Drunken Goddess Reflux is an anime horror game in which you play Russian Roulette with a demon. Gambling mechanics are involved and your survival seems pegged to getting the demon bartender drunk so that she spills certain secrets. The trailer also exudes third-act creepypasta twist vibes. The game was supposed to get a free demo as part of next week’s Steam Next Fest, but the developers say they’ve now decided to ditch that plan. That reason why has to do with generative AI.

“We have decided to cancel the public release of the Drunken Goddess Reflux demo, originally scheduled for Monday, October 19, and will instead hold a closed play session for a limited number of participants,” developer Alliance Arts wrote in an update on Steam today. “We sincerely apologize to everyone who was looking forward to the demo for making this change so close to the planned release date.”

They say the plan had originally been to release the demo with restrictions in place that would prohibit players from streaming the game or sharing certain gameplay videos of it online, but given the size of the team, they realized that would be too impractical to enforce. “We are concerned that, based on the content of the demo, works imitating or replicating this game’s presentation and gameplay could be quickly produced using AI or other tools and released ahead of the game’s launch,” the team wrote.

While most people probably have no idea what Drunken Goddess Reflux is—it was only revealed for the first time earlier this year—the game’s Steam page already has over 25,000 followers and it’s ranked in 65th place among the top wishlisted games on Valve’s storefront.

Source link