Simon Willison Develops Battle Drones Game

Simon Willison has developed a game called Battle Drones, a real-time strategy game with audio-based multiplayer, according to Simon Willison.

Battle Drones is a Command & Conquer style game that Willison built using a coding agent, with the goal of creating a game that is fun to play on a phone.

The game has undergone 12 major iterations and now features multiple play modes, including skirmish and last stand modes, as well as a random map generator and online multiplayer.

Battle Drones includes various units, such as buildings, ground vehicles, and aerial vehicles, and features a fog of war and different weapons for targeting aerial or ground vehicles.

The game also includes a daily op challenge, ranks, and achievements, and allows for agent vs. agent mode, where two large language models can play against each other.

Willison used a coding agent called Claude to build the game, and the agent was able to generate sprites and improve the game's graphics and gameplay over time.

The game's development process involved multiple iterations, with Willison providing prompts to the coding agent to improve the game and make it more fun to play.