Alien Abducto-rama: a FUN browser game I made with my kids
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I built this over the holiday break with my two girls (ages 6 and 8). You pilot a UFO and beam up humans, cows, cats, dogs, and sheep for points. They drew all the art while I talked to Claude Code to scaffold the game logic.The magic moment was watching my kids use voice dictation to talk directly to Claude Code. My 8-year-old asked for a "purpler" tractor beam and watched it change in real time. She wasn’t coding, but she _was_ driving: describing what she wanted, testing the result, and iterating fast. It was really cool to watch... later on she asked me what javascript was and we dug into the source.Since then we've added a UFO Shopping Mall between waves (spend UFO bucks on power-ups), bombs, laser turrets, a dodge roll called "warp juke," and a top 100 leaderboard. There's also in-game feedback where you can submit and upvote feature requests. Building all these little features has been a great excuse to put in reps with AI coding tools and try out new stuff like Gastown.You'll need a desktop and keyboard to play. Try to beat my high score! Would love feedback on what to add or what's broken... we'll ship the best suggestions. Thanks and have fun!
HN · launched Jan 24, 2026 · 6 upvotes (top 75%) · 0 views
Niche: browser-based video games · 380 launches, 28 in the last 7 days · Explore this niche →
Category and tags
- Media & entertainment
- B2C
- Not AI
- Hobby / open-source project
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Yes The author explicitly describes vibe-coding this simple 2D canvas browser game with Claude Code over a holiday break.
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