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Re:I'm going back to writing code by hand by echelon on Monday May 11, 2026 @07:05AM (#48093448)
This was made in two days of vibe coding. It has flaws, but it's impressive as hell:

https://tinyskies.vercel.app/

It's got a fun Zelda-inspired mechanic (I won't say which one), and you'll have to unlock abilities and parts of the world over several quests and modes to "win".

It's also multiplayer.

Re:I'm going back to writing code by hand by 20k on Monday May 11, 2026 @07:38AM (#48093712)
This ran at ~1fps for me
Re:I'm going back to writing code by hand by IceDane on Monday May 11, 2026 @08:07AM (#48093942)
Runs smoothly for me in Zen (FF) on Linux.
Re:I'm going back to writing code by hand by unlogic on Monday May 11, 2026 @09:49AM (#48094985)
Turning didn't work for me. Impressive as hell indeed! The author is probably already busy 100xing other projects, no time to fix such a minor nuisance.
Re:I'm going back to writing code by hand by scruple on Monday May 11, 2026 @09:53AM (#48095045)
I guess? Yes. But I played for like 20 seconds and lost interest.
Re:I'm going back to writing code by hand by fancythat on Monday May 11, 2026 @10:02AM (#48095160)
Unless there is a way to see or check the whole prompt that made this game, it is hard for me personally to say if this is impressive or not as I don't know what percentage of this was vibe coded. I also see there is an incentive to skew the truth here, as there is a substantial prize pool and that usually makes people become very creative.

In the past, I was trying to reproduce vibe coding results when I managed to get all the information from Youtube videos (model version, ide version, same input data and prompt) and never was I able to reproduce something impressive even after multiple runs of the same thing.

Re:I'm going back to writing code by hand by fancythat on Monday May 11, 2026 @02:46PM (#48099031)
Thanks for that. I skimmed through provided links, only thing I can conclude was, it was a process of do something and let's hope for the best. I also see references to files not linked to Github, so I don't know what is contained inside of it: "Here’s what was added to the paintball_replaces_barrel_roll_19e450df.plan.md"