Guides
350 pages on making games in Flockbay, free on your own Claude or ChatGPT plan, grouped by what they answer. Roughly half of them are about things Flockbay is not, and say so.
By genre · 92
- A horror game maker for people who understand pacing
- A MOBA is mostly balance, and balance is play testing
- A monster collector is a spreadsheet with a world around it
- A platformer maker with no ceiling on it
- A sandbox game maker built around systems that keep running
- A shooter game maker where feel is the thing you tune
Alternatives and comparisons · 47
- A Buildbox alternative for people who outgrew the drag and drop
- A Construct 3 alternative that does not ask you to give up 2D
- A Defold alternative when you would rather not write Lua
- A free Unity alternative, and what you are really escaping
- A free Unreal alternative for people who do not need a film renderer
- A GameMaker Studio alternative for people who never wanted to write GML
Making a game · 24
- AI game idea generator: the idea is the cheap part
- An AI game generator from text, and what text is actually good at
- Chat to game, and the part chat is bad at
- How building a game with AI actually goes
- How to make a 2D game without learning to code
- How to make a 3D game when you build on your own Claude or ChatGPT plan
Godot 4 answers, verified · 22
- Can Claude Haiku 4.5 write working Godot 4 code? 11 of 15 on the first try
- Can Claude Opus 5.5 write working Godot 4 code? 15 of 15 on the first try
- Can Claude Sonnet 5.5 write working Godot 4 code? 15 of 15 on the first try
- Can GPT-6.1 Sol write working Godot 4 code? 15 of 15 on the first try
- Does Godot use Python? No: GDScript looks like Python, and here is where it is not
- Godot 4.6 to 4.7: every API change, class by class
Platforms · 22
- A Steam game maker for people who bring their own Claude or ChatGPT plan
- A Steam store page kit from your own game: capsules cut from a real frame, text from real research, packed for Steamworks
- Android game maker: read this before you download anything
- Flockbay for studios, with the caveats up front
- Flockbay is not a VR game maker
- How do I use Flockbay with my own AI agent?
The engine · 19
- A beginner engine that does not have to be outgrown
- A copilot for Godot, or something that does not need one
- A no-code game engine that is still a real engine
- A no-code game maker where the code still gets written
- A no-code RPG maker that does not come with an RPG in it
- AI playtesting for Godot: an agent can check that your game works, not that it is fun
The category · 18
- AI game prototyping, on an engine the prototype can survive on
- AI that makes games, described accurately
- An AI game studio in the sense of a workshop, not a company
- An honest answer about "unlimited" AI game making
- Can AI make a 3D game?
- Can AI make a game?
Generating things · 16
- A character is a model plus everything that makes it move
- AI level generator: generate the ground, place the meaning
- AI map generator for games: a real Godot world you can keep editing
- AI sprite generator, and the part it leaves you holding
- An AI dungeon generator that hands you a dungeon you can edit
- An asset generator attached to the game the assets are for
The product · 15
- A design tool where the design is playable the same day
- AI devlog maker: the AI that built your game plays it, films it and tells how it was made
- An AI game builder that builds the world, and leaves you the controls
- Game development software you install, with AI inside it
- Gameplay shorts for TikTok, YouTube Shorts and Reels: one moment, filmed upright, opened three ways
- Is there a Flockbay command line?
Who it is for · 13
- A game maker for beginners that does not start with a tutorial
- A game maker for education, and what it actually teaches
- A game maker for kids, with the grown-up details up front
- A game maker for students with a deadline
- A game maker for teachers who are not programmers
- AI for indie game developers, without giving up the project
Bring your own agent · 12
- AI agents and game development
- Connect your own agent
- Game development over MCP
- How to make games in Claude Code: from install to a game you can play
- How to make games in Codex: the Codex CLI, the ChatGPT app, or your ChatGPT plan inside Flockbay
- Making games from Cline
Godot starter templates · 12
- A Godot metroidvania template is a platformer with a map screen
- Godot 2D game templates: what they hand you, and what they leave
- Godot 3D game templates and the work they do not remove
- Godot city builder templates give you placement, not simulation
- Godot FPS templates, and why the feel is most of the work
- Godot platformer templates: three different things go by that name
Straight answers · 11
- Building with Flockbay needs a connection. Playing what you built does not.
- Can I edit the code myself?
- Do I need Godot installed to use Flockbay?
- Flockbay is free, AI included: free AI every day, or your own model, with optional plans for more hosted AI.
- Is Flockbay an Unreal Engine plugin? No
- What can Flockbay not do?
Cost: free, AI included · 10
- A free 3D game maker, and what free usually hides in 3D
- A free game engine for beginners, counting the real cost
- AI game maker, online and free: half of that is true here
- An AI game maker with no sign up: Flockbay builds on a guest account
- An AI game maker without a credit counter, and how the free AI works instead
- Free mobile game maker: read this before you download anything
2D and 3D · 9
- A 2D game maker where the first thing you do is press play
- A 3D game generator, and what actually gets generated
- A 3D game maker for people who bring their own Claude or ChatGPT plan
- AI 2D game generator: the scenes and the code are generated, the feel is not
- AI 2D game maker: what a working session actually looks like
- AI 3D game generator: two kinds of generation, and the verdict is yours
Definitions · 8
- AI game maker vs game engine: the difference
- What is a no-code game engine?
- What is an AI game engine?
- What is an AI game maker?
- What is GDScript?
- What is Godot?