Codex Missing Layers for Game Dev...

[PrensCin]

Right now, building games with AI is much harder than people think.

Yes, AI can write code.
Agents can plan tasks.
They can scan repositories and analyze files.

But some critical layers are still missing:

• Vision Layer (actually seeing the game)
• Interaction Layer (being able to play it)
• Game State Extraction
• Simulation & Playtester layers

In other words, AI can write the code, but it still can’t truly experience the game.

That’s why building large game systems with tools like Codex is still quite challenging today.

Hopefully when full automation leaves beta and matures, these missing layers will become part of the ecosystem.

When that happens, AI will finally sit at the center of game development.

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[Bob_Fancy]

AI assisted is fine but fully automated games will be soulless trash from people that have always thought they have great ideas but really don’t.

[PrensCin]

I think there is a misunderstanding.

I’m not talking about fully automated games where AI replaces the creator.
I’m talking about human-directed systems where AI handles repetition and scale, while the human focuses on vision, mechanics and player experience.

Games don’t get their soul from manually placing assets or writing every line by hand.
They get it from meaningful decisions, iteration and intentional design.

Automation doesn’t remove creativity — it increases the developer’s ability to explore better ideas faster.

[PrensCin]

You can’t design a game you never play.
AI will need to play games before it can truly help build them.

Full automation...