The latest State of the Game Industry report from GDC Festival of Gaming shows that 40% of game industry professionals use generative AI tools as part of their work, a 4 percentage point increase from the previous survey.
Among those who use the technology, 57% employ it daily. The most common uses are research and brainstorming (73%), data analysis and summarization (62%), and code generation/debugging (56%). Only 8% use it for production art or final assets, and 6% for player-facing content.
Sentiment and adoption
Despite the rise in use, 55% of respondents consider AI to have a negative impact on games, a figure stable from the previous year. Adoption is higher at mobile-only studios (70%) and on free-to-play games (58%). 27% of AAA workers feel encouraged or pressured to use the technology, versus 9% at indie studios.
The survey also records high layoff rates: 33% of respondents were laid off in the past 24 months. The data comes from more than 2,600 developers.
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