This is just an idea I'd like to post here for discussion. I am aware that it takes work to implement these things, but one is allowed to dream. I would be happy to try implement this myself if greenlight is given.

The proposition is that LD game pages should have shiny, nicely designed badges pinned somewhere near the header, to mark efforts of the game's author. This would be entirely honor-based (like everything else in Ludum Dare) as authors would get to check the boxes to enable the badges for their entry, if they feel that they have earned them:

• No LLM code generation used: means absolutely nothing pasted from or generated by LLMs. This person probably even uses some AI-free search engine. There is no shame in not checking this box. This checkbox is a challenge, not to be treated like a political statement.
• All code credited: any code copypasted (or ported, or downloaded) from external source is credited to its author. Mandatory minimum: somewhere in source files if Compo, or somewhere else if Jam game without source code. Arguably this could also mean "No LLM code generation used" as that would be uncredited code.

This is already quite a thing to ask for, but I could think of some more (and probably can you):

• Homebrew game engine: game runs on the author's own engine (allows use of 3rd party libs and even frameworks, but nothing that has any sort of graphical editor), but the engine is not made for this game specifically. This allows any sort of LLM generation.
• Engine from scratch: game runs on an engine created for this game specifically (allows use of 3rd party...). This does not allow use of agentic coding, as creating one-shot engines from scratch is what these things are good at and it would not be an achievement of the game's author.
• Made offline: nothing about the game's creation (past the event start) depended on internet connection, this includes consulting websites and search engines. Downloading things in advance is allowed and expected. LLM is only allowed if you own a local model, if you must.

The above badges would also help unclutter game's description text from such details. But mainly they should give inspiration to us to up the challenge, when we feel like it.