Indie dev ships online board game Blockblock with AI-built Rust analysis engine

Luck_doesnt_exist · reddit · 2026-09-09

An indie developer launched Blockblock, a 1v1 online board game for Web/iOS/Android with a post-match analysis engine. Key takeaways: Figma design guidelines kept AI-generated UI consistent; native iOS/Android plans were abandoned because AI couldn't quickly recreate the web app's feel — Capacitor delivered usable mobile apps in about a day, saving months. A custom Rust evaluation engine named Socrates, inspired by Stockfish, took a month to get from minutes to seconds per analysis.

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