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If you know someone in your life who is into technology, there’s a good chance they’ve tried “vibe coding.” The idea is that people with no coding experience can still program using AI tools like Claude Code. You don’t need to know any programming language, just give the AI some flair. In theory, you could instruct a bot to build a game, build an app to organize your schedule, or just about anything else your imagination allows.
On my show “What Next: TBD,” I started a segment called “TBD Trys.” In this corner, we try out different tools and apps to put them to the test. do they work? Is it too exaggerated? We want to find out through experiential and sometimes stunt-based journalism.
We created a meme coin from $40 of leftover cryptocurrency and briefly reached a market cap of $2 million. We asked our colleague Nadira Goff to share her Oura Ring data to test why the Trump administration is so obsessed with wearables. And this week I decided to vibecode the game.
When it comes to programming, no matter how much we stress, we are amateurs. Producer Evan Campbell has a bit of coding experience. But Patrick Fort, the other producer, and I don’t.
We created the game with a little help from Slate’s web team, including VP of Technology Greg Lavallee. In fact, Claude Cord made a game based on our prompts. it’s not grand theft auto. it’s more like oregon trail For podcasting, but less dysentery.
We had Greg review it, so you can hear his thoughts on the show. But we wanted to put it on the web so Slate viewers could play it for themselves.
We wanted to embed this game on Slate and have it playable, but Greg told us no due to security concerns. You can play here instead.
Enjoy the silly atmosphere. game.
