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Shin KoiKoi

2026 · hogwartz.inc · Solo

A polished hanafuda card game, implemented in two days with Claude and Godot.

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About Shin KoiKoi

A free desktop version of Koi-Koi, the classic Japanese hanafuda card game. Solo developer MORINAGA (hogwartz.inc) wrote that implementation took two focused days, after about three weeks of design work, with Claude writing roughly 70% of the UI scaffolding under direction while the developer supplied the game logic, iteration and feel decisions. It is built in Godot with C#.

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How it was built

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ClaudePrimary

Claude wrote roughly 70% of the UI scaffolding under the developer's direction. The post does not say whether this was Claude Code or the chat app.

Development approach

Claude as a pair programmer for UI scaffolding; game logic, iteration and feel decisions (animation timing, spacing, colour) by the developer.

Engine / framework
Godot 4.6.2 .NET
Languages
C#
Team size
1 (solo)Developer ReportedDEV Community (MORINAGA)
Initial build time
About 2 days of implementation (after ~3 weeks of design)Developer ReportedDEV Community (MORINAGA)
Development time
Not disclosed
Development cost
Not disclosed
AI-written code
Not disclosed

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SourceTypePublishedAccessed
I shipped a polished hanafuda card game in 2 days with Claude and Godot
DEV Community (MORINAGA)
DevlogMay 2, 2026Nov 3, 2026
Shin KoiKoi on itch.io
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Store pageNot confirmedNov 3, 2026
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