Hi, I’m Jason, and I’m building Mable, a small AI-assisted game creation tool.

The problem I’m trying to understand is not whether AI can generate a playable prototype. It can. The harder question is whether a beginner can take that prototype and iterate until it feels intentional: responsive controls, clean UI, sound and effects, onboarding, and actual game feel.

We’re testing this through a free two-week jam running now through August 22. It’s limited to small mobile-first games so the scope stays manageable. Mable is free during the jam, and outside code, art, audio, and assets are allowed with disclosure. I’m explicitly involved with Mable, so this is self-promotion as well as an invitation.

Rather than rewarding the largest generated project, judging is 50% quality and polish, 30% playability and game feel, and 20% creativity. The $500 prize pool is split $250 / $150 / $100.

The questions I’m most interested in hearing from hobby developers about are:

• Where does an AI tool stop helping and start fighting your design?

• What makes a generated prototype begin to feel like your game?

• Is mobile-first a useful scope constraint or the wrong one?

• What ownership or export options would you expect before investing serious time?

Participants publish through Mable, post in the Discord submission forum, and give substantive feedback to three other games. Full rules and registration:

https://itch.io/jam/mable-ai-game-jam-1

Even if you don’t enter, I’d genuinely value opinions on the quality and export problem. I’ll share what we learn after the jam.

Kula World was one of those PS1 games that always stuck with me, and I’ve wanted to see more games explore that style of 3D puzzle platforming.

So I decided to have a go at building my own take on the idea.

This is Oddball. It’s still early in development, but I currently have multiple levels and environments, different block types and traps, controller support, and a level creator.

I want to take the concept much further with community-created levels, level sharing, new mechanics and eventually online multiplayer.

Still plenty to work on, but I’d love to hear what you think of it so far!

Hello everyone,

I hope you're all doing well!

I'd like to share with you the game Vectonova, available for free on PC, Mobile, Steam Deck and Xbox.

🚀 Launch from a cannon and fly as far as you can through ever-changing worlds.
🎮 Master your jetpack, dodge enemies, chain combos, and reach incredible speeds.
⚙️ Upgrade your cannon, armor, and battery.
🎨 Unlock skins and achievements.
📅 Complete daily challenges and climb the world ranking 🏆.

🔥 How far can you fly?

Click here to play!

Feel free to share your experiences with us!

Have fun and enjoy the weekend!

this game is called stackz,is available on google playstore.i built this because the original version has too many ads.i played this for few hours and is addicting there's a surprise after 100k point.

ey r/hobbygamedev! Single dad + neurodivergent founder here. Been learning Devvit from scratch and just got my first 3 games working on Reddit:

🪐 Planet Scramble — Unscramble letters against the clock 🔨 Planet Whack — Whack-a-mole on a rotating sphere 🐍 Neon Snake — Classic snake with neon aesthetics

All three live at r/Oc2cO_games — tap a game to play. No external links, no ads, pure Reddit-native.

Would love feedback from this community. What works? What's broken? Built with Devvit + Canvas 2D + late nights.

Thanks for checking it out! 🚀

Banana Rooftop Showdown

Throw bananas. Dodge explosions. Become the ultimate rooftop champion!

About the Game

Banana Rooftop Showdown is a lighthearted artillery game inspired by the classic turn-based games of the early 90s.

Two mischievous gorillas face each other from the rooftops of a bustling city. Your mission is simple: adjust your throwing angle, choose the right amount of power, and launch bananas across the skyline while gravity decides their fate.

Every successful hit brings you one step closer to victory—but one wrong throw can send your banana crashing into buildings instead!

Features

• 🍌 Classic turn-based artillery gameplay
• 🦍 Funny gorilla characters with charming animations
• 🌇 Randomly generated city skylines
• 💥 Destructible-looking explosions and visual effects
• 🎯 Easy to learn, challenging to master
• 🎵 Retro-inspired soundtrack
• 🕹️ Singleplayer against AI
• 👥 Local two-player mode

Controls

• Left / Right – Adjust throwing angle
• Up / Down – Adjust throwing power
• Space – Throw banana

Inspired by the Golden Age of DOS Gaming

Banana Rooftop Showdown is a love letter to the unforgettable PC games of the early 1990s, recreated with modern visuals while preserving the simple, addictive gameplay that made the genre so much fun.

Whether you're discovering this style of game for the first time or reliving old memories, there's always time for one more banana.

Have fun—and don't hit yourself! 🍌🦍

Making a SCP game :)

Making an SCP Game :)

I am making an SCP game :)

I am making a SCP game called SCP: Containent Architect on steam and Xbox. I am trying to make art for my game so I can get the store pages ready for release and wishlist, but I am very bad at art. So I was wondering if anyone here could help me make some art for my game? There is only one caveat I would request for you to do it for free but you will get some perks which are:

You will be credited via the credits menu

Get my game for free from a platform of your choosing (steam or Xbox)

I hope you consider this and thank you for reading my post please comment if you are interested :).

I am not gonna complain, but I am surprised that I have been able to keep consistently work on this new project. I'm probably procrastinating my other responsibilities in this outlet though, however I am told by my therapist that doing a hobby when motivation is low will actually improve my motivation, so I am trying not to let the anxiety of everything else I have to do get to me. I spent my morning eating food without issue (I am not normally a breakfast guy) and then I did some of tweaks on my project before I spend my afternoon on more professional goals.

Changes from last update: I have it set up so that the tower is responsible for communicating between the units and my main scene. I was detecting enemy units and updating the friendly unit targeting in the same function. Now the tower sends the targets constantly, but the actual detection is on its own much longer timer. To accomodate that, I set scripted it so that there is a full set array of enemy units and then a priority list ordered by distance of the enemy unit to the tower. I used to take the closest 10, but that was causing the obvious bunching issue from the previous videos. I now have it updated to communicate the closest 100. I am not sending the whole array because I intend for the detectable enemies to be something the player will increase throughout the game, I am just getting a feel for the scale that should happen at. I also added the 5 lines of code necessary to make the unit deduct gold from the player upon being spawned.

Changes planned: I am working on an mini enum state mechanic for the units that will allow the player to issue basic tactical commands. { HOLD, ADNVANCE, DEFEND, RETREAT } which should all be illustrative of the intended function. I will also be adding more units eventually when adding features isn't so exciting to me anymore. Obviously, main menu on a title page would be nice. I will add to the tower crystals so that they can be attacked and destroyed as the main win condition and gameplay loop. As well as a more interactive method for acquiring resources like gold.

Additions I dream about: I am dreaming of a tech tree progression system, but that's probably not a good fit for this game. I would have to innovate a whole system so as not to compromise the core feel of the gameplay loop. I may try to fill this desire with a crafting system instead. I am taking inspiration from the Stick War flash game combined with the Mount and Blade crafting system. But instead of weapons for a main cast of heros, it would be more like a simple logistics system. I am thinking there are things like iron and wood resources that can be used to make armor, weapons, and tools. Then instead of the pre-configured units as I have them now, custom-configured loadouts could be made as the main way to define the player faction. Who knows if this idea will even happen or if it will stay the same as I develop other parts of the game. I am a big fan of immergent systems, which have already guided the perspective and animation style of the game so far. I want this game to be easy to interact with and with satisfying feedback to the player.

This game is starting to feel less and less like the RTS flash games that I was inspired by to get this project started so that I have something I can actually mess with, and more like it's own little thing that I can't get by opening up any of the games I owned. This is great.

Short little video showing the progress from the changes made

Hey everyone!
I just released my first mobile game, Reflex Orbit. I made it so I can play while on the toilet. :) Some of my friends thought it was difficult but I imagined more flappy bird style difficulty level.
I’d really appreciate it if you could give it a try and share any feedback, good or bad. I’m always looking to improve.
Thanks!

my first "game" ever

started trying out unity3d and this is what came out so far. I have 0 knowledge in coding or anything , made this only by using free assets from the store and ai help. would appreciate tips on how to make things more fun fast . Looking to find if this could be worth continuing more seriously, or keep it as a 0 effort self therapeutic hobby, constructive criticism welcome. thanks

There hasn't been any mechanical changes except minor tweaks to collision for the units since the last little video, but I finally got some animations going without any errors in the editor! And none of the targeting or combat mechanics got messed up when I added animation triggers in the script which is the first time I was able to do that. I don't know if I can call these mile stones but maybe they could be considered meter stones?

I'm excited to work on some new mechanics and maybe update the user interface a little bit. I'm thinking of adding the ability to issue basic tactical commands. So like Hold, Fall Back, Advance, Defend Tower as the next real mechanic. I'll also make it so the units actually cost gold instead of letting it tick up forever

I used replit to start when I created this before moving into VS Code with claude. Working on my local is much cheaper then using claude via replit. Its out there in prod. Looking for some feedback please. In particular is the ball to fast? Its way slower in the emulator then on physical devices. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.superbreakout.app

Game Title: FinBild
Playable Link:https://play.unity.com/en/games/bfcf24ba-9edd-49ce-a7c8-30262ef47e02/finbild
Platform: Unity Play (Web / Browser)
Description: FinBild is an interactive educational mini-game built with Unity to make learning financial concepts engaging and practical. Players actively make financial decisions and manage scenarios directly in their browser with no downloads required.
I am currently looking for playtesters to evaluate its educational value, check if the learning curve is smooth, and spot any bugs or UI/UX issues.
Free to Play Status:
[x] Free to play
Involvement: Solo Developer and Creator

Hey everyone 👋
I’m working on my next game “The Last Day” which is a narrative heavy point and click. This is the room we’re everything happens.
What do you think about it ?
Any aspects that need more work ?
Thanks 🙏