It's maddening that we're creating real time AI game engines, but there aren't any actual AI games.
🧵 here's my take as an ex-gaming founder on why
🧵 here's my take as an ex-gaming founder on why
https://twitter.com/MattMcGill_/status/1952737073049285079
People don't want generative slop.
The edge that games have over other media is achievement.
As Tiktok increasingly offers the best ratio of effort to dopamine, games need to lean into achievement and mastery.
In an infinitely generated world, where do you find the mastery?
The edge that games have over other media is achievement.
As Tiktok increasingly offers the best ratio of effort to dopamine, games need to lean into achievement and mastery.
In an infinitely generated world, where do you find the mastery?
Creation is Fun
Is Claude Code an AI video game? I've had several people make that claim to me.
It's easy to learn and hard to master. It rewards you with joyful output.
It feels more like riding a horse than turning on an oven.
Is Claude Code an AI video game? I've had several people make that claim to me.
It's easy to learn and hard to master. It rewards you with joyful output.
It feels more like riding a horse than turning on an oven.
Code Generation is the next Proc Gen
Procedural generation has been a staple of games forever. Code generation is its natural evolution. Package the fun of Claude Code into a game mechanic.
Every NPC in Stardew valley has a preset routine that's generated in code. What if it changed when it interacted with you?
What if there was a RTS where each unit was an agent you could control routines for?
What if deck-builders generated new cards on the fly based on your actions?
There's a line to draw here between infinite slop and joyful emergent behavior, just like with procedural generation, but I'm confident there are brilliant games waiting to be made.
Procedural generation has been a staple of games forever. Code generation is its natural evolution. Package the fun of Claude Code into a game mechanic.
Every NPC in Stardew valley has a preset routine that's generated in code. What if it changed when it interacted with you?
What if there was a RTS where each unit was an agent you could control routines for?
What if deck-builders generated new cards on the fly based on your actions?
There's a line to draw here between infinite slop and joyful emergent behavior, just like with procedural generation, but I'm confident there are brilliant games waiting to be made.
I'm talking to the @speedrun cohort next week about how the Claude Code SDK might be the best way to bring mastery back into games.
Let me know if you'd be interested in more content and code about this.
Let me know if you'd be interested in more content and code about this.
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