Daily vibe-coding video games, day 87: Jungle Chess

Name: Daily vibe-coding video games, day 87: Jungle Chess
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Author: pzxc

by pzxc·Jul 9, 2026·1 point·1 comment

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AI Analysis

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87 days of daily games using Cursor and Claude—this one's Chinese Animal Chess with server-side anti-cheat.

Strengths

•87-day streak demonstrates real discipline—most daily challenges die within weeks.
•Server-side move validation prevents leaderboard manipulation, unlike many browser game clones.
•Clean implementation of Dou Shou Qi, a board game rarely digitized well in English.

Weaknesses

•Dou Shou Qi itself isn't novel—just another board game implementation in a crowded genre.
•AI-assisted workflow is interesting but doesn't create technical differentiation from other game clones.

Post Description

87 days of making a new video game with Cursor and Claude AI, online free to play with no download required and high scores enabled. HTML5/Canvas/Websockets. Happy to answer questions! I can't believe I'm still going with this after almost 3 months, but I'm still having fun!

Today's game is a Chinese version of chess called "Jungle" or "Dou Shou Qi", it's basically chess with animals. The larger animals capture the smaller animals, with the exception of the Rat (smallest animal) which can swim in the water and capture the elephant (largest animal).