Grave Gauntlet
A survival game set inside a sketchbook you can paint, where weapons leave colour across the world; its beginner developer says AI wrote the code, with Claude Opus 5.5, in two days.
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Where to play
The developer has shown this game in a public video, but there is no public build yet. We update this page when there is news.
About Grave Gauntlet
Grave Gauntlet is a survival game set inside a sketchbook that the player can paint: monsters attack, upgrades stack up, and weapons leave colour across the world. The developer, Dandey, a YouTuber who describes themself as a beginner at game development, says the game was built with Claude Opus 5.5 over two days and “a lot of prompts”: “I used AI to write the code, worked on the models, and tested each version to figure out what actually felt fun.” The video of 24 September 2026 shows the build from awkward sword animations and broken projectiles to monsters and upgrades. The developer calls the game a work in progress and says an itch.io playtest link will be added when it is ready.
How it was built
UnverifiedThe developer says the game was built with Claude Opus 5.5 over two days of prompting and that AI wrote the code, while the developer worked on the models and tested each version; which Claude product was used is not stated.
- DeveloperVideo description: “I'm a beginner at game development. I used AI to write the code, worked on the models, and tested each version to figure out what actually felt fun.” — YouTube (Dandey)
- DeveloperVideo description: “This is how I built Grave Gauntlet with Claude Opus 5.5 …” — YouTube (Dandey)
Code written by AI (Claude Opus 5.5) from prompts; the developer worked on the models and playtested each version. The engine is not disclosed.
- Engine / framework
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- Languages
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- Team size
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- Initial build time
- Two days for the version shown in the video (24 Sep 2026)Developer ReportedYouTube (Dandey)
- Development time
- Not disclosed
- Development cost
- Not disclosed
- AI-written code
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“I used AI to write the code, worked on the models, and tested each version to figure out what actually felt fun.”Verification notes: Everything on this page comes from the description of the developer's YouTube video of 24 Sep 2026, re-read on 8 Nov 2026; the spoken content was not checked. The channel (about 290 subscribers) is pseudonymous and posts other first-person videos about making games with Claude, mostly on Roblox. The description promises an itch.io playtest link “when it's ready”; none had been added and no build was found on itch.io on 8 Nov 2026. The name is also used for an unrelated Geometry Dash level set. Engine and location are not stated.
Development history
Development video published; an itch.io playtest is promised for later.
DeveloperYouTube (Dandey)
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Sources
| Source | Type | Published | Accessed |
|---|---|---|---|
| I Built My Dream Game With Claude Opus 5.5 YouTube (Dandey) · English | Devlog | Sep 24, 2026 | Nov 7, 2026 |
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