▲This is great; I don't play video games as an adult but I got to have my 4 seconds of fun and it was all I needed. Top form aanthony!
reply▲Here's my version, took about 5 minutes to create inside the ChatGPT web interface.
https://valine.github.io/vibe-coded-ant-game/I don't know if this game was vibe coded, but it certainly could have been. Most notable thing about this post is probably that vibe coded games are good enough now to fool HN.
coldfoundry21 hours ago
[-] You should also mention it was made with a templating engine you created! Makes it a lot cooler as a demo!
reply▲I see potential for speedrunning since the apples are always in the same position.
reply▲A little know fact is that if you want to pack six ants inside an apple, the guy at the bottom has to be at 49.93˚.
reply▲It must be a slow news day.
reply▲It's a Show HN that doesn't appear to be vibe-coded AI slop. I'll take it any day of the week.
reply▲Both Claude and GPT5 can single shot this type of game. The score counter looks exactly like the type of thing Claude spits out.
reply▲OP made the game with its own engine so I think that makes it very unlikely
reply▲Fair enough, it is impossible to know. I'm making an assumption based on the fact that the use of AI wasn't mentioned anywhere I could see, and people usually mention it.
reply▲Vibe-coding is old news. We’ve moved on to ant-coding.
reply▲ +++out of cheese error+++
> [...] trees arranged in a chaotic pattern across all coordinates
Did you mean "across the horizontal axis only"?
aanthonymax19 hours ago
[-] Well, yes. It would be strange if the tree grew underground or in the air :)
reply▲Such a cute little game; it gave me a chance to catch my breath on this busy day.
reply▲I like the big head and the smile on the ant
reply▲The apples seem misproportioned to the ant? Is that just me?
reply▲That's just your perception, both apples and ants measure approximately one centimeter to the nearest order of magnitude.
reply▲reply▲I what is the “I mean” for? What are you clarifying?
reply▲Level 2:
Get all apples apart from the lowest one.
Dude, I didn’t really think about using GitHub pages to make games like this! Thanks for inspiring me today.
reply▲I’d like to name my Ant please. Anthony? Or perhaps Antoine. Or maybe even Marie Antoinette. Wow there must be like 20 names that start with Ant.
reply▲The Anthology of Bernie Santers
Belligerant Santa
Anton
Grant
Samantha
Kant
Evan T.
Banterman
Chantelle
The Phantom
Bryant
Santiago
Myrmidon, Pissmire, Antihero
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