I Tried Making an Idle Browser Game With AI. The Prompt Was the Easy Part.

Idle games look simple from the outside. Click a thing. Number goes up. Buy upgrade. Number goes up faster. Leave the tab open. Come back later and feel oddly proud of a tiny fake economy. That simplicity is exactly why they are interesting to prototype with AI. A good idle game does not need a huge map, complex combat, or a cinematic intro. It needs one understandable loop that starts working almost immediately. If the player can understand the loop in 10 seconds and feel a decision in 30…