This weekend I explored making another game prototype. I grew up playing simulation games like Game Dev Studio and Dungeon Village, so I thought it would be fun to make an MMO dev studio game, where you are the developer building a fledgling MMO for players to play in.... I got it to a point where you have. tech tree where you can earn XP and unlock some buildings, NPCs and mobs, enough for me to test the core game loop, but somehow I still feel like it's missing something. I might revisit this in the future, but it was fun being able to explore making a game in a genre I haven't really tried before.show more

What do you think about implementing live in game transactions? No fees 268ms conf time Pure digital cash Endless opportunities ???

It's looking nice! The ui is also good. It's the hardest thing to nail down on games, don't you feel that?

yeah so far UI has been quite challenging to get it right because models are not great with game UI yet, theres a lot of pixel-pushing prompts needed to get it to look right. But its improving fast!

Yeah! When making prototypes I already give him pointers. He just feels the screen like it's a website. Overall, really fun prototype you made, congrats! That's how I spend my weekends, just coming out with weird ideas to test out haha

asset pack or freshly generated? looks cute af

These graphics are generated by my grok bot with grok imagine (specialises in making art assets for my games)

I'm a big dungeon village fan and also dream of making a game like it

love it!

You should make a course about creating games using AI. I have no idea how you make your games look so good.

@GrantSlatton re vibecodes RTS

UI looks cute af, damnn i wanna play!

Really love your dungeon game, played it this weekend with my family. Hoping to play the full release soon!

So awesome to hear this Alex! Thank you for checking out the game and playing it with your family!

I love those little guys! what's the art prompt?!

Looks cool, reminds me of Let's Build A Dungeon!

Clean and intuitive design. "but somehow I still feel like it's missing something" - Just a suggestion: each character can have some unique traits pool (based on his class) from which player picks one after character levels up.

I thought it was mushroom war

@itsmemarv1n 😂

Now we’re talking this is my kind of game

OMG, I really love the graphics!

Was this vibe coded? Art is awesome, did you draw yourself?

Yup! art is generated by Grok Imagine

Well done! Have you explored all options for art generation and did Grok prove to be most consistent?

I like the concept bro. Clever!

what engine are you using?

A game about building the studio that builds the game has a great built-in tension. The player gets to feel every compromise from both sides.

looks awesome

what models do you use for game dev and what subscriptions do you have? also curios if you are using game engines or just web stack

looks pretty good actually should continue it

im building something like this but its more a flex about how advanced of an NPC system i can make with as little compute as possible ...

That's a nice idea... would be a shame if someone... stole it.

The tech tree and progression already give the prototype a strong scaffold. I’d test the missing piece as a player decision loop: what choice creates a memorable trade-off between studio growth, game quality, and responding to player demand, rather than just unlocking more content?

Interested in learning your tech stack. I have some few ideas that I want to execute.

You've heard of this game, I assume?

making a game about making a game about making an mmo...hrmmm needs more layers

hi, check dm :)

Is this using godot like your vibecoded dungeon game?

Yup!