HORDELIGHT

HORDELIGHT uses generative AI tools for part of its art. Nothing is generated while the game runs.

Characters: the sprites of the game's named characters — the four playable heroes, the eight guardians and the villagers — were produced by generating a 3D model from an AI-assisted reference image, rigging and animating that model, and rendering the animation frames into 2D sprite sheets. The developer wrote every prompt, chose the camera, selected and measured the animations, and assembled and corrected every frame by hand.

Other artwork made with AI assistance and then curated and edited by the developer: story illustrations, character portraits, key art / capsule backgrounds, and a small number of decorative item images.

Human-made assets, used under CC0 or free licenses and credited in-game: the smaller enemy and creature sprites, all environments and tilesets, all music, and all sound effects.

Voice-over lines (English and Turkish) were generated with ElevenLabs text-to-speech under a commercial license, from scripts written by the developer.

The game does not generate any content with AI at runtime. The developer has reviewed all AI-assisted content to ensure it is not illegal or infringing.