GameDoes The Grand Furnace use AI?
Narrative text, NPC dialogue, and location/item illustrations are generated live during play, with some static art also AI-generated.
Our AI review, high confidence. Not a verdict; the evidence is below.
Checked against Steam on Oct 28, 2026.
Before you buy: anti-cheat, accounts, DRM
No anti-cheat, third-party account or DRM is declared on The Grand Furnace's Steam page.
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Production signals
Facts about who made the game and how players received it. They don't depend on AI, and they help tell a carefully made game that used some AI apart from mass-produced ones.
- Zhanjidao released 0 games on Steam in the last 12 months. 1 of their 1 game disclose AI.
- This is the developer's first game on Steam.
- Not released yet.
- Our AI review of these signals: mixed signals.
What the developer says
This game uses generative AI in two ways. (1) Live generation: narrative text and NPC dialogue are generated in real time based on the player's choices and current game state. Illustrative images for locations, scenes and items are also generated on demand the first time such an element appears, then cached and reused. Core game rules, numerical outcomes, inventory changes, and progression are always resolved by deterministic game systems. Live text generation is governed by server-side content rules that cannot be directly modified by player input. Live image generation uses server-controlled prompt templates based on structured game data (entity type, name, and a short in-world description) within a fixed ink-painting style; players cannot directly provide image-generation prompts. (2) Development-time generation: some static art assets (including location, scene, item and background illustrations) were generated with image-generation AI tools during development. Store-facing marketing assets and selected screenshots containing such artwork were reviewed by a human before publication. Store page copy was drafted with AI assistance and reviewed by a human. 本游戏以两种方式使用生成式AI。(1)实时生成:叙事文本与NPC对话根据玩家选择与当前游戏状态实时生成;地点/场景/物品的插画也会在其首次出现时按需生成,之后缓存复用。核心规则、数值结算、物品变动与进度始终由确定性游戏系统裁定。实时文本生成受服务端内容规则约束(玩家输入无法直接修改);实时图像生成使用服务端控制的提示词模板,基于结构化游戏数据(实体类别、名称与简短的世界内描述)并锁定水墨画风格,玩家不能直接书写图像提示词。(2)开发期生成:部分静态美术素材(包括地点、场景、物品与背景插画)在开发过程中使用图像生成AI制作;用于商店宣传以及所选商店截图中的相关素材均经过人工审阅后发布。商店页文案由AI辅助创作、经人工审定。
From the “AI Generated Content Disclosure” on the Steam store page, quoted as written. First seen by us on Oct 28, 2026.
What other sources say
| Source | Their take |
|---|---|
| Steam disclosure | AI content disclosed |
| AI judgment deepseek-flash | AI-driven · mixed signals, high confidenceReasoningThe disclosure states narrative text, NPC dialogue, and scene/item images are generated in real time during play, making AI central to the experience. Some static art and store copy were also AI-generated at development time. Deterministic rules and server-side content controls suggest deliberate design effort. Against: Core rules and progression are deterministic, prompts are server-controlled, and marketing assets were human-reviewed; developer has no rapid-release pattern. |
| Remove AI Slop open-source extension | Mostly AI-generated (generated live in-game, story/dialogue, text, art, concept/reference, UI/icons, marketing) |
FAQ
Does The Grand Furnace use AI?
Yes. The Grand Furnace's developer discloses AI-generated content on its Steam page. Narrative text, NPC dialogue, and location/item illustrations are generated live during play, with some static art also AI-generated.
Is The Grand Furnace AI-generated?
AI-generated content makes up a major part of the game, according to its disclosure.
How does GameAICheck know?
We read the AI Generated Content Disclosure from the game's public Steam store page, check it daily, and show what independent curators and open-source tools say about it. Disclosures are self-reported by developers.
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