TL; DR:

• AI agents need scoped, reviewable slices
• Autopilot still needs experienced checkpoints
• Expertise matters most at the boundaries
• Join me for the live stream (or watch the recording) on Monday, October 5 at 7:00 PM Pacific!

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Building a Game With AI Is the Easy Part

I got into software development because I wanted to make games. That was the original spark for me, and even after more than 20 years of programming, I keep coming back to it.

One of my role-playing games has been evolving on and off for roughly two decades. Another project, currently called EVO: Habitat Zero, is a creature breeding and caretaking game inspired by something I played as a kid. These are not the only things I am building either. I still have BrandGhost moving full speed ahead, a SQL workbench project called Skweel, and a secure agent-to-agent communication platform in progress.

Why keep all of these projects around? Because side projects give me a place to explore ideas that matter to me. They let me test technology, architecture, product decisions, and now AI-assisted development without pretending every experiment needs to become a polished business.