State-Machine Guide Most AI NPC tutorials skip the hard part: keeping LLM output consistent with game state. This guide shows a state-machine architecture that constrains generation, cuts cost, and keeps NPCs in character.
3d ago· PlayForge Editorial Product Launches Best AI NPC Dialogue Tools and Plugins in 2026: A Practical Comparison We compare the leading AI NPC dialogue tools and plugins for Unity and Unreal, covering latency, cost, and integration. You'll get concrete benchmarks, real-world cases, and a decision framework to pick the right stack for your game.
4d ago· PlayForge Editorial Industry News itch.io AI Game Policies in 2026: A Transparency-First Guide for Indie Devs This guide explains itch.io's 2026 AI game policies, how enforcement works in practice, and what disclosure actually looks like. It gives indie developers concrete steps to stay compliant without killing their workflow.
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