Name: Full Tutorial: Zero to Shipped Game with Claude Code in 20 Minutes
Uploaded: 2026-01-21T00:00:00.000Z
Channel: Peter Yang
Description: Building games with my seven-year-old using Claude Code has become one of my favorite weekend activities. In this tutorial, I show you exactly how to build a retro 2D space shooter from scratch.

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Building games with my seven-year-old using Claude Code has become one of my favorite weekend activities. In this tutorial, I show you exactly how to build a retro 2D space shooter from scratch.

(00:00) Why I love building games with my kid using Claude Code (01:19) Step 1: Set up the project (02:56) Step 2: Find free pixel art assets (05:33) Step 3: Draft the spec with Claude's AskUserQuestion tool (08:56) Step 4: Build the MVP and iterate (13:06) Step 4.5: Debug the epic boss battle (15:24) Step 5: Ship your game with GitHub and Vercel

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