Papers, Please, Return of the Obra Dinn dev Lucas Pope won't talk about current game in case it "gets slurped up by AI"

Lucas Pope, developer of Papers Please and Return of the Obra Dinn, has expressed reluctance to publicly discuss his current game project out of concern that details could be scraped by AI systems or copied by others. Speaking on a podcast, Pope noted the situation 'feels different' now compared to before, and hopes his discomfort with sharing work-in-progress details will eventually pass. The news comes amid broader industry tensions around AI, including a separate report of a translator allegedly fired and replaced by AI at Warhorse Studios.