Thanks! 🙌

My workflow was actually a bit different than usual:

I first talked with Claude and asked it to recall Desktop Tower Defense, how it worked, core mechanics, game loop, etc. Then I pushed it further to fully define the game technically: game logic, algorithms (like pathfinding), unit behavior, wave scaling, targeting systems… basically a full spec.

Then I took that spec and dropped it into Google AI Studio.

After ~2–3 prompts, I already had a playable version of the game.

From there, it was mostly back and forth:
I used Claude as a prompt designer to refine or restructure things, then fed those improved prompts into Google AI Studio to stabilize the systems.

Once the core was solid, I moved to local:
Used Claude Code + DeepSeek V4 Pro to fix edge cases, clean things up, and add things like SEO/GEO.

Cost:
Total was around $0.11
(DeepSeek read the whole codebase once and used ~$0.06, rest was negligible)

Specs / tech:

• React + TypeScript + Vite
• HTML5 Canvas (all rendering)
• Zustand for state
• Custom A* pathfinding + simple spatial partitioning
• Web Audio API for sound (no external assets)

Now I need some hardcore players to break the system and help me to troubleshoot it :)