We Didn’t Use Just One AI
One of the questions we get asked most often is: “Which AI did you use to build the game?”
The honest answer: all of them. We started with ChatGPT and never stopped adding more models to the process. By the end, we had worked with ChatGPT, Gemini 2.5 Pro, Claude 4, and Grok — each playing a different role at different stages of development.
Here’s what we found about each one.
ChatGPT — The Starting Point
ChatGPT was where everything began. It was the most familiar tool, the one we had heard about the most, and the natural starting point for two complete beginners.
It excelled at getting us from zero to something. The first working prototype of the game came out of ChatGPT. It’s very good at understanding vague, poorly-formed requests and still producing something useful — which is exactly what you need when you don’t know what you’re doing yet.
Best for: Starting from scratch, first prototypes, brainstorming mechanics
Gemini 2.5 Pro — The Logic Fixer
As the game got more complex, we started running into bugs that were harder to describe and harder to fix. This is where Gemini 2.5 Pro stood out for us.
It was noticeably better at understanding the full context of a codebase and tracing where a bug was actually coming from. When we had collision detection issues or score tracking problems that ChatGPT’s fixes kept breaking something else, Gemini often found a cleaner solution.
Best for: Debugging, game logic, fixing complex interactions between systems
Claude 4 — The Designer
When we moved from the game itself to building the website around it, Claude became our primary tool. It was the most thoughtful about design and presentation — not just generating code, but thinking about how things should look and feel.
The dark cyberpunk aesthetic, the card layouts, the CSS animations, the glow effects — most of the visual design work was done in dialogue with Claude. It seemed to have a better sense of visual coherence: when we described a style, it maintained that style consistently across different components.
Best for: UI design, CSS styling, visual consistency, long-form content
Grok — The Quick Thinker
Grok was the most recent addition to our toolkit, and it earned its place by being fast and surprisingly creative with unconventional problems.
When we had a specific, well-defined problem that needed a quick answer — a particular JavaScript behavior, a CSS trick, a one-off fix — Grok was often the fastest to get to the point. It also occasionally suggested approaches that the other models hadn’t thought of.
Best for: Quick fixes, specific technical questions, alternative approaches
What We Actually Recommend
If you’re starting a similar project with no coding background, our honest advice is: don’t commit to just one model.
Start with ChatGPT to get something working. Switch to Gemini when you hit logic bugs you can’t shake. Use Claude when you’re building the interface and care about how it looks. Pull in Grok when you need a fast, fresh take on a specific problem.
Think of them less like competing products and more like specialists on the same team — each with different strengths, all pointing toward the same goal.
👉 See what we built: 2playersnake.com