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Unity's Codex Plugin Built My Menu. My Own UI Rules Showed It Wasn't Done.
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Unity's Codex Plugin Built My Menu. My Own UI Rules Showed It Wasn't Done.

The day after Unity shipped its official plugin for OpenAI Codex, I gave it a 337-pixel game menu mock and asked for a real main menu. It delivered one that looked finished. Then I made it check the menu against my UI rules, and the menu that looked done turned out not to be.

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Unity AI Assistant (May 2026): Half a Tool
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Unity AI Assistant (May 2026): Half a Tool

I ran a live, unscripted experiment to build a 2D hyper-casual game in one hour using Unity AI Assistant alongside Claude Code. After 60 minutes, I still don't have a good answer to my own question.

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My Current Free AI Setup for Indie Game Devs (A Learning Journey)
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My Current Free AI Setup for Indie Game Devs (A Learning Journey)

I'm piecing together a completely free, open-source AI tech stack for indie game development. Here's the exact setup I'm currently using, layer by layer.

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