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Arcane Bastion Tower Defense game with crystal towers and shadow enemies New
Tower Defense AI Art

Building Arcane Bastion: A Complete Tower Defense Game With AI-Generated Art and Zero Dependencies

5 elemental towers, 10 shadow enemies, AI-generated sprites & maps, procedural Web Audio synthesis, dynamic tower rotation — all built from scratch in vanilla JavaScript.

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9 entries
Arcane Bastion

Building Arcane Bastion: Tower Defense With AI Art & Zero Dependencies
Pixel Warrior

Building Pixel Warrior: A Complete 2D Action Game Demo Using AI Tools in One Day
Galaxy Guardian

Galaxy Guardian Dev Log: Fixing the "Invisible Wall" & Tuning Combat
Poker

Building Midnight Poker: Advanced AI & Monte Carlo Equity Simulations
Blackjack

Building Midnight Blackjack: Crafting a Premium Casino Experience
Galaxy Guardian

Building Galaxy Guardian: When AI Meets Classic Arcade Gaming
Connections

Connections Progress System — January 27, 2025
Tetris

Tetris Dev Journal — October 26, 2025
Snake

Snake Dev Journal — October 22, 2024