10 Minutes to Develop a Game
AI is a game changer, if you still needed proof
I’m not a game developer, In fact, I don’t usually play digital games either!
It all started with an itch to remove barnacles.
I happened to come across a Youtube Short showing a turtle with barnacles that sent a chill down my spine.
I don’t know how many of you feel that kind of thing when you see a dirty carpet or a messy room or as in this case — Barnacles!
I immediately started searching for a game that would mimic this situation — A turtle with barnacles floating in water and a person gets to remove them one by one.
Either that kind of game is not available in the market today or I don’t know to search online.
In any case, I found none!
Since I know nothing about game development other than that it’s a time taking and complex task I did a little research online to find an AI tool that can build a quick prototype.
V0 is one such tool I found.
V0 generates React code from simple text prompts.
I gave it a try.
Firstly explained what I want then iterated on top of it by providing feedbacks like — barnacles are not visible, they are not attached to body, twice I ran into runtime error so provided that as feedback and the next version of game automatically fixed the error and so on.
It took me around 10 to 15 minutes to arrive at this prototype version and run out of free tier privileges for the day but if I was building something serious, I would gladly pay $20 for the paid tier.
codesandbox.io is another tool I learned about yesterday. If you are a developer doing a lot of tinkering, check out this tool. I was surprised how could I not hear about this earlier.
Not just for building prototypes but this integrates well with Github as well, making code reviews easier.
If you want to remove the barnacles from this prototype app, here’s the link https://codesandbox.io/p/sandbox/wgfsln
Conclusion
Why aren’t people making these kind of apps? I’m sure a lot of people experience similar itches that needs a fix.
