▶ AI GAME STUDIORUN BY A NON-PROGRAMMER

NOT A
PROGRAMMER.
BUILDING A
ZELDA-LIKE
ANYWAY

Claude directs, Claude Code builds, PixelLab draws, and I make every call. Every episode shows exactly how, including what the AI gets wrong.

So I've got Claude as the director, Claude Code doing the building, PixelLab on the art, and I make every call. Every episode shows exactly how it works, including what the AI gets wrong.

ECLIPSE OF AURELION

PWRMYTHRYX DEV KIT1/6PHASE 1/6

Mockup pixel scene with an eclipse over an altar

Mockup pixel scene: an eclipse over a stone altar, a pond, trees and a wheat field

$ check.py CHECK PASSED

$ python tools/check.pyCHECK PASSED

EP 01
SOONAI-ASSISTED
HUMAN-DIRECTED

WATCH EP 01SOON MEET THE PARTY

Six seats in the studio.
One of them is human.

INVENTORY · SEASON 1Hover a slot

SEASON ONE

01LEVEL

1/6PHASE

02SESSIONS

67COMMITS

29DECISIONS

WORLD 1-1

CHOOSE YOUR
PARTY

Swipe the deck. Six seats, one human.

Six seats and one of them is me. Every tool gets named on screen, and every bit of AI art and audio gets labelled. Hover a card.

DESIGNER001/006

LEGENDARY001/006

MEHUMAN

ABILITY Makes every call, plays every build and owns how it feels.Makes every call, plays every build and owns how it feels.

WEAKNESS Not a programmer. Not trained is different from not good at it.Not a programmer. Not trained, which is a different thing from not good at it.

DIRECTOR002/006

PLANNER002/006

CLAUDEAI

ABILITY Plans the work, writes the brief and reviews the plan before any code.Plans the work, writes the brief and reviews the plan before any code exists.

WEAKNESS Plans that don’t fit the hours I have.Plans that don’t fit in the hours I actually have.

BUILDER003/006

CODER003/006

CLAUDE CODEAI

ABILITY Writes the Godot code in a fresh session, one brief at a time.Writes the Godot code in a fresh session, one brief at a time, with comments that teach.

WEAKNESS Godot 3 code sneaking into Godot 4.Godot 3 code sneaking into a Godot 4 project.

ARTIST004/006

SPRITES004/006

PIXELLABAI

ABILITY Sprites and tiles, snapped to the game’s palette.Generates sprites and tiles. A script snaps them to the game’s palette.

WEAKNESS Palette drift. The art lint catches it.Palette drift. The art lint catches it.

BARD005/006

AUDIO005/006

ELEVENLABSAI

ABILITY Sound effects. States the cost, then waits for a yes.Sound effects. Every generation states its cost and waits for a yes.

WEAKNESS A few tries to land the right sound.Can take a few tries to land the right sound.

GUARDIAN006/006

QA006/006

CHECK.PYSCRIPT

ABILITY Lint, import, smoke run, tests and art lint after every step.Lint, import, a 120-frame smoke run, the tests and the art lint after every step.

WEAKNESS Proves it runs. Can’t prove it plays well.Proves the game runs. Can’t prove it plays well.

WORLD 1-2

EVERY FEATURE
RUNS THIS GAUNTLET

GET THE BRIEF TEMPLATE

STAGE 01START

THE BRIEFThe Director writes what to build and what not to touch.

STAGE 02NO CODE

PLAN MODEThe Builder plans. Nothing gets written yet.

STAGE 03

FRESH SESSIONThe Builder runs the approved plan, clean.

STAGE 04BOSS

CHECK.PYHas to end with CHECK PASSED or it goes back.

STAGE 05HUMAN

PLAYTESTI play it by hand. Every build.

STAGE 06CLEAR

EPISODEThe studio cuts it into video.

STAGE 01START

THE BRIEFThe Director writes what to build and what not to touch.

STAGE 02NO CODE

PLAN MODEThe Builder plans. Nothing gets written yet.

STAGE 03

FRESH SESSIONThe Builder runs the approved plan, clean.

STAGE 04BOSS

CHECK.PYHas to end with CHECK PASSED or it goes back.

STAGE 05HUMAN

PLAYTESTI play it by hand. Every build.

STAGE 06CLEAR

EPISODEThe studio cuts it into video.

WORLD 1-3

NOW LOADING

CH 01NOT A PROGRAMMER.

LOADING EP 01...

SOONCHANNEL INTRO

I'm not a programmer. I built an AI studio to make a Zelda-like.

The studio, the game, the rules I set for the AI, and what's already broken. A walk through the repo, 67 commits in.

RUNTIME10-15M

FORMATFACE+VO

EP 02

Seris at five sizesQUEUEDLOOK-BACK

EP 03

Editor Boundary v2QUEUEDLOOK-BACK

EP 04

Godot says my game is fine. It isn’t.QUEUEDLOOK-BACK

EP 05

My AI playtests my gameQUEUEDLOOK-BACK

WORLD 1-4

THE MISTAKES
STAY IN

godot.exe

$ godot --headless --quit-after 120SCRIPT ERROR: ...Process finished.
Exit code 0Looks fine. It isn't.

AI FAIL · EP 04AI FAIL OF THE WEEK · EP 04

GODOT SAID IT WAS FINE. IT HAD CRASHED.GODOT SAID THE GAME WAS FINE. IT HAD CRASHED.Godot exits with code 0 even after a script error. So every check reads the output instead.Godot exits with code 0 even after a script error, so a check that trusts the exit code passes a broken game. Now every check reads the output instead.tools/godot.py → FAIL: script error found in outputREAD THE OUTPUT

SHIP IT ANYWAYREAD THE OUTPUT

D24DECISION CARD

EDITOR BOUNDARY V2THE CALL Claude does the first pass of scenes. I review and approve in the editor.WHY My limited time goes to judgment.

D24DECISION CARD

EDITOR BOUNDARY V2THE CALL Claude does the first pass of scenes and Inspector values. I review, tweak and approve in the editor.

2026-09-25HOVER TO FLIP

WHYScene files are text and the editing tools can change nodes, keyframes and tiles, so doing it all by hand became the bottleneck.My limited time goes to judgment. I still own feel, art approval and playtesting.FROM DOCS/DECISIONS.MD

STICKER SHEET · RECURRING SEGMENTS

>_THE PROMPTThe exact prompt, on screen, unedited.

!!AI FAILWhat it got wrong and how it got caught.

D#DECISION CARDA real call from the log. Options, pick, reason.

<>BEFORE / AFTERSame frame, side by side.

99SCOREBOARDThe running counters, every devlog.

?!VIEWER VOTEA real design choice for you to make.

WORLD 1-5 · D23 OPEN

YOUR MOVE,
PLAYER 2

When Seris walks on a diagonal, which way should she face?When Seris walks on a diagonal, which way should she face? I'd be happy building any of these, and the winner gets built on camera in the next devlog.

PICK ONE TO PREVIEW

TAP A, B OR C. REAL VOTING OPENS WITH THE EPISODE.PRESS A, B OR C. REAL VOTING OPENS WITH THE EPISODE.

WORLD 1-6 · HOW I DIRECT AI

THE ITEM SHOP

Everything's free. Real files from the repo.

"Everything here is free. Real files from the repo, not cleaned-up versions."

FREE

QUEUED · EP 01

SCROLL OF THE BRIEFBrief, plan, fresh session. Keeps planning from turning into coding.Brief, plan, fresh session. The two-document workflow that keeps planning from turning into coding.TAKE: BRIEF.MDTAKE: FEATURE BRIEF.MD

FREE

QUEUED · EP 01

KEY OF TEACHINGRules that make the Builder write code I can learn from.Rules that make the Builder write code I can actually learn from, and keep it on Godot 4.TAKE: CLAUDE.MDTAKE: CLAUDE.MD, TRIMMED.MD

FREE

QUEUED · EP 04

LENS OF TRUTHWhy a clean exit means nothing, and the check that reads the output.Don’t trust “no errors”. Why a clean exit means nothing, and the check that reads the output.TAKE: CHECK.PYTAKE: CHECK.PY OUTLINE.MD

WORLD 1-7

LOAD
GAME

The build log. The long version of what happened, for anyone who'd rather read than watch.

FILE 1 · 11 MINFILE 1 · APR 08 2026Week 1: Why I Built Zero AI Features for My "AI-Powered" App#second-brain #mythryx-brainPLAYTIME11 MIN FILE 2 · 13 MINFILE 2 · APR 01 2026Building with Claude Code: How AI Wrote Most of My App (And Why That's Not the Interesting Part)#claude-code #AIPLAYTIME13 MIN FILE 3 · 13 MINFILE 3 · MAR 28 2026The Architecture: How I Fit a Full AI App on an $80 Computer (And My Gaming PC Helps)#beginner #self-hostedPLAYTIME13 MIN

FILE 4 · EMPTYFILE 4 · EMPTYNext post drops with EP 01Nothing saved here yetPLAYTIME--

MYTHRYX

EVERY TWO WEEKS I SEND OUT WHAT ACTUALLY HAPPENED. NO SPAM. WANT IN?EVERY TWO WEEKS I SEND OUT WHAT ACTUALLY HAPPENED. WHAT I BUILT, WHAT BROKE, WHAT I THREW OUT. NO SPAM. WANT IN?

SIDE QUEST LOCKEDEMBERKINPaused, not dropped. Series two.The creature board game. Paused, not dropped. It comes back as the second series.UNLOCKS: LATER

NOT A PROGRAMMER. BUILDING A ZELDA-LIKE ANYWAY_

CHOOSE YOUR PARTY

EVERY FEATURE RUNS THIS GAUNTLET

NOW LOADING

I'm not a programmer. I built an AI studio to make a Zelda-like.

THE MISTAKES STAY IN

YOUR MOVE, PLAYER 2

THE ITEM SHOP

LOAD GAME

NOT A
PROGRAMMER.
BUILDING A
ZELDA-LIKE
ANYWAY

CHOOSE YOUR
PARTY

EVERY FEATURE
RUNS THIS GAUNTLET

THE MISTAKES
STAY IN

YOUR MOVE,
PLAYER 2

LOAD
GAME