From Zero to Game Dev Hero

Building a Bitcoin Tower Defense Game in a Week with AI

Imagine diving into game development with zero experience and popping out a Bitcoin-themed tower defense game in just one week. Crazy? Not when you’re vibe coding with AI tools like Grok, Cursor, and GitHub Copilot. I did it—and here’s how.

What’s Vibe Coding?

Vibe coding is coding by instinct, powered by AI. No textbooks, no years of practice—just intuition and tools that autocomplete your dreams. After watching one YouTube video (this one), I learned to wield these AI sidekicks and jumped in.

The Mission: Bitcoin Meets Towers

To hype my upcoming fictional podcast series, Mysteries of the Bitcoin Citadel (follow here), I built a tower defense game. Players protect the Bitcoin Citadel from enemy waves, tying into the podcast’s universe. The plan? Craft a Minimum Viable Product (MVP) fast and polish it in a week.

The Blitz Build

• Day 1-2: MVP done. AI churned out code, squashed bugs, and suggested upgrades. It felt like cheating.

• Day 3-7: Refined it—added features, smoothed edges. Launched it here in a week.

Confessions from the Code Trenches

• The Magic: Zero experience to a working game in seven days? Unreal. AI made it happen.

• The Mess: It’s clunky. The code’s janky. But it works.

• The Shock: Some stuff (like basic mechanics) was stupidly easy. Others (looking at you, mobile optimization) took days of prompt-tweaking torture.

Why Care?

This isn’t just a game—it’s a signal. AI tools are flipping coding upside down, letting anyone with an idea build something real.

Try It Yourself

Play the game here. See what vibe coding can do.

The Takeaway

If I can pull this off in a week with no skills, what’s stopping you? Vibe coding isn’t just a trick—it’s the future.

It’s never been easier to create. Challenge yourself in the next 7 days to build an MVP of something. A Game, App, Anything.

Share your results in the comments!