Tim Trussner

My #vibejam sticky puppet just learned to rope swing. Dont mind the chaotic physics testing jungle gym :) All physics is completely custom built with Ai, no libraries. I need it to feel just right. I expect to get less productive now since its getting fun to play.

@jaredatjared Yeah exactly thats a good idea. I just dont know if units of different types will merge into a blob or if the player needs to manage every unit type for more interesting strategies. I think the latter

@TTrussner Looking cool! I wonder if you could build a state machine where you have Front line with spears Back line with bows. Or in other words defenders and attackers kind of thing. Works a bit like chess, with different pieces having different roles/behaviors maybe?

Today: improved shading and implemented simple battles v1. I've been possessed by the spirit of true vibe coding, haven't looked at the code once since starting. It's already such a mess that every new feature is a hassle, and the result is the most boring fighting I've ever seen.

The units are all client side, the server just models blobs. I generate some "particles" (pairs of units) that jiggle and move around like molecules with brownian motion and it looks a lot like fighting.

Pvp is fully working and I love how it turned out! It wasnt easy After I add villagers / gatherers the core mechanics are complete and its ready for playtesting. #vibejam

Started building debug tools to dig myself out of this mess. I want the gameplay rules to be almost like chess: discrete and simple. But then procedurally create all units and drama on the client side. Good for gameplay, network efficiency, and AI understanding what's going on.

🧑‍🚀 Day 4 of the @cursor_ai #vibejam Proudly sponsored by @cursor_ai + @boltdotnew + @heyglif So the new sponsor is @heyglif: Glif is like Claude Code for AI videos and content generation: you can build launch videos for your game, explore asset styles with 100+ AI models/tools and train it on your favorite workflows via skills! Use it to make trailers, game assets, promo videos and more for your Vibe Jam submission! Tomorrow @fabianstelzer from Glif will share more to help you create promotion materials for your games! Because it'd be cool if after the Vibe Jam your games will take off and become actual games Again browsing the #vibejam tag on X today and there's so many people building cool, cute and fun games so it was hard, but I picked my favorite 4 ones from today: - A literal 🪰 "fly" simulator, not flight simulator 😂 by @el_rei_gabriel - What looks like a multiplayer Roman combat simulator by @TTrussner - LeBeau Motel (another?) Habbo Hotel remix by @VynseDev - Roomba Wars by @thijsmakes which is descriptive enough to not need an explanation 😁 Reply in this thread with updates on your current games to share your progress! Do you want to participate? You can still start now and submit your game any time before May 1! There's $35,000 in prizes you can win, see threads below for more info!

Units now have swords and shields and it looks super satisfying when they move in formation. The foundation for all networking works well now, units aggregate into blobs which are much cheaper to send over the network, allowing huge armies. #vibejam

@levelsio You can use a dumber model like gemma 270M, its not smart enough to follow guardrails

Tried Gemma 4 ran locally on my iPhone today I thought it'd be useful in case the apocalypse happens and I need to ask it for survival tips Like how to make a fire 🔥 I guess I'll freeze to death instead 🫠

@oldfeet Thats really cool! An even dumber model than gpt mini with high temperature could be more fun, to get some bizarre unexpected responses sometimes. I had a lot of fun talking to the 270M Gemma model.

You can actually talk to the NPCs I hooked them up to my openai API key, and each NPC has their own prompt for their character using 5o mini to respond 😆 (pls dont burn all my tokens) Will be cool to expand the NPCs to actually be live AIs in the city #vibejam #gamedev #ai

My goal is to make a multiplayer game with - Huge amounts of units, all networked - Balanced so that you can drop in any moment (big players nerfed, new players boosted) - Also fun if alone on the server Heres around 500 of networked units

This is what the phalanx look like now. A torso and head made with Meshy and legs that move procedurally. #vibejam

Somethign like this. And then the stick figure like legs and floating weapons.

Here's my procedural walking animation for my #vibejam online RTS game. Next i will generate a floating torso and weapons with Meshy

My vibejam entry will be an online multiplayer RTS game inspired by age of mythology. In a post AGI world the ancient greek gods woke up in Canada for a battle agains software giants. You play as Neo-Hellas or MichaelSoft. Resources are compute, biomass and material.

Networked multiplayer with multiple types of buildings and units is working. Also started using Meshy for assets. The assets dont really match yet but its a start, pretty good for couple hours.

I will be making an online first RTS Game with lots of units for vibejam. I will start with the hard parts first: tons of units and networking. Next is procedural animations. Also I have very little time this month so got to focus on the important parts only and be creative.

@levelsio @cursor_ai @boltdotnew Amazing, Im thinking of ignoring all lessons from last time about multiplayer and scope, to make an online RTS game you can drop in or out of any time

🕹️ THE VIBE JAM IS BACK! I present you... 🌟 2026 @cursor_ai Vibe Coding Game Jam #vibejam Sponsored by @boltdotnew + @cursor_ai Start: Today! Deadline: 1 May 2026 at 13:37 UTC, so you have a whole month to make your game! REAL CASH PRIZES: 🏆 Gold: $20,000 🥈 Silver: $10,000 🥉 Bronze: $5,000 RULES: - anyone can enter with their game - at least 90% of code has to be written by AI - it should be started today or after today, don't submit old games - game has to be accessible on web without any login or signup and free-to-play (preferrably its own domain or subdomain) - multiplayer games preferred but not required! - can use any engine but usually @ThreeJS is recommended - NO loading screens and heavy downloads (!!!) has to be almost instantly in the game (except maybe ask username if you want) - add the HTML code on the Google form in the reply below to show you're an entrant - one entry per person (focus on making one really good game!) WHAT TO USE: - anythign but we suggest @cursor_ai's Composer 3 and @boltdotnew, they are both fast, affordable and great at ThreeJS and making games THE JURY: Me, @s13k_, and I will ask some real game dev and AI people to jury again too Sponsors and jury suggestions still very welcome, just DM me! It will be interesting to see the difference in quality with last year, and the Vibe Jam can be kind of like a fun benchmark for AI coding seeing it close in on real commercial games I think To enter, complete the form in the reply below this tweet!

@AlexejGerst @NoToDigitalID For something this serious, they might also have a meeting about it on monday, after the weekend.

@NoToDigitalID "the commission will continue to monitor the situation" am relieved that they will keep doing what they do best. they should still get a huge fine though.

🚨BREAKING: European Commission confirms its website was breached after a hacker said they stole more than 350GB of data. The hacker plans to publish it online.

@levelsio Can’t wait to see the difference in results after one year of model improvements

Vibe Jam 2026 soon... 😊 Get ready!!!

@alightinastorm Trying again, im on the new dm system now

opening up the group chat for more ai game devs, founders and ai first game designers reply with some of your work below to get in, we're 100 members already, lots of industry veterans, vibe coders and more i am personally reviewing every person so it doesn't matter how many followers you have, i will see you