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8 pointspzxc9d ago7 comments

I'm using AI (mostly Claude) to create/publish a new video game every day

This is day 33, first stab at the tower defense genre. Most of the games (including this one) I build with a single prompt. Rarely, a couple extra prompts are needed for bug fixes or to tweak the physics/UI. Extremely rarely, the AI has difficulty making the game work right (usually drawing it) and it takes a dozen or more prompts -- but the majority of the time, it gets everything right and makes a fully playable game first try

Happy to answer any questions, just a little hobby project of mine I'm having lots of fun with :)

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dgeiser139d ago

You should share more about the process. What does the prompt look like for this game for example? What language does Claude end up writing it in?

skanga9d ago

Agreed. That's more interesting than the game - for some at least ...

pzxcOP8d ago

I did share the prompt, it's right below the game :) I do the same for most of the games I build (one each day). Some of the games take a lot of prompts to fix/adjust things, but most require only a single prompt -- this one (Tower Defense) required just 1 sentence, a few words, that's it

As for the language, the whole application is set up with c#/.net on the backend and React/vite/js on the frontend so each game is built with that in mind. No gaming engines or physics libraries or anything, Claude handwrites all of it.

chequoredDaemon9d ago

I was able to set up an undefeatable defense.

I stopped it after an hour or two but it would have just kept going afaict.

0gs9d ago

I passed the first wave even though I did not kill most of the invaders. On the other hand, I couldn't dream of a single question to ask.

janalsncm9d ago

The arrow towers don’t hit the targets.

59klxkobm8d ago

Ek Ladki number hai

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