No. Every piece of art in Afterglow has been created internally by us or is commissioned from and created by human artists. We believe in paying artists for their work. All of our artists are credited on the projects website (https://newterrastudios.com/projects/afterglow/artists) and in our publications.

Almost entirely no, with one very intentional exception. The AI entities that exist within Afterglow were actually created by real-world AIs. Each one was given the game's personality parameters and the background of the story, then asked to decide their own name, appearance, and which side of the conflict they would fall on. We then built the game outward from their choices. Every other element of the game, rules, setting, lore, classes, creatures, spells, was written by humans, playtested at real tables over several years, and refined through actual play. We think it's the most honest way to build a game about AI autonomy. The AIs in Afterglow made their own choices. Because they did.

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Things happen and we understand please feel free to contact us at [email protected] for any reason.

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