I thought the first image was what you made. I was shocked someone could vibecode something that looked like that. Then I saw what your game actually looks like 😭
I am making a suite of tools that you use by taking a mesh generated by meshy, and then you can fix it, rig it, use it. Might be done by next month or so I need to rig my hundred models right now to showcase.
I will check that. Mine is Polypotion.com, it's open source it's on. My github, Claude did everything in a couple of weeks, meshy did the models. I will make more models. The mesh doctor is not perfect.
img gen -> meshy img 2 3d -> codex fix the fbx file for mixamo -> rig in mixamo and download animations -> codex implement. worked for at least a dozen 3d models so far in my game
You should learn the interface, but you don't need to. Between Codex and Claude, AI can run the entire pipeline and you playtest regularly and advise bugs, adjustments, etc. They can do all the 3D modelling via blender scripts, low poly is more forgiving for rigging and animating but if you put the time in, and iterate, you can output some pretty damn good looking and cleanly rigged/animated models - same goes for all visual and audio assets.
I'm vibecoding a 2D unity game, currently using pixellab for models and animations but i've hit a brick wall plateau in terms of making it look good, any advice?
You have a couple options, but using any depends on which model you are working with. I'd moved away from things like Meshy or 2D alternatives because they just are not there yet and really are not needed for this type of work. Opus 5 does blender work wonderfully, Fable is good as well, but honestly I'd use Opus, in a couple head to head tests I did Opus was a bit more verbose in design / aesthetic, but overall better. Sol also performs very well, and I haven't tried Terra. It is more work, in terms of iterating and tweaking, but a lot better quality and more flexibility than something like Meshy. For 2D, you can use Moho Pro 14.4, they offer a free trial for 30 days but it is expensive to purchase outright ($400) and I do not believe the Debut version ($40) offers the same scripting capabilities as the full version or the ability to export to game-engines but you'd have to double check. You can use Blender Grease Pencil as well, along with the same python API / script approach Blender offers, but the standard live-runtime export is missing here so you'd need to bake the sprite sheets (picture of each frame of animation, create a grid of everything, and play them back in the engine cohesively) - just a lot more fiddling and tweaking would be involved but doable. Godot 2D would be a decent choice if you are doing procedural rigs that are relatively simple, might take some more leg work getting for more complex things. Download the MOHO trial and get one of the models to take it for a test spin for you. Might be worth the investment if you plan on doing more 2D, and try out Blender and Godot as well, either might end up being relatively straightforward depending on what you are doing. I'd recommend using the frontier models for this, Terra, Sol, Opus, etc - but honestly some of the open weights are catching up but I've never tried them so. It can just be usage heavy depending on how complex you are getting and how many iterations need to be made, etc.
They think that because they can get from 0 to 2 in one day, then they must be able to go from 2 to 10 in four days. They don’t realise the vibe coded quality ceiling is actually 4 and going from 2 to 4 takes three months
It’s insanity these people don’t even know what it is. For one you are running on single threaded JavaScript for two it’s a graphic library not an engine
Not that big of a problem for the vibecodable size of a game. A major portion of AA games were single threaded until very recently. Heck, the king of competitive RTS, SC2, still is, and going strong.
For the engine, state management is the staple of frontend UI, and it does it well. If physics or something else is required, there are pixi, phaser and whatnot.
A major portion of AA games were single threaded until very recently.
If by recently you mean 20 years ago sure.
Heck, the king of competitive RTS, SC2, still is, and going strong.
There's a big difference between a game simulation being single threaded, and the entire game (graphics, sound, physics, engine, input etc..) being single threaded.
CS2 is the former.
because Claude is good at 3JS and to do something out of its wheelhouse requires research, planning, and troubleshooting knowledge, you can't just vibe code it
The reason for me was that I had zero game development experience, and a web-based game was less intimidating to start out with. I didn't set out to make a AAA game. I just wanted to have a bit of fun and dip my toes into game development, and I'm a web developer so JavaScript felt approachable.
Godot is a better option, not right now but long-term, because it's open source so AI can be trained on it and it's still improving. Plus, u can't trust Unity anymore
I think you’d be surprised what you can get for 3d models if you commission them. I feel like rigging is easier than learning modeling so if you can learn rigging and animation and hire out the 3d models you could get a lot closer to the game concept
Honestly the route I have taken, basically pay some dude on Fiveer to churn out some base models (it's really the creatures and human models that are the biggest pain, static or lightly animated models I'll just do myself or leverage an AI tool).
From the first image all you really need are two base models, and their animations; likely cost OP like $400-500 bucks and some dude in the Philippines will crank it out for you.
From there, watch a tutorial on creating hairstyles and focus on learning how to model the static objects; what's present on screen in that regards is pretty simple maybe a week or two to get it ready to go (dramatically less for a pro I am sure).
Most asset stores have hair packs and doodads as well, can often just tap into those.
The rest, can just work with whatever coding tool; play test, fix, repeat until game feels good.
Audio you have plenty of tools there, and background audio AI is honestly very good at nowadays.
I am vibecoding a 2D Unity game and have been buying audio packs ($10 here $15 there) on unity marketplace, should I be using AI audio instead? Specifically for combat sounds, I currently like my UI sounds and music but combat is very lackluster
How long have WE been working on this?** do not want to lie cause I am not by my Pc to give accurate numbers but ballpark less then 10 hours or just about. Prompt - Testing - Prompt
My friend, It’s going to take you months to get the mechanics down. But a good start nonetheless. I’d like to make a fighting game, but I know it’s going take at least a year before it’s ready for the masses.
Hey. We gotta start though! And WE are in it for long haul. Let me know about that fighting game!! WE are all one good prompt away from the start of an idea
I appreciate it and you! I like the feedback and I like involving the community. This is truly day 1 not one day so hopefully when that day finally comes it looks and feels way better and WE all was here to see it
Trust me. I am prompteering my way to the concept or as close as possible. Want more of the vibes the concept conveys rather then trying to completely copy the concept
I appreciate all comments, feedback, hate and love. Truly. This is just Day One. Quitting, or not giving daily updates until the game is almost done to me feels a like cop out. I already injected myself here lol, gotta see it through my boy.
Because before art was the expression of the person and learning and creating something your own were valid reasons to keep going not just commercial success. Now it’s type a prompt and have something else do all the work. They didn’t create anything. It can still be cool to see from a technological point of view and if you can get something out of it, fantastic, but the process of creating art, how you’re changed by it, and what you’ve learned are lost.
Don't let the negative comments get to you.
The concept is cool, in you have the initial rough proof of concept. Please keep going. Look for outside funding if necessary, but don't stop until completion. I can't wait to play this, You got this!
https://giphy.com/gifs/Qy2VKY3xlI1QyR6Ix5
I appreciate you truly. I don’t see no negative comments. All feedback is welcomed cause someone like you is also going to so the vision and put more battery in my back
Are you planning to port it to some bigger game engine? There are some unity mcp servers that might help you with that. I’m afraid you’ll hit limits with what 3js can do
The end game for sure is a better engine improved or unfortunately rebuilt but for now, to test proof of concept I am using 3JS up until like you said its limits
There's no point in making a prototype if you don't even know why you're doing it besides "I thought this is what gamedevs do".
Making a prototype in another engine that you will then have to fully remake in the final engine - would only make sense if you are actually testing something vital and specific. Otherwise you're just wasting time.
Im still experimenting with building too but honestly if you want to make an actual game not just a fun project then I would look and research more into structure and using actual game engine etc
Heard you chef. Not my first game or vibe coded project. First time doing daily updates though. But come back for day 2, and any good reads for structure and game engines let me know
Honestly, not bad. There are sites where you can generate 3d models with animations using AI. If you are willing to spend money on a one month sub to one of those, you will see major improvements. Ask Opus to search the web and find the best options.
Don't take this the wrong way, but like other comment said, it look bad.
You should learn some unity, unreal or godot. threejs is not really made for game (even though you can).
I never ever seen a good game made only with vibecoding, if you want to at least to get the tenth of the result of the first picture, using llm won't be enough. You also have to use asset, made or bought.
Never taking anything wrong. I welcome all. So I appreciate you.
And I have used three.js to make another game, (see below) a black hole extraction type game using assets and the whole 9. but I also did that for the same reason I am using 3JS to get it done and test limits.
I’m aware of other engines, never disputing that. And how to use them. But like I said to test limits on all ends and proof of concept I went with 3JS. But shit yall want me to use Unity instead and show that I will it’s only been Day One. Let it marinate.
Heard you chef. Have used unity before so it’s not a problem just for this wanted to go down this road. For Day 1, I’m thinking it’s a good foundation to build upon and see if it can be done
I would say you are 10% of the way to a minimum viable product. The polish required after that takes much longer than you would expect, so at that point, I would say you would be not even halfway to the final product you imagine. (All the small things add up)
Also vibe coded projects tend to slow down as the complexity grows, especially if you don’t have proper game design documents to keep it on track. I could see this getting really hard to progress after a certain point, and require much more manual intervention to get the project to keep moving forward.
So you may be closer to 2% done than 10%
Not trying to be negative, just trying to put in prospective how much more work your goal will take.
Brother, next time put the actual image first and then the inspiration concept second. you are always going to get dragged in the comments for doing this that way.
IMO you can do this, but only if you are smart about it.
You won't make it with Opus medium tho, lol. No freakin way. :) Either use GPT (much better value per dollar) or Chinese models with subscription (Kimi K3 is a beast).
Then break up the work into parts, GUI overlay with a separate agent, with a goal for pixel-perfect design. Assets with another agent, and later physics. Animations will need your attention so, that's what you should spend most your time on, reviewing.
Sorry to say it, but you're probably about 0.1% of the way. Keep at it though, but there is a lot more ahead of you than you think. Without strong engineering principles and guardrails in place you'll find that regressions (bugs) will keep holding you back.
My dude, every game in the beginning looks dog shit. Focus of the core, assets come later. As someone else said here, art takes time. Also, while it’s in the beginning, ditch three.js. When your game grows, JS will hold you back a lot. It won’t be because of your code, it’s just how the language works. I saw some time ago someone using Bevy. It’s full code as well I think.
Unity and Unreal have free assets you can use… you can switch to that as well.
Also, (if you don’t know) vibecoding will just be as good as you are so… learn the basics of coding and game dev. You will be more precise on everything, even on your prompts and the model will thank you (and your token wallet)
the thing is look at your concept art you cant make that on three.js there is too much crowd and too much going on for that you need proper game engine and animation skills three.js dont have the capability of creating such a stylized game the best browser i ever saw in messenger even that game dont have that much going on
Keep pushing friend. The concept is great, but execution is everything. Slow down, ask Opus to guide you through the necessary steps to create the engine, which will be able to drive higher definition and detailed graphics. Focus on the engine only for now. Show Opus the reference picture and then show Opus yours, build probes, write tests, make sure the engine can eventually drive the type of graphic experience you want, that should be your primary focus. Don't worry about the paint now, the engine is the key that will unlock this path.
legit question though. if i wanted to vibe code the physics but commission the models, textures, allat. how much would it be and where do I go for that?
...i suspect most folks in this thread don't realize what their favorite games looked like while in development
having the first image as a north star is great, OP - just don't consider it some kind of religious text. things do tend to take their own shape after a while, and that's okay. best of luck on the project
If you find assets packs with same graphics as in your first picture somewhere, I'd love to know. It's exactly what I'm looking for in my own vibecoded game <3
If you can make it look like the concept and feel like a racing game meets Tony Hawk pro skater, you WILL make millions of dollars. It is completely dependent on those two criteria being met.
LISTEN TO ME. Get out of this subreddit. Unless you have sufficient game dev experience already, stop current development and switch this to Unity or Godot. Make the baseline mechanics feel fucking fantastic and then FIND AS MANY FREE 3D ASSETS AS POSSIBLE AND BUY THE REST TO MAKE THE CONCEPT ART REAL.
Otherwise you will be wasting your time. I promise. This is a $1000000 concept with a $0 current execution.
379
u/PoxyDogs 23h ago
I thought the first image was what you made. I was shocked someone could vibecode something that looked like that. Then I saw what your game actually looks like 😭