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NerdOfEpic — Thu, 03 Sep 2026 19:48:20 GMT

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	* [[Glossary]] - For words or acronyms you don't recognize.		* [[Glossary]] - For words or acronyms you don't recognize.
	* [[Bibliography]] - Greek mythology research.		* [[Bibliography]] - Greek mythology research.
			* [[AI Disclosure]] - How AI was used for this project.

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AI Disclosure

NerdOfEpic — Thu, 03 Sep 2026 17:50:50 GMT

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	'''AI Disclosure'''		'''AI Disclosure'''
	<blockquote>		<blockquote>
	This game is lovingly hand crafted. All art, sounds, music, story, and code was created by the solo developer.		This game is lovingly hand crafted. All art, sounds, music, story, and code was
	The only exception is localized text which was translated from English to several other languages by AI.		created by the solo developer. The only exception is localized text which was
			translated from English to several other languages by AI to provide the best
			experience possible for as many people as possible.
	</blockquote>		</blockquote>

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	\|Game Code		\|Game Code
	\| align="center" \|No		\| align="center" class="good" \|No
	\| align="center" class="good" \|No		\| align="center" class="good" \|No
	\|\|I enjoy coding and solving problems.		\|\|I enjoy coding and solving problems.
	\|-		\|-
	\|Art		\|Art
	\| align="center" \|Yes		\| align="center" class="bad" \|Yes
	\| align="center" class="good" \|No		\| align="center" class="good" \|No
	\|\|The pixel art in this game was all hand made by me.		\|\|The pixel art in this game was all hand made by me.
	\|-		\|-
	\|Sound Effects		\|Sound Effects
	\| align="center" \|Yes		\| align="center" class="bad" \|Yes
	\| align="center" class="good" \|No		\| align="center" class="good" \|No
	\|\|I had to learn how to do this and had fun with it.		\|\|I had to learn how to do this and had fun with it.
	\|-		\|-
	\|Background Music		\|Background Music
	\| align="center" \|Yes		\| align="center" class="bad" \|Yes
	\| align="center" class="good" \|No		\| align="center" class="good" \|No
	\|\|Hopefully I haven't made anyone's ears bleed.		\|\|Hopefully I haven't made anyone's ears bleed.
	\|-		\|-
	\|Voice Actors		\|Voice Actors
	\| align="center" \|Yes		\| align="center" class="bad" \|Yes
	\| align="center" class="good" \|No		\| align="center" class="good" \|No
	\|\|There are no voices planned at this time, but AI isn't expected to be involved.		\|\|There are no voices planned at this time, but AI isn't expected to be involved.
	\|-		\|-
	\|Writing		\|Writing
	\| align="center" \|Yes		\| align="center" class="bad" \|Yes
	\| align="center" class="good" \|No		\| align="center" class="good" \|No
	\|\|The story was written by me.		\|\|The story was written by me.
	\|-		\|- style="background-color: #ffe6e6;"
	\|Text Localization		\|Text Localization
	\| align="center" \|Yes		\| align="center" class="bad" \|Yes
	\| align="center" class="bad" \|Yes		\| align="center" class="bad" \|Yes
	\|\|I only speak English but wanted to support as many locales as possible with the text in the game.		\|\|I only speak English but wanted to support as many locales as possible with the text in the game.
	\|-		\|-
	\|Research		\|Research
	\| align="center" \|No		\| align="center" class="good" \|No
	\| align="center" class="bad" \|Yes		\| align="center" class="bad" \|Yes
	\|\|Searching Google always results in the use of AI these days. Most of my searches were for Greek Mythology or information about the features of the Godot Engine.		\|\|Searching Google always results in the use of AI these days. Most of my searches were for Greek Mythology or information about the features of the Godot Engine.
	\|-		\|-
	\|Support Tools		\|Support Tools
	\| align="center" \|No		\| align="center" class="good" \|No
	\| align="center" class="bad" \|Yes		\| align="center" class="bad" \|Yes
	\|\|I created my own survey system and task tracker tools using AI.		\|\|I created my own survey system and task tracker tools using AI.
	\|}		\|}
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Development Tools

NerdOfEpic — Thu, 03 Sep 2026 17:41:59 GMT

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	; [https://www.mediawiki.org MediaWiki] : A wildly powerful wiki system that you're looking at right now. I needed a place to describe things to both the public and myself while I was figuring out the design of Fracterebus.		; [https://www.mediawiki.org MediaWiki] : A wildly powerful wiki system that you're looking at right now. I needed a place to describe things to both the public and myself while I was figuring out the design of Fracterebus.

	; ~~Survey System~~ : A system I built for tracking feedback from users. This includes anyone from convention visitors to play testers or beta testers. This tool was created for the specific purpose of tracking feedback for Pixel Refraction Studio~~, LLC~~ projects.		; [https://refractsurvey.com RefractSurvey] : A system I built for tracking feedback from users. This includes anyone from convention visitors to play testers or beta testers. This tool was created for the specific purpose of tracking feedback for Pixel Refraction Studio projects. It is available for purchase at [https://nerdofepic.itch.io/refractsurvey itch.io].

	; ~~Task Tracker~~ : A system I built for tracking development tasks and bugs. For those with other development experience, think of Jira or GitHub Issues. This tool was created for the specific purpose of tracking development for Pixel Refraction Studio~~, LLC~~ projects.		; [https://refracttrack.com RefractTrack] : A system I built for tracking development tasks and bugs. For those with other development experience, think of Jira or GitHub Issues. This tool was created for the specific purpose of tracking indie game development tasks for Pixel Refraction Studio projects. It is available for purchase at [https://nerdofepic.itch.io/refracttrack itch.io].

	; [https://wordpress.org WordPress] : Blogging software used for the development/news [https://blog.fracterebus.com blog] for Fracterebus. I never really found a theme I liked very much, but I also don't imagine a ton of traffic to a blog full of nerdy things.		; [https://wordpress.org WordPress] : Blogging software used for the development/news [https://blog.fracterebus.com blog] for Fracterebus. I never really found a theme I liked very much, but I also don't imagine a ton of traffic to a blog full of nerdy things.

AI Disclosure

NerdOfEpic — Tue, 11 Aug 2026 15:05:23 GMT

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	!Category!!Player Facing!!AI Used!!Notes		!Category!!Player Facing!!AI Used!!Notes
			\|-
			\|Game Code
			\| align="center" \|No
			\| align="center" class="good" \|No
			\|\|I enjoy coding and solving problems.
	\|-		\|-
	\|Art		\|Art
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	\|\|I only speak English but wanted to support as many locales as possible with the text in the game.		\|\|I only speak English but wanted to support as many locales as possible with the text in the game.
	\|-		\|-
	\|~~Game Code~~		\|Research
	\| align="center" \|No		\| align="center" \|No
	\| align="center" class="~~good~~" \|No		\| align="center" class="bad" \|Yes
	\|\|~~I enjoy coding and solving problems~~.		\|\|Searching Google always results in the use of AI these days. Most of my searches were for Greek Mythology or information about the features of the Godot Engine.
	\|-		\|-
	\|~~Research~~		\|Support Tools
	\| align="center" \|No		\| align="center" \|No
	\| align="center" class="bad" \|Yes		\| align="center" class="bad" \|Yes
	\|\|~~Searching Google always results in the use of~~ AI ~~these days. Most of my searches were for Greek Mythology or information about the features of the Godot Engine~~.		\|\|I created my own survey system and task tracker tools using AI.
	\|}		\|}
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Development Tools

NerdOfEpic — Tue, 11 Aug 2026 15:00:57 GMT

Internationalization

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	= Internationalization =		= Internationalization =
	; [https://gemini.google.com Google Gemini] : I can't claim this project is fully AI-Free because of internationalization. There isn't an especially large amount of text in Fracterebus that requires internationalization, but it needs to be in as many languages as possible to improve the market size I have access to. After consideration of non-AI alternatives, I selected Gemini because it provided support for the internationalization I needed along with descriptions of why things were translated the way they were into various languages. Sorry to any consumers of locales besides en-US if the translation was strange.		; [https://gemini.google.com Google Gemini] or [https://claude.ai Claude] : I can't claim this project is fully AI-Free because of internationalization. (See the [[AI Disclosure]].) There isn't an especially large amount of text in Fracterebus that requires internationalization, but it needs to be in as many languages as possible to improve the market size I have access to. After consideration of non-AI alternatives, I selected Gemini because it provided support for the internationalization I needed along with descriptions of why things were translated the way they were into various languages. Sorry to any consumers of locales besides en-US if the translation was strange.

AI Disclosure

NerdOfEpic — Tue, 11 Aug 2026 14:58:11 GMT

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	Some modern software distribution platforms now require disclosing the use of AI. In most cases they only require it for things the players experience, sometimes referred to as forward facing content. They do not however currently support things like ESRB or MPA ratings where you can clarify what was created by AI in a standardized way. Instead they provide a space for each developer or publisher to describe in text how AI was used.		Some modern software distribution platforms now require disclosing the use of AI. In most cases they only require it for things the players experience, sometimes referred to as forward facing content. They do not however currently support things like ESRB or MPA ratings where you can clarify what was created by AI in a standardized way. Instead they provide a space for each developer or publisher to describe in text how AI was used.

	In an effort to be as accurate as possible, I've created both ~~a table of categories here and~~ a text description for how AI was used in the Fracterebus project.		In an effort to be as accurate as possible, I've created both a text description for how AI was used in the Fracterebus project, and a detailed table breaking down all the categories I can think of.

			'''AI Disclosure'''
			<blockquote>
			This game is lovingly hand crafted. All art, sounds, music, story, and code was created by the solo developer.
			The only exception is localized text which was translated from English to several other languages by AI.
			</blockquote>

	{\| class="wikitable"		{\| class="wikitable"
	\|+ AI Usage		\|+ Specific AI Usage
	!Category!!Player Facing!!AI Used!!Notes		!Category!!Player Facing!!AI Used!!Notes
	\|-		\|-
	\|Art		\|Art
	\| align="center" \|Yes		\| align="center" \|Yes
	\| align="center" \|No		\| align="center" class="good" \|No
	\|\|The pixel art in this game was all hand made by me.		\|\|The pixel art in this game was all hand made by me.
	\|-		\|-
	\|Sound Effects		\|Sound Effects
	\| align="center" \|Yes		\| align="center" \|Yes
	\| align="center" \|No		\| align="center" class="good" \|No
	\|\|I had to learn how to do this and had fun with it.		\|\|I had to learn how to do this and had fun with it.
	\|-		\|-
	\|Background Music		\|Background Music
	\| align="center" \|Yes		\| align="center" \|Yes
	\| align="center" \|No		\| align="center" class="good" \|No
	\|\|Hopefully I haven't made anyone's ears bleed.		\|\|Hopefully I haven't made anyone's ears bleed.
	\|-		\|-
	\|Voice Actors		\|Voice Actors
	\| align="center" \|Yes		\| align="center" \|Yes
	\| align="center" \|No		\| align="center" class="good" \|No
	\|\|There are no voices planned at this time, but AI isn't expected to be involved.		\|\|There are no voices planned at this time, but AI isn't expected to be involved.
			\|-
			\|Writing
			\| align="center" \|Yes
			\| align="center" class="good" \|No
			\|\|The story was written by me.
	\|-		\|-
	\|Text Localization		\|Text Localization
	\| align="center" \|Yes		\| align="center" \|Yes
	\| align="center" \|Yes		\| align="center" class="bad" \|Yes
	\|\|I only speak English but wanted to support as many locales as possible with the text in the game.		\|\|I only speak English but wanted to support as many locales as possible with the text in the game.
	\|-		\|-
	\|Game Code		\|Game Code
	\| align="center" \|No		\| align="center" \|No
	\| align="center" \|No		\| align="center" class="good" \|No
	\|\|I enjoy coding and solving problems.		\|\|I enjoy coding and solving problems.
	\|-		\|-
	\|Research		\|Research
	\| align="center" \|No		\| align="center" \|No
	\| align="center" \|Yes		\| align="center" class="bad" \|Yes
	\|\|Searching Google always results in the use of AI these days. Most of my searches were for Greek Mythology or information about the features of the Godot Engine.		\|\|Searching Google always results in the use of AI these days. Most of my searches were for Greek Mythology or information about the features of the Godot Engine.
	\|}		\|}
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AI Disclosure

NerdOfEpic — Tue, 11 Aug 2026 14:44:13 GMT

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	In an effort to be as accurate as possible, I've created both a table of categories here and a text description for how AI was used in the Fracterebus project.		In an effort to be as accurate as possible, I've created both a table of categories here and a text description for how AI was used in the Fracterebus project.

			{\| class="wikitable"
			\|+ AI Usage
			!Category!!Player Facing!!AI Used!!Notes
			\|-
			\|Art
			\| align="center" \|Yes
			\| align="center" \|No
			\|\|The pixel art in this game was all hand made by me.
			\|-
			\|Sound Effects
			\| align="center" \|Yes
			\| align="center" \|No
			\|\|I had to learn how to do this and had fun with it.
			\|-
			\|Background Music
			\| align="center" \|Yes
			\| align="center" \|No
			\|\|Hopefully I haven't made anyone's ears bleed.
			\|-
			\|Voice Actors
			\| align="center" \|Yes
			\| align="center" \|No
			\|\|There are no voices planned at this time, but AI isn't expected to be involved.
			\|-
			\|Text Localization
			\| align="center" \|Yes
			\| align="center" \|Yes
			\|\|I only speak English but wanted to support as many locales as possible with the text in the game.
			\|-
			\|Game Code
			\| align="center" \|No
			\| align="center" \|No
			\|\|I enjoy coding and solving problems.
			\|-
			\|Research
			\| align="center" \|No
			\| align="center" \|Yes
			\|\|Searching Google always results in the use of AI these days. Most of my searches were for Greek Mythology or information about the features of the Godot Engine.
			\|}

AI Disclosure

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Some modern software distribution platforms now require disclosing the use of AI. In most cases they only require it for things the players experience, sometimes referred to as forward facing content. They do not however currently support things like ESRB or MPA ratings where you can clarify what was created by AI in a standardized way. Instead they provide a space for each developer or publisher to describe in text how AI was used.

In an effort to be as accurate as possible, I've created both a table of categories here and a text description for how AI was used in the Fracterebus project.