Indie Game Engine Maker Calls AI Code Bombardment A Shitshow

"According to Rémi Verschelde, project manager of Godot Engine and co-founder of the platform's financial backer W4 Games, the never-ending wave of "AI slop" pull requests on Godot's GitHub is becoming "increasingly draining and demoralizing" for its maintainers, to the point that over 4,600 pull requests are currently open on the engine's GitHub page."

"As spotted by Game Developer , Verschelde's comment on Bluesky was made in response to a post by Adriaan de Jongh, the developer and publisher of the 2017 indie puzzle hit Hidden Folks , which stated that Godot's GitHub has been overrun with countless undisclosed AI-generated pull requests. "Changes often make no sense, descriptions are extremely verbose, users don't understand their own changes...It's a total shitshow.""

"Although he stated that Godot prides itself on "being welcoming to new contributors," Verschelde also doesn't see a way out of the situation, beyond further donations to help pay more maintainers. "Maintainers spend a lot of time assisting new contributors to help them get PRs in a mergeable state. I don't know how long we can keep it up." A cursory glance at the on Godot's GitHub page proves that this isn't an exaggeration, as dozens of pull requests have been denied or reported as spam by Godot's maintainers within the past month alone, with comments left by maintainers pointing out AI-written code appearing on a daily basis."

Rémi Verschelde, project manager of Godot Engine and co-founder of W4 Games, reports a flood of AI-generated pull requests on Godot's GitHub, leaving over 4,600 open. Adriaan de Jongh described many undisclosed AI-generated contributions that produce nonsensical changes, overly verbose descriptions, and contributors who do not understand their own modifications. Maintainers now second-guess every pull request from new contributors multiple times per day, increasing review workload and morale strain. Dozens of pull requests have been rejected or flagged as spam recently, with AI-written code noted daily. Additional funding to hire more maintainers is presented as the primary mitigation option.

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