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.
hereme888 134 days ago [-]
I love the "Don't trust everything you see on HN" banner.
You should also mention it was made with a templating engine you created! Makes it a lot cooler as a demo!
aanthonymax 141 days ago [-]
Yes, I did it, but modestly.
ryankrage77 141 days ago [-]
I see potential for speedrunning since the apples are always in the same position.
AISnakeOil 141 days ago [-]
It must be a slow news day.
krapp 141 days ago [-]
It's a Show HN that doesn't appear to be vibe-coded AI slop. I'll take it any day of the week.
valine 141 days ago [-]
Both Claude and GPT5 can single shot this type of game. The score counter looks exactly like the type of thing Claude spits out.
flykespice 140 days ago [-]
OP made the game with its own engine so I think that makes it very unlikely
krapp 141 days ago [-]
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.
bix6 141 days ago [-]
Vibe-coding is old news. We’ve moved on to ant-coding.
goopypoop 141 days ago [-]
+++out of cheese error+++
proee 141 days ago [-]
Reminds me of Ant for the HP48 calculator, though I have a feeling that was way before your time ;-)
Absolute banger. Time to add a competitive multiplayer mode, skill-based matchmaking, and ranked seasons
AfterHIA 140 days ago [-]
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!
oniony 141 days ago [-]
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˚.
dan-robertson 141 days ago [-]
I like the big head and the smile on the ant
aanthonymax 141 days ago [-]
He is smart!
selcuka 141 days ago [-]
> [...] trees arranged in a chaotic pattern across all coordinates
Did you mean "across the horizontal axis only"?
aanthonymax 141 days ago [-]
Well, yes. It would be strange if the tree grew underground or in the air :)
_def 141 days ago [-]
I mean there's not much of a game really, but I like it for what it is. It's also cute and the controls feel surprisingly snappy. My suggestion would be to try this typical responsive meta tag so the viewport does not scroll: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Guides/Vie...
NuclearPM 141 days ago [-]
I what is the “I mean” for? What are you clarifying?
card_zero 141 days ago [-]
It could be many things. I use this idiom too. I don't know what I'm doing.
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.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZCptY6WgNDw
https://www.hpcalc.org/details/6681
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K0OSfbPJFa4
Did you mean "across the horizontal axis only"?
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/I_mean
Expressing uncertainty, most likely.
Get all apples apart from the lowest one.
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