AnalysisDevelopersJuly 31, 2026
Developer spends $1,000 in Claude credits building tower defense game

Ares Outpost, a laneless tower defense game, is built with Claude's latest models via Cursor and the Godot engine and is playable on itch.io. Players build and upgrade hundreds of towers to fend off endless waves while the developer questions the cost of AI-assisted development.
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