Game Dev
10 posts on Sorceress about game dev.
How to Make a Platformer With AI in Your Browser
A platformer is the canonical first game and historically the most painful one — physics, tilemaps, jumps, enemies, hit-feel. AI agents now ship a playable build from a single prompt. Here is the full WizardGenie workflow, browser-first, with art and music folded in.
How to Make a 2D Game With AI (No Engine Install)
The biggest blocker for first-time 2D game devs in 2026 is not talent or ideas - it is the engine install. AI game agents skip that entirely: open a browser tab, describe the game, get a playable build. Here is the full no-install 2D workflow with WizardGenie, Auto-Sprite v2, and Music Gen.
Mixamo Alternative: Auto-Rig 3D Characters in the Browser
Mixamo did one thing well: drag a humanoid mesh in, get a rigged animated character back. Adobe has not shipped a feature update in years and the platform briefly broke for everyone in June 2025. Here is the 2026 alternative that auto-rigs humanoids and creatures, animates by…
AI Coding API Pricing 2026: Claude, GPT-5, Gemini, DeepSeek
Real prices from every vendor's official rate card, refreshed for May 4, 2026 — including this week's launches: DeepSeek V4, Kimi K2.6, and Grok 4.3. The best AI coding agents for game dev span a 200× cost spread.
Best Vibe Coding Tools for Building Games (Real Criteria, 2026)
Most best-of lists rank AI coding tools that were built for SaaS apps, not games. The right vibe coding tool for indie game dev has a specific feature set. Here's the criteria checklist plus how WizardGenie was built around it.
Image to 3D Model: From Prompt to Rigged Character
One AI-generated character portrait, one click, and you have a textured 3D mesh ready to rig, animate, and ship to Unity, Unreal, Godot, or Three.js. Here’s the 2026 image-to-3D pipeline end-to-end.
How to Make a Sprite Sheet in 2 Minutes (With AI in 2026)
Two minutes from prompt to game-ready sprite sheet. Here's the exact AI workflow, engine-ready specs, and a one-liner import for Phaser, Godot, and GameMaker.
AI Character Generator: Stay On-Model With Reference Images (2026)
The reason your AI character generator outputs look inconsistent isn't your prompt — it's that text alone can't fully specify a face. Here's the reference-image workflow that locks a character so it stays on-model across every angle.
What Is Vibe Coding? (And Why It's Eating Indie Game Dev)
Vibe coding sounded like a joke. It ended up being the thing most indie game devs actually do now. Here's what vibe coding is, why it works for games specifically, and what a real session looks like.
Best AI Model for Coding (We Tested All 8 in WizardGenie)
Eight serious AI coding models, one model picker, one game-dev test. Here’s which model wins each job in WizardGenie — and which one to pair as a cheap executor when costs matter.