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The AI Game Mashup

AI game mashups, where people use coding agents to put one game inside another, have been going viral on X, TikTok and Reddit. The clips show the finished result. This experiment documents the part nobody posts: every round of describing, playtesting, and explaining what went wrong.

The question

Can someone who doesn't write code build a working AI game mashup by describing it to a coding agent, and what does the back-and-forth behind a finished clip actually take?

Current focus

Choose two single-player games I own, read the community AI Game Modding Guides, and write down what I want the mashup to do before opening an agent.

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Why this experiment is next

The community guide behind many of these mashups says it plainly: in practice, it turns into a long series of problems to fix with the agent. One builder reported three to four hours before an Elden Ring and Spider-Man mashup worked. My hypothesis: knowing how to code is no longer the main barrier. Knowing what you want, noticing when it's off, and saying exactly what's wrong, one round at a time, is where most ideas stall. Boundaries: games I own, single-player only, no game files shared, and nothing published as a download.

Next test

Build one small working slice, such as one character's movement inside the host game, and log every round: what I asked for, what happened, and how I described the problem.

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Only evidence intentionally published here is public. “Not publicly reported” is not a zero, and it should not be interpreted as a hidden result. These notes are educational build logs, not earnings promises.

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