Vibe coding is a new way of building software with the help of AI. Instead of writing every line of code yourself, you simply describe the functionality you want, and the AI generates it for you. You test what it creates, and if it works, you move on to the next feature. If something isn’t quite right, you tell the AI what to fix, and it adjusts the implementation.
The surprising part is that you don’t need to dive into the code unless you want to. You focus on the ideas, the flow, and the experience, and you trust the AI to handle the technical details. It’s a faster, more intuitive way of creating software, and it lets you stay in the creative zone instead of getting lost in syntax.
For Mushroom Mayhem I started out building everything myself, it was before there were any AI assistents available, but I switched to vibe coding a while ago. All the design, the different game types, the screens, they are all vibe-coded now. The core of the game is solid, so I figured anything built on top of it would be a limited risk. For now, I’m happy with the results. Development is very fast. Mistakes do happen, but they’re usually easy to fix.
My current vibe-coding task is adding a shop to the game, so players can buy edible mushrooms to reveal what’s behind a field. It’s my biggest vibe-coding task so far, and the progress looks very promising.
What can I say. What started as a small hobby project, a half-finished but working app has grown into a professional app. I’ve been doing a lot of tinkering with the mushrooms lately. There’s now a full adventure mode that fits perfectly into the storyline. I also added a new game mode for players who want to choose between a quick match or a more strategic challenge.
The kids were happily playing, the mothers were chatting away, and I went for a nice run. I do that more often, but this time was a little different than usual. From a big skate park, I run a loop of about five kilometers through the neighborhood. It’s all mountain paths, with the occasional bit of asphalt. After about a kilometer, I came across a group of sheep. Just on the public road. There were about fifteen of them, I think, and five were little ones. Cute. I stopped for a moment and grabbed my phone to take a picture. One sheep walked up to me, and I thought, ‘Oh, how nice, I’ll pet him’.
My mother-in-law’s (MIL) apartment is being painted. Time to remove unwanted shelves and screws from the wall so the whole wall looks nice and smooth. Some new holes were also drilled in the wall to move things to a better spot. Ana/MIL also wanted two paintings on the wall in one of the bedrooms. These had once been brought from Madrid by my MIL and had been lying neatly and safely in the closet all this time. They were made by one of Ana’s aunts, and they were two paintings with Chinese text/symbols on them.
After my recent 
It does work. I had rushed the initial version of Mushroom Mayhem into the store, with quite a few bugs still in it and really only the bare minimum features needed to make it playable. I strongly suspected that doing this would prevent the project from stalling again and me not looking at it for years. And it worked. Even though there are only around 20 people that installed the game, I’m motivated, and many evenings I find myself improving and fine-tuning the app.
I also did some things myself and updated all the apps graphics, so everything looks a little bit cleaner, the app has a brand new icon and there are a number of bigger changes:
A simple costume can create a surprising amount of magic, especially when it’s worn by an incredibly charismatic and photogenic little character. Add a few finishing touches, and you’ve got pure spectacle.
I ran into my upstairs neighbor in the elevator. The usual small talk unfolded: he asked how I was doing, and I asked how he was doing. Normally you get the standard replies, ‘everything’s fine’ or ‘same old, same old’, the autopilot of everyday politeness.
Grandma Nel also came for a lovely visit. She had escaped the Dutch cold for a few weeks and arrived with a suitcase full of gifts, sausage, cheese, eel, and alcohol. She came to enjoy some time with the grandchildren and the Spanish sun. First, a week with friends in the south, where sunshine is guaranteed, and then a week with us, with pleasant temperatures but also the occasional shower.