davitb · HN
I'm a father of two, 7 and 12. They are obsessed with Roblox, especially Rivals.
Like a lot of parents, we did not love it. We tried the usual things: block it, limit it, set timers." It became a daily battle, a lose-lose situation.
So I flipped the problem.
Instead of fighting what they loved, I decided to lean into it, but with a twist.
Why just play an FPS when you could build one together?
My kids became the PMs. Claude and I became their engineer.
I was shocked by how fast we moved. We picked a name, Cooked and started building.
Get in. Lock in. Get cooked!
In the first 3 hours, we had an actual FPS we could play together in the browser.
Next day I invited my friend's two kids over. Suddenly, I had four PMs.
We had 3 laptops, 1 iPad and 1 iPhone.
So in 30mins we added mobile support and could play all 5 together.
The kids would ask for features:
"Can we have a rocket launcher that knocks people off the map?"
"The knife should stab faster when you hold it."
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