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Pieter.com Flight Simulator
Created by: Pieter Levels (@levelsio)
Creation Date: February 2025
ABOUT THIS GAME
A free-to-play MMO flight simulator game that includes basic flight controls, balloons you can shoot, destructible buildings, mobile compatibility, afterburner effects, GTA-style 'wasted' screen, multiplayer functionality, Mars environment, and no loading screens or large updates.
AI TOOLS USED
- ► Cursor for code generation
- ► ChatGPT for code cleanup
- ► Grok 3 for WebSocket server implementation
- ► ThreeJS for 3D rendering
CREATION PROCESS
- Created the initial game in about 3 hours using Cursor AI
- Added features incrementally through AI prompting
- Used ChatGPT to clean up duplicate functions
- Implemented a WebSocket server from scratch using Grok 3
- At its peak, the server handled nearly 2,000 players simultaneously
- Later added advertising and a pay-to-win plane model for $29.99
PURPOSE
Demonstrates how AI tools can help novice developers create functional games quickly. The creator had never made a game before but was able to create a working flight simulator in just a few hours.
CREATOR RESOURCES
- Website: https://fly.pieter.com/
- X/Twitter: https://twitter.com/levelsio
NOTABLE MENTIONS
- ► Elon Musk shared the game with his 219 million followers
- ► Musk commented: 'Wow, this is cool. AI gaming will be massive.'
- ► The game has reached over 100,000 players according to the website