Survey project lead Beth Elderkin lays bare the mood of the industry, the job market, and how people are making games<\/p>\n
Image credit: GDC Festival of Gaming <\/p>\n
40% of developers are using generative AI in their work, according to the latest State of the Game Industry report from the Game Developers Conference (GDC).<\/p>\n
That’s an increase of 4% on the previous report, but survey project lead and content marketing manager Beth Elderkin notes that this is a smaller increase than last time.<\/p>\n
57% of developers using the tech employ it for text generation, research, early prototyping, coding, and presentations. Generative AI is most popular with business operations and services, mobile-only studios, and free-to-play developers.<\/p>\n
27% of AAA workers feel encouraged or pressured to use generative AI; 9% of indie developers say the same.<\/p>\n
“People just know the technology now, and it’s an actuality instead of a theoretical issue” <\/p>\n
55% of respondents said that AI is having a negative impact on games, a 1% increase year-on-year; where previously this topic was the subject of larger percentage swings, now it has calmed down.<\/p>\n
“What appeared to me based on the data is that the technology was not necessarily theoretical,<\/p>\n