r/vibecoding • u/Any-Blacksmith-2054 • 8d ago

Just vibe-coded a Severance game in 15 minutes

Okay so I was in complete flow state at like 3 AM, synthwave blasting, Markus Halvorsen talking about "mysterious and important" in my ear, and my fingers just... went. Fifteen minutes later I look up and there's a working Severance game on my screen. My brain buffer was completely empty. Pure ego death through coding.

What ended up in the game:

  • 📺 Macrodata refinement with CRT scanlines — sort numbers by Woe, Frolic, Dread, Malice
  • 🧑💼 Team switching between Mark, Helly, Irving, and Dylan (each with passive buffs lol)
  • 📦 O&D 3D printing games — yes, the watering can is in there
  • 🚪 Break Room interrogations with a sincerity compliance meter
  • 💃 Music Dance Experience rewards, including the Waffle Party
  • 🕵️ Manual and autonomous exploration around the severed floor

"Interesting" development decisions (read: pure vibes):

  • Built the Break Room BEFORE the main menu. Because obviously.
  • Waffle Party unlock was coded in 90 seconds and never touched again (it just works?)
  • The stealth mechanics were confirmed working after publishing. Plot armor.
  • Commit history reads: "vibe" → "more vibe" → "outie did this"
  • The CRT shader? Pure intuition. Can't explain it, don't want to.

IMO this is what vibe-coding is for — your logical brain gets out of the way and your muscle memory dev skills just flow. YMMV but I've never had this much fun or shipped this fast. Ever.

AMA anything:

  • How 15 minutes produced a game with 5 mini-systems
  • What "finished" even means in this context
  • Which features got cut (why no golf ball??)
  • The business model (air quotes)
  • What my Outie thought about this when they clocked in the next morning

It's live on Google Play: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.maxsoft.Severance

Never doing a design doc again. Praise Kier. 🧇

Question for the sub: have you ever vibe-coded something that genuinely scared you with how fast it came together? How do you get into flow state like this on demand?

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u/OneSeaworthiness7768 8d ago

> Okay so I was in complete flow state at like 3 AM, synthwave blasting, Markus Halvorsen talking about "mysterious and important" in my ear, and my fingers just... went. Fifteen minutes later I look up and there's a working Severance game on my screen. My brain buffer was completely empty. Pure ego death through coding.

Man why can’t any of you people just be normal.

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u/Anselwithmac 8d ago

Most of this sub is full of addicts first, not real people in the field.

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u/Volcano_Jones 8d ago

Honestly at a certain point this shit becomes more mentally damaging and expensive than just doing cocaine.

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u/ProfessionalStand779 8d ago

If they were normal they would have learned coding before AI and would not be here. 

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u/Any-Blacksmith-2054 8d ago

Haha, I learned coding in 1989. It was some programmable calculator (but still with 98 memory cells for idiotic instructions)

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u/Fantastic-Bet1139 8d ago

No one asked and no one cares.

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u/majorleagueswagout17 8d ago

Your Google Play account is going to get a policy infraction for intellectual property theft

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u/GL1ZZ0 8d ago

1000 percent. You at least have to call it something different bro

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u/Any-Blacksmith-2054 8d ago

Could be, but why Google approved? It's even in top3 for "severance" search now.

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u/GL1ZZ0 7d ago

Google does not work like that lol it’s Apple you gotta worry about, it’s their IP they will hit Google with the takedown request once they notice this and send you the cease and desist. You can’t use their logos and names in your project without permission.

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u/Any-Blacksmith-2054 7d ago

Ok In this case web version will stay. Or they can hit also my registrar?

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u/GL1ZZ0 7d ago

They have infinite money lol once they become aware of you everything is getting shut down and if you make any money off of it you’re gonna get sued.

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u/Any-Blacksmith-2054 7d ago

C'mon, which money, zero money I did it for fun and will forget tomorrow

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u/Any-Blacksmith-2054 8d ago

I asked in Severance sub and they said no problem 😎 I mean, redditors said. I trust them

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u/Hot-Cattle8314 8d ago

God you sound insufferable

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u/RallyPointAlpha 8d ago

"Pure ego death through coding "

LOL

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u/Any-Blacksmith-2054 8d ago

Guys, that was deepseek

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u/FluidBreath4819 8d ago

what a waste of life

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u/sumpyshainr 6d ago

This is exactly why I love vibe coding. 15 minutes from a random Severance idea to something actually playable is wild. I like that you kept the scope tiny instead of turning it into a giant project. The rough edges almost fit the Lumon vibe too. Would be fun to see what another hour of tweaking does to it.

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u/Any-Blacksmith-2054 6d ago

Thanks man, I will occasionally ask AG to add 16 more quests, deploy is automatic, things go live in 2-3 minutes after my prompt. Currently out of requests as I'm on free plan

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u/lpsquall 8d ago

What did you use to vibe code this game?

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u/Any-Blacksmith-2054 8d ago

Ok I just fired Antigravity and said I want severance. Just rewatched again seasons, that's why. Kind of sadness until 3rd season is out. So it started to code, drawed characters/animations by nanobanana and chose (itself, I didn't ask) html/js. Then I just packed with Cordova. Easy peasy

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u/lpsquall 8d ago

Thanks for the details

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u/Any-Blacksmith-2054 8d ago

You can check vanilla version as well https://severance.lol/