# Build a cozy Godot game with Codex in a week, then keep adding to it

PaperChase agent use case (free feed entry), version 1.0. Source: [u/LingonberryKooky5255](https://www.reddit.com/r/vibecoding/comments/1xi8iqn/made_a_game_with_codex_and_godotabout_a_week_for/), 2026-10-28.

## What they did

He acted as director: ideas, how things should work, trying builds and asking for changes. The tower rebuild effect, with curved floorboards fitted to a round tower and bricks floating into place, was the part he says he would not have known how to start. He used several full Codex allowances and could not say how many credits that was.

## Worth knowing

A useful scope lesson: no combat and no timer kept the first game small enough to finish in a week, and the second adventure grew from 'one more thing'. Track your usage from the start if cost matters, since he could not say what it cost.

## Workflow template

```text
Apply this workflow to [your project]:
1. Pick a small loop with no combat and no timer.
2. Have Codex build the loop in Godot and play it every day.
3. Generate images, then convert the few you need to 3D.
4. Write down each 'one more thing' and add it only after the core loop is done.
5. Note usage per session so you know what the game cost.
Stop and ask me before anything irreversible: deploys, payments, sends or deletes.
```

## Steps

1. **Pick a small loop with no combat and no timer.** Pick a small loop with no combat and no timer.
2. **Have Codex build the loop in Godot and play it every day.** Have Codex build the loop in Godot and play it every day.
3. **Generate images, then convert the few you need to 3D.** Generate images, then convert the few you need to 3D.
4. **Write down each 'one more thing' and add it only after the core loop i.** Write down each 'one more thing' and add it only after the core loop is done.
5. **Note usage per session so you know what the game cost.** Note usage per session so you know what the game cost.

## Credit

Workflow reported by u/LingonberryKooky5255: https://www.reddit.com/r/vibecoding/comments/1xi8iqn/made_a_game_with_codex_and_godotabout_a_week_for/
Related: https://farflamex.itch.io/the-wizards-tower

Summary and template written by PaperChaseWebb in our own words. Questions: mgmt@paperchasewebb.com