Most studios either quietly use generative AI or avoid the topic altogether, but one small team has decided to do the exact opposite. The developers behind Codex Mortis say their new bullet hell game was built entirely with AI β no human-drawn art, no hand-written code, no traditional music production. And now thereβs a free Steam demo so anyone can check it out.
According to the Steam listing, βall code is AI vibe codes, also arts, sounds, music, texts.β Itβs a rare case where a developer is not only open about using AI but is essentially making it the whole pitch. Even the character faces shown in the trailer appear to be AI-modified selfies of the team members, dropped onto undead wizard bodies.
The gameplay is pretty familiar, but with necromancy. The full game is supposed to support solo and co-op play. The early impressions are mixed but curious. The graphics in the actual build look a bit rough compared to the slicker YouTube trailer, and some players say the UI feels clumsy on a controller. But the basic loop β combining spells, surviving the onslaught, raising minions β works well enough to show that a fully machine-generated game can at least run and be played.
Whether itβs fun is another matter entirely. The studio seems to know this and is leaning harder into the 100% AI-made angle than anything else, hoping the transparency will draw interest instead of backlash. Some players are treating it like an experimental art project; others see it as another example of AI creeping into game development in ways that replace human artists.
Codex Mortis isnβt shying away from the debate. With a planned low price for the final release, the team is banking on curiosity and affordability winning people over.
If nothing else, the free demo gives everyone a chance to decide for themselves whether a game built wholly from AI tools can still have personality β or if it ends up feeling exactly like youβd expect from something made entirely by algorithms.
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