Release: September 2026

Arcana, Gas & Waterworks Inc.

by Shawn Rider·Indie, Simulation, Strategy

An AI coding assistant was used during development; the music and narrative audio were made without generative AI.

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Arcana, Gas & Waterworks Inc.

Overview

Game Trailer 1

Route magical energy through a fantasy utility a mid-level employee. Connect resources to consumers, manage complaints, and maintain the flow in this comedic puzzle-strategy game set in a mundane, magickal world. The benefits are not great, but neither is the pay! Welcome to the team!

Immersive SimInteractive FictionPuzzleTutorialLife SimPoint & ClickStrategy RPGStrategy2DDark Comedy

AI disclosure

How AI is used

Source: Steam AI disclosure · checked Sep 24, 2026

GameDB AI label

AI in 1 of 8 areas

In-game AINot stated
CodeAssist
ArtNot stated
Music & SFXNot used
VoiceNot used
WritingNot stated
TranslationNot stated
MarketingNot stated

CodeAssist

The developer used an AI coding assistant while making the game.

Not used, per the developer: Music & SFXVoice
Not mentioned: In-game AIArtWritingTranslationMarketing

Read the full disclosureQuoted from the Steam store page

Arcana, Gas & Waterworks Inc. was made by a single developer using Claude Code in my IDE (Nova by Panic). All music was licensed from real indie musicians, who did NOT use generative AI in any way, and who are credited in the game. I recorded the narrative audio clips and modified them using traditional sound design techniques (modulation, pitch, etc.) in Logic Pro.

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7-day growth—Tracking since Sep 23, 2026Sep 18 – Sep 24

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Shawn Rider

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