A portion of the Independent Games Festival's jury will not vote for any game that uses Generative AI in any capacity, and House House's hit game, Big Walk, was a reason for this stance.
BDS is an international "Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions" movement that upholds the idea that Palestinians are entitled to the same rights as the rest of humanity.
Day of the Devs has increasingly become a platform for small teams to show off unique games, and this year was another nice collection of interesting games.