Short Film · Sep 20, 2026

I can't code a deckbuilder. Claude Code and my own asset packs did it anyway: 10 heroes, 99 enemies, 156 cards

I can't code a deckbuilder. Claude Code and my own asset packs did it anyway:… by _AssetSmithy_. Watch the Short Film video and visit the original Reddit post.

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I make and sell 2D game assets on itch (backgrounds, battlers, card frames, icons, UI). This time I wanted to build a full game out of them, so I did. This is Clanbound, a roguelike deckbuilder in the vein of Monster Train and Wildfrost. You summon creatures onto a battle line, play spells and attacks, and fight your way through 3 acts to the final boss. What's in it: \- 10 heroes, each with their own deck and starting relic \- 156 cards (67 of them creatures) across 7 clans \- 99 enemies, including 27 elites and 11 bosses \- 44 relics, 12 potions, card upgrades \- 28 events with voiced NPCs who react to your choices, 132 spoken lines \- A branching map of 15 floors per act, with merchant, campfire, treasure, save and continue How I made it: The art and music come from my own asset packs, created with AI tools and cleaned up by me. The NPC voices and sound effects were generated separately with ElevenLabs. Every line of code was written by Claude Code. I…
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