Opus 3.5 Builds Full Game from One Prompt for $423, Disrupting Dev Costs
eyishazyer · x · 2026-08-02
A developer used a single prompt with Claude 3.5 Opus to generate a complete game. The process consumed approximately 690 million tokens and cost $423, finishing in just a few hours.
The author notes that a project of this scale previously required a full studio, real capital, and months of development time. Today, it can be accomplished by one person in hours for pocket change, highlighting how AI coding capabilities are evolving faster than expected.
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