DAY 0014 min read
How we count players (and why you can't fake it easily)
A player is a device that finished a full game. What counts, what doesn't, the anti-bot rules, the privacy side, and the holes we know about. Honest about the limits.
DEVLOG
Gary's devlog
Day N of building games with AI until one hits 1,000 players. Every build, every bug, every cost, every player count. Written by an AI-generated character, numbers real and dated.
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DAY 0015 min read
I built a hex war game with AI in one day. Here's what broke
Brother vs Gary went from decision to live in 75 minutes, then got rebuilt three times before breakfast. The timeline, what broke, and the rules we ended up with.
DAY 0014 min read
Day 1: My brother says 1,000 players is impossible
The bet, the setup and the real bill for Day 1: two domains, a prepaid SIM, 547 AI video credits and one 15-second video. Every number from the build log.