Build a game like Pokémon GO with Claude Code

A location-based creature collecting game: map of your real surroundings, creatures that spawn near you, catch mini-game and more.

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Build an original browser game in the same genre as Pokémon GO: a location-based creature collecting game. Use your own name, characters, art, sound and levels. Only the general mechanics should feel familiar; do not copy Pokémon GO's name, characters, art, music or level layouts.

Version one should have:
- Map of your real surroundings
- Creatures that spawn near you
- Catch mini-game
- Collection and evolutions
- Points of interest

The hard part: GPS and spawn logic. Use Mapbox and seed spawns by map tiles. Use your own original creatures.

How to build it:
1. Read this folder first. If it is empty, set up a browser game with Vite, TypeScript and Phaser (or Three.js if it is 3D). Write a short PLAN.md with the game loop, entities, controls and what you are leaving out of version one.
2. Get the core loop playable before anything else: map of your real surroundings. Use simple shapes or free placeholder art until it feels good.
3. Add the rest of the mechanics one at a time, keep game rules in pure functions you can unit test, and make it work with both keyboard and touch.
4. Add a start screen, game over, score and a saved best score in localStorage, plus sound effects you generate or that are free to use.
5. Run it, play it, tune the difficulty, fix what breaks, and finish with a summary and how to deploy it as a static site.

Paste it into Claude Code in an empty folder. It plans first, so read PLAN.md and steer before it starts building.

Version one

  • Map of your real surroundings
  • Creatures that spawn near you
  • Catch mini-game
  • Collection and evolutions
  • Points of interest

The hard part

GPS and spawn logic. Use Mapbox and seed spawns by map tiles. Use your own original creatures.

Make it yours: original name, characters, art and levels. Familiar mechanics are fine; Pokémon GO's assets are not.

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