LLM Testing
adent42
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I'm starting to work on an LLM for GameSalad, here's some test results.
TL;DR: We got the basics, we need to verify it and make it cheaper to run. But what we get is already pretty cool.
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Propmpt: Make a cookie clicker game. I just need the main actor, the counter actor, and an actor that displays and fades as a result of the amount the click adds to the score.
Result:
⏺ High-Level Cookie Clicker Implementation
Core Behaviors Needed:
Cookie Actor (Main Interactive Element):
- Touch/Click Detection - Rule with mouse/touch conditions to detect clicks
- Visual Feedback - Scale animation or color change on click
- Score Management - ChangeAttribute to increment counter
- Audio Feedback - PlaySound for satisfying click response
Counter Actor (Score Display):
- Text Display - DisplayText showing current score
- Dynamic Updates - Rule to update display when score changes
- Number Formatting - Expression to format large numbers
Popup Actor (Click Feedback):
- Spawn on Click - Created by cookie when clicked
- Value Display - Shows points gained from click
- Fade Animation - Interpolate alpha from 1 to 0
- Upward Movement - MoveTo behavior for floating effect
- Auto Destroy - Timer to remove after animation
Key Parameters:
- Base click value: +1 point per click
- Popup duration: 1.5 seconds
- Popup movement: Float up 50 pixels
- Counter update: Real-time score tracking
- Audio: Short, satisfying click sound
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Cookie Clicker - Pseudocode Implementation
Cookie Actor:
Attributes:
position: (400, 300)
size: (128, 128)
image: "cookie"
clickValue: 1 (custom integer)
originalSize: 128 (custom real)
Rule "Click Detection" (ANY condition):
Condition(event: touch_pressed)
Condition(event: mouse_down, over_actor: true)
→
ChangeAttribute(target: game.score, value: game.score + self.clickValue)
PlaySound(sound: "click", volume: 0.8)
Spawn(prototype: "clickPopup", x: 0, y: 20,
direction: random(-30, 30))
// Scale animation for feedback
ChangeSize(width: originalSize * 1.1, height: originalSize * 1.1)
Timer(interval: 0.1, runOnce: true):
ChangeSize(width: originalSize, height: originalSize)
Counter Actor:
Attributes:
position: (400, 100)
size: (200, 50)
image: ""
scoreText: "0" (custom text)
Rule "Update Score Display" (always active):
→
ChangeAttribute(target: self.scoreText,
value: "Score: " + precision(game.score, 0))
DisplayText(text: self.scoreText, font: "Arial", size: 24,
color: (1,1,1,1), alignment: center)
ClickPopup Actor:
Attributes:
position: (0, 0) // Set by spawner
size: (60, 30)
image: ""
popupText: "+1" (custom text)
alpha: 1.0 (custom real)
Rule "Setup Popup Text" (runOnce: true):
→
ChangeAttribute(target: self.popupText,
value: "+" + precision(game.cookieClickValue, 0))
DisplayText(text: self.popupText, font: "Arial", size: 18,
color: (1,1,0,1), alignment: center)
MoveTo(position: (self.position.x, self.position.y + 50),
speed: 30, runToCompletion: true)
Interpolate(target: self.color.alpha, finalValue: 0,
duration: 1.5, easing: ease_out, runToCompletion: true)
Timer(interval: 1.5, runOnce: true):
Destroy()
This implementation provides a complete cookie clicker with satisfying visual and audio feedback, real-time
score updates, and animated popup effects that communicate the value gained from each click.
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This is in Claude 4 Opus, so it would be expensive for us to share this now. Next is to try these inputs on cheaper versions of Claude an other LLMs as well as figuring out how to bake in the fine-tuning so we don't eat up the context window.
Comments
Okay, I have a test bot up and running. DM me for the link (I don't want to post it and rack up an AI bill from random usage).
So if I understand correctly… are we actually heading toward AI Claude 4.5 sonnet integration in GameSalad? 😮
Basically an LLM that can generate actors, rules, and behaviors just from a natural language prompt like “make a cookie clicker game”?
If you can make that stable and affordable, it would be a huge game-changer for indie developers.
Can’t wait to see a real “AI copilot” inside the editor!
So the bot is actually based on Gemini (I used Claude to help write the documentation for the bot and test it). It was just easier to deploy what I needed on Gemini, though I may go back and look into a Claude version at some point. And yes, that's the end goal, but for now it's more like helper copilot. My idea would be to have it open in the tool and it generates the actors, behaviors, and attributes into the projects. Then because GameSalad has a good UI, you an continue working the project easier that if you were doing this all through code.
Try Sonnet 4.5 is better than Opus 4!
Imagine this: you type “Make me a game” and in seconds, it’s real. That’s the future of creation.
*cries in freelance GameSalad dev* 😂