Battle Drones - a vibe coded RTS with audio-based multiplayer
My latest vibe coded game experiment is a Command & Conquer style RTS (Real Time Strategy) game called Battle Drones (play it here).
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Key points
- It also supports multiplayer between nearby devices using audio to synchronize game state!
- My initial goal was to build an RTS game I could play on my phone, in the style of Command & Conquer.
- After 12 major iterations (and 321 commits by coding agents, mainly Claude Code) I now have a browser-based game that works on mobile and desktop, has multiple play modes, several maps (including a random map generator) and even supports multiplayer for two devices within microphone range of each other.
- Here's a video demo of Battle Drones running in a desktop browser:
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- [1]Battle Drones - a vibe coded RTS with audio-based multiplayerSimon Willison's Weblog · Oct 20, 07:34 PM
My latest vibe coded game experiment is a Command & Conquer style RTS (Real Time Strategy) game called Battle Drones (play it here).
It also supports multiplayer between nearby devices using audio to synchronize game state!
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