Arena Game is a real-time 3D multiplayer strategy game where two players battle for supremacy using tanks, helicopters, and turrets.

This entire game was coded by Claude Code (Anthropic's AI coding assistant), with prompts and direction provided by @tombuildsstuff.

The project demonstrates what's possible when humans and AI collaborate on software development.

View the source code on GitHub.

Inspiration

This game is inspired by the "Precinct Assault" mode from Future Cop: LAPD (1998), developed by EA Redwood Shores and published by Electronic Arts. All rights to Future Cop: LAPD are reserved by Electronic Arts.

This project is a collaboration between a human and an AI. Here's how the work was divided:

Claude Code (AI)

• All source code: Go server, JavaScript client, HTML, CSS
• Game design: Mechanics, balancing, unit stats, economy system
• 3D rendering: Three.js scene setup, models, effects, animations
• Networking: WebSocket protocol, state sync, client prediction
• AI opponents: Behavior trees, difficulty scaling
• Authentication: OAuth flows for GitHub and BlueSky
• Documentation: README, code comments
• Sound research: Finding and suggesting sounds from Freesound.org

Human (@tombuildsstuff)

• Prompting & direction: Describing features, requesting changes, guiding development
• GitHub OAuth app: Creating and configuring the GitHub application for SSO
• Sound selection: Listening to suggested sounds and picking the final choices
• Deployment: Configuring the Railway hosting platform
• DNS: Setting up the arena.ibuildstuff.eu domain

View the source code on GitHub

Development

• Code: Claude Code by Anthropic
• Prompts & Direction: @tombuildsstuff

Inspiration

• Future Cop: LAPD (1998) - "Precinct Assault" mode
• Developed by EA Redwood Shores, published by Electronic Arts
• All rights reserved by Electronic Arts

Sound Effects

All sounds sourced from Freesound.org

• Laser Gun Pew Pew by OBXJohn freesound.org/s/365635 CC0
• Lazer Blast by akelley6 freesound.org/s/825582 CC BY 4.0
• explode3.ogg by rendensh freesound.org/s/105411 CC0
• nooo-without_effects.wav by hellkt freesound.org/s/80922 CC BY 3.0
• Victory Fanfare (8-bit Flag) 2 by SilverIllusionist freesound.org/s/840821 CC BY 4.0