I suspected it, but it was hard to believe.
The code for the ship-design tool has reached more than 101,000 lines. That's not the game or the server. It's a tool and a future client-side microservice. Over 101,000 lines, Carl! And it keeps growing.
Perhaps a person would have done it more efficiently. Or perhaps not. But how many labor hours would it have taken? The scale is enormous. I can't imagine doing this without AI, or without a million-dollar budget.