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AI Helped Build a Board Game in 3 Days, But Balance Was the Real Challenge
A non-developer used AI to create a browser-based board game called 'Growing City' in three days, complete with multiplayer and bots. The AI wrote the code quickly, but the hardest part was manually balancing the game to prevent dominant strategies. The project shows AI can accelerate prototyping, but human judgment remains crucial for design quality.
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The story underscores a common AI limitation: generating code is easy, but ensuring a product is actually fun or functional still requires human iteration.
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