Shattering the Technical Barrier: My Crash Course in Agentic Coding Tools
I have a lot of creative ideas floating around in my head. In this blog, we take some of that noise, learn about modern AI tools, and turn it into a signal. Today's Idea : Otter Video Game. Today's Tools: Antigravity, Codex and Claude Code My takeaway: The technical barrier to translating an imagination into a structured, playable product has been completely shattered. Over the course of 20 days, after work or when the kids went to bed, I'd spin up my AI agentic coding tools and get lost in a state of creative bliss. The result was River Otter Survival, an arcade survival game where players control two otters drifting down a hazardous river. The core hook? The otters must hold hands to maintain their connection, but they naturally drift apart to dodge obstacles. Building a 30-level progression with multi-phase boss fights, a world map hub, and a rich meta-economy of clams and hearts was satisfying. But the most fascinating part of this project wasn't the game itsel...