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Vibe coded a fun little "Breakout-inspired" game where you control a gnome with a cannon trying to defend its garden against an onslaught of insects. Cursor was used to make this game, I mainly alternated between Grok Code Fast, GPT 5 and Sonnet 4.5 models. I used LOVE2D game... show more

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I think I might have discovered the best 2D game engine for vibe coding games. For the past few weeks, I have been making a lovecraftian fishing game with peaceful day time fishing and intense night time combat where you fend off mutated sea creatures. And I've been using Love2D game engine for this. Love2D game engine runs on LUA, which is a compact (token-friendly) programming language that many models (GPT5, Grok Code and Sonnet) are pretty good at. I'm considering to set up a Patreon where I'll share more in depth content (devlogs, prompts, advice, tips etc) where I'll share my learnings as I vibe code an indie game from scratch. If you're interested in this, please let me know in the replies. Trying to gauge interest on this!

I think I might have discovered the best 2D game engine for vibe coding games. For the past few weeks, I have been making a lovecraftian fishing game with peaceful day time fishing and intense night time combat where you fend off mutated sea creatures. And I've been using Love2D game engine for this. Love2D game engine runs on LUA, which is a compact (token-friendly) programming language that many models (GPT5, Grok Code and Sonnet) are pretty good at. I'm considering to set up a Patreon where I'll share more in depth content (devlogs, prompts, advice, tips etc) where I'll share my learnings as I vibe code an indie game from scratch. If you're interested in this, please let me know in the replies. Trying to gauge interest on this!

Danny Limanseta

89,282 views • 10 months ago

I took Grok 4 for a spin this weekend to build this game prototype. I used SuperGrok Chat to generate the initial game prototype and then brought it over to Cursor to continue coding with Grok 4 MAX. Grok 4 in Cursor is like a no-nonsense agent. Doesn't speak much, but delivers the goods. There were moments where I was rate-limited or stuck on a bug or two that I had to get other models to help, but otherwise it's a fast, reliable model to work with. This makes me incredibly excited for Grok Code to launch in August!

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Danny Limanseta

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35,197 views • 1 month ago

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Madni Aghadi

101,736 views • 13 days ago

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98,163 views • 2 months ago

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185,200 views • 4 months ago

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274,407 views • 4 months ago

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17,198 views • 1 year ago

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13,804 views • 6 months ago

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24,775 views • 1 month ago

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Kris Kashtanova

122,956 views • 2 years ago

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115,737 views • 13 days ago

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99,400 views • 29 days ago

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Ammaar Reshi

1,431,546 views • 3 years ago

OG RE3 has a special music track for the options menu, and it's really good. I used to leave the game on it when I was younger just to listen to it.

OG RE3 has a special music track for the options menu, and it's really good. I used to leave the game on it when I was younger just to listen to it.

Dillon Rogers

41,297 views • 3 months ago

Decided to get in on the fun and vibe code a Halo-inspired FPS game using Three.js and strictly AI! Progress vid below. Using a combo of Grok 3, Claude Sonnet and o1. Lmk what you think! Planning to have it ready for @levelsio's #vibejam happening next week

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Ryan

91,807 views • 1 year ago

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739,874 views • 3 years ago