A Pirate’s Claim 🏴‍☠️

I'm starting something probably unreasonable: I'm a complete beginner and I'm going to try and build an open-world pirate game with AI as my co-captain. As a kid, I was enthralled with all things PIRATE🏴‍☠️ Games like Sid Meier's Pirates!, AC Black Flag, and Sea Dogs are my inspiration for what I'm trying to build. I hope I can do those games proud. My first goal is tiny: one boat, one ocean, one cannon, one reason to keep sailing. No promises. Just building in public and seeing how far this ship gets. Follow along to see my failures and potentially something really cool. ARRGH

1/5 Super happy and I can't beleive I built Field of Command in less than 30 days for #vibejam🎖️ This really does show the true power of AI! All with a full-time job, 11-month-old, and a vacation 👀 Naturally, I decided to build the most complicated type of game from scratch, an RTS 🤣 It started with cubes. It ended a game 🧵👇

@SouthersDev Dude this is sick. You’ve inspired me to be better

Honestly my only goal is to make a game that I get addicted to myself. If I achieve that, then nothing else matters

@ololralph Looks peaceful and fun

Open Land appeared in Steam's New & Trending Demos this morning 🌱 If you've been curious, now is a great time to check it out. #indiedev #cozygame

Hey guys! have a NEW game called Calrya coming out in 2027❤️! - You can work, grow your reputation, start a family and pass down through generations! This game is going to be EPIC!✨ buymeacoffee.com/calrya #gamedev #indiegames #gamedevelopment #indiedev #indiegamedev

@CalryaStudio Sounds ambitious and looks cool. Following along

@icanvardar Maybe👀

devs with 0 to 250 followers are often the ones building the most interesting stuff

@jordymaui Codex is elite, brother

today is the day switching from anthropic to openai goodbye claude code hello codex

@CalryaStudio Just started this week. I still have the light in my eyes🥲

Indie game devs, how long have you been working on your game for and what’s keeping you going?😭🤔 #gamedev #indiegames #indiedev #indiegamedev

@BeanJuiceStudio The goal shouldn’t be to make money. The goal should be to make something great

There’s a false dichotomy in the game dev community where people think you have to choose between making something you love and making something that makes money. You don’t, you can do both.

@IndieGameJoe Spooky👀

This indie dev is making a horror game where a giant snake is trying to eat you alive. - Find the right escape pod - Navigate using a map and compass - Each playthrough is different It’s called DIGESTED. Would you play this?

@CharlieiOS Nice! Keep it up

Milestone: First time I’ve seen 20+ notifications and yes I will get back to the 5 dm’s asap

Day 2 of building an open-world pirate game with AI🏴‍☠️ Built out the visual direction a little more using gpt-image 2.0 - ship style guide - ports & harbors - ocean/island/coastline sheet - HUD/UI style - dock props - ship upgrades - menu concepts -Also locked in a name for now: A Pirate’s Claim. Let me know what you think or if you have other suggestions. Today was all about locking in the identity #gpt #ai #codex

@RoundtableSpace Open world pirate video game!!🏴‍☠️

What are you building this week?

@aryanlabde Codex by a mile

As a vibe coder, which plan gives you the best value right now? - $20 claude - $100 codex - $200 claude

@MicroLaunchHQ I’m building an open world pirate game 🏴‍☠️

What are you building or marketing this week? Let’s drive you traffic.

Btw, I’m building the entire pirate game on codex using GPT-5.5 It’s insane and I feel like I’m driving a lambo everytime I send a prompt and watch it go crazy. What a time to be alive

Where are my fellow solo game devs at?

🏴‍☠️Day 1 of building an open world pirate game using AI. -It’s still ugly, clunky, and barely held together… but it’s officially playable. And this was built in only 3 detailed prompts. -I can sail around, fight enemy ships, sink them, earn upgrades, and actually see the HUD now. -It's still just a simple arena but for someone who's never built a game, I'm pretty proud of the progress already. Next step: make the ship combat feel good. (And yes, I know I'm slow)