Dev compares coding models building a coop game: V4.1 outshines Astra's 'pathetic' default taste
teortaxesTex · x · 2026-09-21
While building a coop game called Tiger & Hawk, the author found V4.1 produced a dynamic, tight (if buggy) cyborg action game. Trying to replicate the design in Godot with Astra Ultra — even after extracting the design spec — yielded mediocre instruction following. He quips that Astra would rather make 'an amazing pelican on a bicycle'.
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