| I have long wanted to create a text based browser game (as niche as they are) but I knew that it would take a few years to do so and that just wasn't in the cards for me.... fast forward to 2026 and in two months, I have my first game up and some happy customers (as of today) subscribed! The one thing I have fought with the most was ignoring all of the 'ai slop' feedback. I have been a dev for over 10 years, yea I get it... but ultimately AI/Vibe Coding is not going anywhere. This project has actually even helped me with my day job just in learning about so many tools I would otherwise not know about (since my day job is NOT related to gaming websites but analytical ones). I wont recover the cost of servers or subscription based tools I used to make this, and I knew that going into it and have zero care about it (which is why I made it so f2p friendly as well). What I am happy about though is that those who do see it for what it is, an actual passion project and not just a 'prompt and forget' thing have given nothing but positive feedback. That in the end was all I was really going for, creating something that people can have fun with (and in a very anti-whale way) and I have succeeded there. If interested: https://roguelite-mmo.com/ [link] [comments] |