It had been six years since I’d started working on my game. Every week I’d work on it a little bit, to the point where, by last year, I had all my systems in place and some content. Then my day job (as a healthcare professional) took up so much of my time that I no longer had the energy or the desire to work on my game.

Then, in September, I started using Claude for my job. It’s perfect for proofreading emails, spotting patterns in files or even identifying anomalies. Sometimes I’d even come across a subject I wasn’t familiar with, and that helped me learn. I work in forensic medicine and it’s actually quite good at dealing with regulatory matters!

And… a week ago, I downloaded the app onto my personal computer, took out a subscription and connected my Unity game project to Claude. And since then… Since then, I’ve saved myself six months to a year’s worth of work. For a start, it’s allowed me to reclaim ownership of my own project. We’ve fixed loads of bugs. We’ve created little features that I could have done myself but which would have taken me ages. And, above all, it’s helped me reorganise my project, which was an absolute shambles. I use it a lot to make my life easier by creating scripts to help me build my game rather than building it myself (although… it’s tempting to give it a task and go and make a cup of coffee).