Thoughts, builds, and deep dives
Bravado has advanced much faster than I expected. Not because AI suddenly became capable of building an entire game, but because I changed how I work: smaller iterations, clearer architecture, tighter constraints, and a lot more focus on designing systems instead of just writing code.
I moved on from my first game to Bravado, a simpler strategy project. After two weeks of designing its systems, Claude turned much of that planning into working code in only two hours.
Using Codex, Claude and Unreal Engine, I Made a generator that turns real-world OpenStreetMap and GeoJSON data into a playable environment. The first attempt had broken roads, overlapping buildings and badly connected bridges, but it still produced a recognisable town and proved that the core idea works.
It is a JavaFX desktop app with a WebView UI that lets you choose what gets removed, disabled, or left alone. It generates PowerShell only from selected actions, lets you preview the script before running it, and gives a detailed report after execution.