Build a browser 4X strategy game with LLM coding help

The poster built the browser 4X game Hexwardia in two weeks using Grok and Gemini to write the combat engine, fog-of-war, map generation and heuristic AI.

What They Did

The poster says they built Hexwardia in two weeks as a fully in-browser 4X game, using Grok as the main builder and repository and Gemini as a second-pass logic auditor. They had the models write systems like combat, fog of war, map generation, and heuristic AI, then constrained fixes to diff-only surgical patches so the models changed only specific routines instead of rewriting whole files.

How It Went

The game was live in alpha v0.04.x, loaded in under a second, and the poster said matches were aimed at 15–30 minutes. In comments, an outside player reported a complete gameplay loop, real challenge from the AI, and no bugs, while also criticizing city depth, unit-role clarity, and map/world believability.

Worth Knowing

Their main practical tip was enforcing no-rewrite, edit-only patches, which they say cut token burn by more than 60%; they also mention paying for $30 SuperGrok and $20 Gemini plans.