"What we truly care about is the idea, the expression, and the final work." Image credit: Source Technology Recreate Games has apologised after an AI-focused video contest for its popular casual brawler Party Animals drew significant community criticism, insisting it was "not trying to dismiss handmade work or disrespect creators". Earlier this week, Recreate announced what it called Party Animals' first AI video contest , with a prize pool of $75k. It was seeking submissions of "short films, drama series, music videos, animations, and more", stipulating all entries must be under five minutes and that AI-generated content must be the "core creative tool". It added, "In the past, ideas like these could only exist in your head. Now, with AI, they finally have a chance to become reality." However, even a cursory look at the 3.7K responses Recreate's social media announcement generated is enough to see the Party Animals community was less than enthused.…