In the first two days I got a lot of work done. Today in Spain we celebrated the three kings day, so I had another day available. The third day gave me some time for testing, tweaking and finetuning. I tried the app to find stuff that didn’t feel right, logic that did not work as I expected, and other small issues. I changed some images, modified some gameplay, and used the AI to improve what I already had. Three days (and a clear idea of what I wanted) was all I needed to go from a five year old concept app to a good looking game that gave me a really good feeling. Color me amazed!

I had one weekend without the kids, so I suddenly had some extra time. I decided to invest it in a game I started building five years ago but never finished. I used Copilot AI, which is very nicely integrated with Visual Studio Code.

First two hours
The first few hours I could use the AI for free, just to get a taste. And did I get a taste. My old app was extensively modified so it would run again in a modern environment. Work that would have taken me days was done effortlessly by Copilot in a very short time. All the files that made up the project were updated, and every change was clearly explained. I was left amazed.

First full day
After a few hours, my free time with the AI ran out and I got a monthly subscription to continue. The level of cooperation the AI provided felt genuinely valuable. It was like talking to a colleague who had been working on the same project with me. I used the AI to review and correct code, configure my development system properly, and connect my iPhone for testing. The AI quickly understood requirements and implemented them just as I would have done myself. It adapted to my style. Impressive.

Second day
Yesterday I used the AI for small functionality changes. Today I took it a step further. The AI created the entire adventure mode, first 5 levels, and later expanded it to 25. It implemented the background music and helped me fine-tune the settings page. The AI helped me update all the graphics. The amount of work completed would have taken me weeks on my own.

The app I created was small and quite simple, but the AI’s contributions left me speechless. Copilot boosted my productivity enormously. I felt like a tester whose feedback was fixed immediately by the AI. Incredibly satisfying. Dreaded errors in project dependencies or startup issues no longer caused stress, the AI simply fixed every error that appeared and got the app running.

A few more tweaks are required and then I will place the app in the appstore. To be continued!…