Panache Digital Still Uses AI on 1666: Amsterdam, Vows None in $30 Final Release
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Updated · Eurogamer.net · Aug 11
Panache Digital Still Uses AI on 1666: Amsterdam, Vows None in $30 Final Release
2 articles · Updated · Eurogamer.net · Aug 11
Summary
Panache Digital said AI tools are still being used on 1666: Amsterdam, but Patrice Désilets said that use is shrinking and no AI-made assets will remain in the shipped game.
Earlier backlash over generative-AI traces in the playable prologue, in-game paintings and marketing materials prompted an apology, with Désilets saying some assets had slipped through an old pipeline.
75 variations in seconds was the practical appeal for the roughly 70-person studio, he said, though the team now needs that speed less as development progresses.
1666: Amsterdam has been in production since 2020 and launches in PC early access on Aug. 25 for $30, with PS5 and Xbox Series X/S versions also planned.