The Build
The honest end to end of how to make a game with AI, where it helps, where it faceplants, and why finishing a small game is the real bottleneck.
The best game engine for beginners, ranked by a solo dev who ships small games. Real 2026 prices, which one you'll finish in, and what to ignore.
My honest path to a first finished game in Godot as a solo dev, using AI to explain errors instead of build it for you, plus the traps that make beginners quit.
An honest roundup of the best AI game dev tools a solo Godot developer actually uses, with real 2026 prices, a comparison table, and what I skip.
An honest solo dev take on AI game art. Which assets AI actually nails, which read as slop, and the rough-it-in-then-replace workflow I run in Godot.
Using AI for game design ideas is easy. Scoping one down to something a solo dev can actually finish is the real work. Here's how I cut an idea to shippable.