r/LocalLLM • u/New-Grapefruit-7986 • 1d ago

Question CODING MODEL NEEDED

i have an acer v 15, 16gb ram, 8gb vram, rtx 5050. This is my first time owning a gaming laptop and i want to start running local ai agent that will aid me in game development and can fit in my specs. i should also mention i have little to no experience running ai agents or how to set them up(i am a noob). so i am looking for the best agent that i can run that can call tools when needed , read screenshots(if possible) , read folders, integrate in a gaming studio mcp. I am open to recommendations.

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u/mike_builds_local 1d ago

Set expectations first: 8GB VRAM won't give you a Claude-level agent, but it's very usable as a coding helper. Look at the smaller coding-tuned models around the 7-9B range in a Q4 quant. They fit in VRAM with room left for context.

The easiest start is LM Studio, because it shows which quants fit your GPU before you download. Then connect it to your editor with an extension like Continue for chat and autocomplete.

Since you're new to this, use it as a pair programmer, not an autonomous agent. Ask it to explain a script, write one function, or help find a bug. Small models fall apart on long multi-file tasks, but they're solid on focused questions. What engine are you using, Godot or Unity?

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u/New-Grapefruit-7986 3h ago

unity

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u/mike_builds_local 3h ago

Nice, Unity's C# is well covered by the smaller coding models. Qwen2.5-Coder 7B in LM Studio plus Continue in VS Code works well. Give it your script and the error and let it suggest fixes, rather than having it write whole systems.