How to Make a Video Game With ChatGPT in 60 Minutes - Ep. 9 with Logan Kilpatrick

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Feb 7, 2024

Logan Kilpatrick, OpenAI's first dev relations hire, shares his passion for empowering creativity with AI. Dive into the world of game development as they create a video game using ChatGPT in just 60 minutes. Discover how AI tools can transform non-developers into creators, the potential for custom GPTs, and ways to make your projects go viral. Logan also discusses the exciting blend of gaming and historical education, making coding more accessible than ever. This conversation is a must-listen for aspiring game developers!

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ANECDOTE

Logan's Coding Use Case

Logan Kilpatrick uses ChatGPT for coding assistance, especially in unfamiliar codebases.
ChatGPT helped him build features like the feedback buttons and outage pop-ups on OpenAI's API platform.

INSIGHT

ChatGPT for Summarizing Code

Coding often involves summarizing existing resources like API docs or Stack Overflow.
ChatGPT excels at summarizing, which makes it highly effective for many development tasks.

INSIGHT

AI for Democratizing Coding

LLMs like ChatGPT will enable the next billion people to learn to code.
There weren't enough resources to teach coding at that scale before, but AI-powered personalized learning makes it possible.

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You can build a video game without writing a single line of code.

Logan Kilpatrick and I use ChatGPT and GPT Builder to make our own video game in less than 60 minutes—live on this show.

Logan is OpenAI’s first dev relations and advocacy hire and is committed to empowering more people to build using AI.

It’s only fitting that we explore the depths of our own creativity by making a video game with GPT Builder—we start with a rough idea and iterate all the way up to a functional video game in < 1 hour.

This episode is full of Logan’s actionable insights on leveraging GPT Builder and ChatGPT to build any custom GPT that you’d like.

We get into:

How ChatGPT is enabling the next billion software developers
How GPT Builder is expanding the horizon of people who can build things
Why he thinks coding is the most high-leverage thing anyone can do in their life
How to increase the chances your custom GPT will go viral
Tips to use GPT Builder like a pro to create great custom GPTs
How to use ChatGPT in conjunction with GPT Builder to get better performance

This is a must-watch for anyone who wants to bring their creative ideas to life.

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Timestamps

00:00:00 - Teaser
00:00:44 - Introduction
00:09:18 - Why learning to code is the highest-leverage thing you can do
00:13:40 - AI is empowering the next billion coders
00:35:58 - The first prompt in GPT Builder for our video game
00:39:27 - How to increase the chances your custom GPT will go viral
00:43:00 - Prompt engineering tips while using GPT Builder
00:56:13 - How to use ChatGPT in conjunction with GPT Builder
01:06:33 - Ready to play our text-based strategy game!
01:19:44 - How to finetune your custom GPT
01:43:12 - Why you should build custom GPTs

Links to resources mentioned in the episode:

Our video game, Allocator: https://chat.openai.com/g/g-oooxUbOkj-allocator