{"rewrite":{"id":"r_3accc952d86cda19e4dbcb92","clusterId":"c_b549f0f7b60f3db3306bddf3","slug":"guns-dragons-swaps-ai-icons-for-hand-drawn-art-in-next-playtest","model":"deepseek-v4-1-flash","headline":"Guns \u0026 Dragons Swaps AI Icons For Hand-Drawn Art In Next Playtest","summary":"ABUTTON will replace AI-generated artifact icons with hand-drawn art in the second playtest for the PC roguelite FPS Guns \u0026 Dragons, running September 17 to 23, 2026 on Steam with Japanese support. Aura colors are now unified by rarity, the forest elf Eryn and bow weapon become usable, and co-op expands from three players to four. AI remains in backend coding work only.","whyItMatters":"ABUTTON is publicly splitting generative AI out of its art pipeline while keeping it in backend work, which is the distinction the playtest feedback forced it to make explicit.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eThe second playtest for Guns \u0026amp; Dragons runs September 17 to 23, 2026 on Steam and supports Japanese. ABUTTON says the artifact icons that were AI-generated in the first test have been replaced by hand-drawn art, with aura colors now unified by rarity. Some assets did not make the deadline and stay as placeholders, but the studio says nothing in the build is generative AI output.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAI is still used for backend tasks such as coding assistance, while art and in-game assets are handled by the team. The test also raises co-op from three players to four, and adds the forest elf Eryn and the bow weapon. Guns \u0026amp; Dragons is planned for PC via Steam and the Epic Games Store.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"ABUTTON frames the shift as icons only. The AI that stays in Guns \u0026 Dragons is backend code, so the art swap does not settle where else the tooling sits in the pipeline.","twitterPost":"ABUTTON's swap covers icons only. AI stays in backend code for Guns \u0026 Dragons.","threadsPost":"ABUTTON is replacing AI-generated icons in Guns \u0026 Dragons with hand-drawn art and leaving AI in backend coding. The split tells you where the studio thinks players can see the tool and where they cannot.","newsletterBlurb":"ABUTTON's Guns \u0026 Dragons returns for a second playtest from September 17 to 23, 2026 on Steam, with Japanese support. The studio replaced the AI-generated artifact icons with hand-drawn art and unified aura colors by rarity, while keeping AI to backend coding work. Co-op expands from three players to four, and the forest elf Eryn and bow weapon become usable.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"Game Spark\",\"url\":\"http://www.gamespark.jp/article/2026/09/16/172329.html\",\"title\":\"Co-op Roguelite FPS 'Guns \\u0026 Dragons' to Replace AI-Generated Icons with Hand-Drawn Art in Next Playtest\"}]","lintFlagsJson":null,"lintHits":0,"costUsd":0,"inputTokens":4339,"outputTokens":635,"status":"published","repairAttempts":0,"nextRepairAt":null,"factsAttemptedAt":1789518564,"createdAt":"2026-09-16T00:23:37.000Z","publishedAt":"2026-09-16T00:28:20.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-09-16T00:28:20.000Z"},"cluster":{"id":"c_b549f0f7b60f3db3306bddf3","canonicalTitle":"協力プレイ対応ローグライトFPS『Guns \u0026 Dragons』次回プレイテストでAI生成だったアイコンを手描きに置換と告知","representativeArticleId":"a_424f7eb70c229e7e578f0b62","sourceCount":1,"writtenSourceCount":1,"writeAttempts":0,"isSolo":true,"entitiesJson":"{\"anime_titles\":[],\"manga_titles\":[],\"work_titles\":[\"Guns \\u0026 Dragons\"],\"studios\":[],\"people\":[],\"type\":\"news\",\"domain\":\"games\",\"is_roundup\":false}","contentType":"news","status":"published","firstSeenAt":"2026-09-15T23:30:03.000Z","lastSeenAt":"2026-09-15T23:30:03.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-09-16T00:28:20.000Z"},"attribution":[{"source":"Game Spark","url":"http://www.gamespark.jp/article/2026/09/16/172329.html","title":"協力プレイ対応ローグライトFPS『Guns \u0026 Dragons』次回プレイテストでAI生成だったアイコンを手描きに置換と告知"}],"entities":{"anime_titles":[],"manga_titles":[],"work_titles":["Guns \u0026 Dragons"],"studios":[],"people":[],"type":"news","domain":"games","is_roundup":false},"keyFacts":null}