In An Era Of AI Slop, Meccha Chameleon Embraces Human-Crafted Chaos

Of the game industry’s many problems, one of the most depressing is how quickly generative AI has wormed its way into development. According to GDC’s 2025 State of the Game Industry report , more than 50% of surveyed devs work at companies that use AI tools (a figure that has almost certainly increased since then). In some ways, it isn’t surprising that a medium at the intersection of art and technology has embraced this fad born from the latter. Released on June 9 by independent developers lemorion_1224 and Haganeiro, the game quickly exploded in popularity, selling 15 million copies in 26 days .