MOODDEBT
A one-button anti-slot machine that satirizes social media reactions: spin to unlock secrets and compete for the lowest score.
Official site healeyj.itch.io, verified Nov 3, 2026. The developer's own itch.io page (healeyj), linked from its official AI Browser Game Jam 5 submission page.
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Browser (no download) · Official link verified Nov 3, 2026.
About MOODDEBT
A short, one-button satire of social media built as an anti-slot machine: you spin to unlock secrets and compete on an online leaderboard for the lowest score rather than the highest. The developer, healeyj, lists the books Stolen Focus, Hooked and Evil by Design and the games Balatro, Luck Be A Landlord and Cloverpit as inspirations, and asks players for their thoughts on its themes. Sessions last a few minutes, and the page lists subtitles, a high-contrast mode and an interactive tutorial. The developer says the design document came first: the developer developed the concepts and wrote the text, and Claude built the codebase (HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Python and AWS) one feature at a time. Free in the browser on itch.io; it was entered in AI Browser Game Jam 5.
How it was built
Partially verifiedThe jam answer names Claude Code. The itch.io page's Development Process section: “Design doc first, codebase second. I developed the concepts, Claude built the codebase with HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Python, and AWS.” The work ran in Claude Sonnet conversations, one feature at a time; the developer also tried Claude Opus as a manager coordinating several Sonnet feature developers, which “worked but burned tokens too quickly”. The developer wrote the text with minimal AI edits, playtested and wrote bug reports for Claude to resolve, and later automated that with Playwright.
- Developeritch.io page, Development Process: “I developed the concepts, Claude built the codebase with HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Python, and AWS.” — itch.io
Design document first, then code, per the itch.io page: the developer developed the concepts and Claude built the codebase with HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Python and AWS, one feature at a time, with an experiment in which Claude Opus coordinated several Claude Sonnet feature developers. The developer wrote the text, playtested and filed bug reports for Claude, and later automated the playtesting with Playwright. Spins, scores and the leaderboard run through an AWS API endpoint (observed).
- Engine / framework
- None (HTML, CSS and JavaScript, with an AWS back end)
- Languages
- JavaScript, HTML, CSS, Python
- Team size
- Not disclosed
- Initial build time
- Not disclosed
- Development time
- Not disclosed
- Development cost
- Not disclosed
- AI-written code
- Not disclosed
“I developed the concepts, Claude built the codebase with HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Python, and AWS.”Verification notes: AI use from the Development Process section of the itch.io page and the AI Tools Used answer (“Claude Code”) on the official AI Browser Game Jam 5 submission page, both re-read on 5 Nov 2026. The itch.io page speaks of Claude Sonnet conversations and names no coding tool; the jam answer names Claude Code, which is recorded. Neither gives an AI share, so none is recorded. The itch.io AI disclosure ticks Code and Graphics. The page describes the game as an anti-slot machine; it involves no real money as far as the page shows, and no content warning is given. Team size is not stated. The page also lists the game as a submission to Playtest & Feedback Exchange Jam #9. Publication (31 Oct 2026, 02:40 UTC; the page was updated on 31 Oct 2026, 21:59 UTC, after submissions closed), the English language field, the session length and the accessibility features from the itch.io page; the itch.io page lists no genre. The client build calls an AWS API endpoint for spins, scores and the leaderboard (the server returns each spin's symbols and payouts; no AI model is involved as far as the client shows) and references healeyj.com/mooddebt for its share image; it makes no calls to AI services (checked 5 Nov 2026). The healeyj.com copy was not checked and is not listed. Jam voting was still open on 5 Nov 2026, so no placement is recorded; itch.io shows no public rating. The game was not played.
Development history
Published on itch.io (02:40 UTC) and submitted to AI Browser Game Jam 5 (theme: Torch) on the last day of submissions; voting was still in progress on 5 Nov 2026.
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itch.io
Free in the browser (HTML5); one button. The leaderboard is online.
Not publicly available: itch.io rating, Gross revenue.
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Sources
| Source | Type | Published | Accessed |
|---|---|---|---|
| MOODDEBT by healeyj itch.io | Store page | Oct 31, 2026 | Nov 3, 2026 |
| Rate MOODDEBT for AI Browser Game Jam 5 itch.io (AI Browser Game Jam 5, hosted by Focaccai) | Official site | Not confirmed | Nov 3, 2026 |
| AI Browser Game Jam 5 itch.io (Focaccai) | Official site | Not confirmed | Nov 3, 2026 |
