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Developer Removes San Francisco Zombie Game After Officials Condemn It
A developer removed a zombie shooter set in San Francisco’s Tenderloin after city officials condemned it.
Pierre-Louis Biojout made Tenderloin Night Shift over a weekend using OpenAI’s Codex, an AI coding tool.
In the game, players shoot zombies portrayed with details associated with people in the neighborhood, including people who are unhoused or struggling with addiction.
San Francisco officials called the game dehumanizing and unacceptable, saying it turned violence against real people into entertainment.
Biojout apologized, saying he had not intended to target a group, and said the game’s setting and promotion showed poor judgment.
He refunded advertisers and donated the game’s revenue to the Delancey Street Foundation, which provides rehabilitation services and vocational training.
Developer Pierre-Louis Biojout removed his San Francisco-set zombie game and apologized after city officials condemned its depiction of residents.
Tenderloin Night Shift was a first-person shooter in which players used a gun to rid the Tenderloin neighborhood of “zombies.”
Mayor Daniel Lurie rejected the game, while Tenderloin representative Bilal Mahmood called it deeply disturbing and unacceptable.
Biojout said he had not intended to target real people or a particular group, refunded advertisers and donated the game’s revenue to a local nonprofit.
- Who
- Independent developer Pierre-Louis Biojout created the game. San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie and Supervisor Bilal Mahmood criticized it.
- What
- Biojout removed Tenderloin Night Shift and apologized after officials condemned its depiction of people as zombies.
- When
- The game was created over a weekend. The article was published on October 23, 2026.
- Where
- The game was set in San Francisco’s Tenderloin neighborhood and was available on Biojout’s NanoCorp AI website.
- Why
- Officials said the game dehumanized people, including unhoused residents. Biojout said targeting people struggling with addiction or homelessness was never his intention.
San Francisco officials
Pierre-Louis Biojout
Depiction of residents
San Francisco officials
Mayor Daniel Lurie rejected the game, and Supervisor Bilal Mahmood called it deeply disturbing and unacceptable.
Pierre-Louis Biojout
Biojout said the game was not intended to depict shooting real people or target a particular group.
Impact
San Francisco officials
Mahmood said turning violence against real people, including unhoused people, into entertainment is dehumanizing and should not be normalized.
Pierre-Louis Biojout
Biojout said targeting people struggling with addiction or homelessness was never his intention.
Biojout created Tenderloin Night Shift using OpenAI’s Codex.
Mayor Daniel Lurie and Supervisor Bilal Mahmood condemned the game.
Biojout removed the game and apologized.
Biojout said he refunded advertisers, removed his social media posts about the game and donated its total revenue to the Delancey Street Foundation.
- Developer
- Pierre-Louis Biojout
- Game
- Tenderloin Night Shift
- Setting
- San Francisco’s Tenderloin neighborhood
- Creation time
- A weekend
- Advertising price
- $100 per week for digital ad space
- Donation recipient
- Delancey Street Foundation
What people are saying
There’s no accounting for taste or people’s terrible ideas. This is a bad one, and we reject it. It doesn’t speak for San Francisco values.
Turning violence against real people, including unhoused people, into entertainment is dehumanizing and should never be normalized.
The setting and the way I promoted it showed poor judgment. Targeting people struggling with addiction or homelessness was never my intention.
It was not intended to depict shooting real people or to target a particular demographic or group.
Posts on X
I built and posted a zombie game set on San Francisco streets. The setting and the way I promoted it showed poor judgment. Targeting people struggling with addiction or homelessness was never my intention. I’ve taken the game and promotional posts down, refunded all advertisers,