Turn your kids' vacation idea into a game with Claude
After a visit to a military airbase his kids asked to make a game of it, so a dad used leftover Claude credits to build HALO A400, a high-altitude jump game with stunts and even a parachute malfunction. Everything is procedural and made with Claude Opus 5.5.
Source
@menrva33 on X · 2026-10-19
Written in our own words. Credit to the original author. Link checked 2026-10-19.
What they did
After a visit to a military airbase his kids asked to make a game of it, so a dad used leftover Claude credits to build HALO A400, a high-altitude jump game with stunts and even a parachute malfunction. Everything is procedural and made with Claude Opus 5.5.
Result (as claimed)
A playable teaser; he may add multiplayer.
Tools they used
Cost: Claude Opus 5.5: from $4 in / $20 out per 1M tokens.
Set it up
Define the job
Say exactly what you want done and what the agent may and may not do on your behalf.
Share only what is needed
Give Claude Opus 5.5 the minimum files or access required. Avoid sharing passwords in chat when a safer login flow exists.
Review the plan
Ask the agent to show its plan or draft before it acts, and approve each step that has real consequences.
Check the result
Confirm the outcome yourself (order placed, request sent, document understood) and keep a record.
Copy the full setup prompt
Paste into your agent and it will walk you through the setup, asking before anything that sends, posts or spends.
You are helping me set up this AI use case end to end in Claude Code. Goal: Turn your kids' vacation idea into a game with Claude What the original author did: After a visit to a military airbase his kids asked to make a game of it, so a dad used leftover Claude credits to build HALO A400, a high-altitude jump game with stunts and even a parachute malfunction. Everything is procedural and made with Claude Opus 5.5. Reported result (as claimed by the author): A playable teaser; he may add multiplayer. Source: https://x.com/menrva33/status/2112134030493708587 Tools they used: Claude Opus 5.5 Category: Personal & life Please: 1. Ask me 3 short questions about my situation (accounts I have, budget, what I want the output to look like). 2. Propose a step-by-step plan using these tools or cheaper alternatives, with the time and cost of each step. Use official pricing pages; say "check pricing" if unsure. 3. Then do the setup with me one step at a time, waiting for my OK before anything that sends messages, posts publicly, spends money or deletes data. 4. Finish with a checklist to run it again next time.
You are helping me set up this AI use case end to end in Codex. Goal: Turn your kids' vacation idea into a game with Claude What the original author did: After a visit to a military airbase his kids asked to make a game of it, so a dad used leftover Claude credits to build HALO A400, a high-altitude jump game with stunts and even a parachute malfunction. Everything is procedural and made with Claude Opus 5.5. Reported result (as claimed by the author): A playable teaser; he may add multiplayer. Source: https://x.com/menrva33/status/2112134030493708587 Tools they used: Claude Opus 5.5 Category: Personal & life Please: 1. Ask me 3 short questions about my situation (accounts I have, budget, what I want the output to look like). 2. Propose a step-by-step plan using these tools or cheaper alternatives, with the time and cost of each step. Use official pricing pages; say "check pricing" if unsure. 3. Then do the setup with me one step at a time, waiting for my OK before anything that sends messages, posts publicly, spends money or deletes data. 4. Finish with a checklist to run it again next time.
You are helping me set up this AI use case end to end in Grok Bot. Goal: Turn your kids' vacation idea into a game with Claude What the original author did: After a visit to a military airbase his kids asked to make a game of it, so a dad used leftover Claude credits to build HALO A400, a high-altitude jump game with stunts and even a parachute malfunction. Everything is procedural and made with Claude Opus 5.5. Reported result (as claimed by the author): A playable teaser; he may add multiplayer. Source: https://x.com/menrva33/status/2112134030493708587 Tools they used: Claude Opus 5.5 Category: Personal & life Please: 1. Ask me 3 short questions about my situation (accounts I have, budget, what I want the output to look like). 2. Propose a step-by-step plan using these tools or cheaper alternatives, with the time and cost of each step. Use official pricing pages; say "check pricing" if unsure. 3. Then do the setup with me one step at a time, waiting for my OK before anything that sends messages, posts publicly, spends money or deletes data. 4. Finish with a checklist to run it again next time.
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