Ten years building a card game. The AI turned it into a free app.

Dan spent ten years building a tactics card game. He fed the rulebook to the AI and now it is a free to play app at Mercenarium.com, where people can play against bots or invite friends.

How it works

Feeds his card game rulebook to the AI
The AI turns it into an app
The game goes live free to play at Mercenarium.com for 2 to 4 players

Why it’s worth knowing

A game he spent ten years building on paper became a working app from its rulebook.

Where it’s from

Summarized from a public post on bsky.app. See the original ↗

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