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Indie Game Dev Cancels Vibe-Coded Zombie Shooter After San Francisco Officials Condemn 'Dehumanizing' Game - IGN
Publisher description: The developer of a zombie game set in San Francisco has removed the game from online marketplaces and issued a public apology after city officials condemned the title for depicting its homeless people as ‘zombies.’
NewsAPI | Oct 23, 2026 | Virginia Glaze
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The developer of a zombie game set in San Francisco has taken down the game and issued a public apology after city officials condemned the title for depicting its citizens as ‘zombies.’ Tenderloin Night Shift was a vibe-coded, first-person shooter created by independent developer Pierre-Louis Biojout over the course of a weekend using OpenAI’s Codex. As you’ve probably inferred by its title, the game takes place in San Francisco’s Tenderloin neighborhood, an area infamous for its high crime rates and unhoused population that’s often compared offhandedly to Los Angeles’s Skid Row.
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