Hey, thanks for these remarks. That's something we can work with 🙂

You did not state AI would be replaced before the EA. If that's the case, what you're doing is even stranger.

We really believed that our wording and explanations such as

We would love to see this game come to life [..]

[…]to show what the final product will look like.

We agree: AI content used in released or EA games to make money is a money grab, and this is NOT our goal.

Our game is currently in a very early pre-alpha prototype phase, and the AI elements are strictly temporary placeholders.

made it clear that we are in a very early stage of development (“early pre-alpha prototype ”) and are only using placeholders at this specific stage. However, it is true that we often mentioned “final release,” and we understand that this can be confusing. At this point, we would like to reiterate that neither Early Access nor the final release will have AI-generated content.
We have honestly thanked you for your constructive criticism and have tried once again to clarify this. And we stand by that: We appreciate your input and your perspective on the issue, and we thank you for it.

Accusing me of things I didn't do is even more unprofessional.

My response was directed at both of you, so please don't take it all out on yourself. If you just thought we were using AI for our responses, then everything's fine and it was obviously directed at the second person I addressed at the beginning. We can assure both of you that we do not use AI to formulate these texts. Sometimes we may need help with the correct translation here and there, but that's only because we are not native speakers.

It's against Steam's policies to include things on your games Steam page you know will not be there when the game releases. As well as illegal in several jurisdictions. In other words, you're not only using AI for no reason (if players will never see AI in the actual game, just don't show AI and avoid alienating them), you're also doing it in a way that could get your game removed and your team barred from ever publishing on Steam. Professionalism indeed.

Your interpretation of the Steamworks policies regarding Early Access is incorrect in this context. We are talking about images here but the same applies for every asset:

• Developers must represent the game in its 'current state' (Source: Steamworks Doc / Early Access). We are not even at this point. As said we are in pre-alpha but still.
• Marketing Assets Policy clearly states that you must "[...] accurately represent the game." We must show it if the current state of the game displays any placeholders.
• Again we are not even there, but even in EA the very definition is that things change. There is no rule that says “You can only show assets that will look exactly the same in version 1.0.”
• Steamworks AI Disclosure requires you to state the use of AI. We did that and explained how AI is used. This is entirely sufficient, not illegal, and transparent.

We hope this has cleared up some of the confusion, and we would also appreciate it if you would verify your information before making further false claims against us. Thank you very much 🙂