Prompt-Based Game Creation

How AI builds game logic from plain language descriptions. These articles cover agentic AI, Plan Mode, prompt-based development, state awareness, and how to get consistent results when building games by describing what you want. For developers who want to understand what is actually happening when the AI writes and runs game code.

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AI Game Development

How to Write Your First Prompt for an AI Game (What the Makko Team Actually Does)

Three approaches from the Makko team on writing a first prompt that actually works. Jeremy, Tony, and Cesar each do it differently. Here is why.

Vibe Coding

Vibe Coding Games: The Complete Beginner's Guide to Building Without Writing Code

Vibe coding games means describing what you want and letting AI build it — no syntax, no compiler errors, no prerequisites. This is the complete beginner's guide to making a 2D game without writing a single line of code.

AI Game Development

How to Make a Game Without Coding

You do not need to write a single line of code to build a playable game with Makko AI. This guide walks through the full pipeline, character creation, animation, sprite sheets, game logic, and debugging, entirely through natural language and agentic AI.

AI Game Development

State-Awareness vs. One-Shot Prompts: Why Your AI Game Logic Keeps Breaking

Explains why AI game logic breaks without persistent state and how state-aware workflows enable stable, iterative game development.

AI Game Development

5 Assumptions About AI Game Dev Studios

Challenges common assumptions about AI game development studios by clarifying their capabilities and limitations.

AI Game Art Generator

How Agentic AI Automates Game Development: A Roadmap for Task Orchestration

Outlines how agentic AI automates game development tasks through planning, orchestration, and persistent context.

Vibe Coding

Plan Mode vs. Fast Mode: Calibrating AI Reasoning for Game Development

Compares Plan Mode and Fast Mode to show how different AI reasoning approaches affect reliability and iteration.

Visual Novel

Visual Novel Tutorial - Episode 1: Getting Started with Makko AI

Introduces the Makko workflow for creating a visual novel, focusing on project setup and early narrative structure.

AI Game Development

How to Add Animated Characters to a Game Using Makko

Walks through adding animated characters in Makko, from manifests and assets to animation states and testing.

Prompt-Based Game Creation

How Agentic AI Chat Builds Game Logic

Explains how agentic AI chat maintains and updates game logic across iterations instead of generating isolated outputs.

AI Game Development

Makko vs Godot: AI-Native Workflow vs Open-Source Game Engine

Compares Makko and Godot to highlight differences between AI-native workflows and open-source engine development.

AI Game Development

Makko vs Unity: When AI Replaces Manual Game Development

Compares Makko and Unity to show how AI-native workflows replace manual setup during early game development.