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Grok Bot Built and Hosted a Playable Arcade Game During a Haircut

  • Level Intermediate
  • Setup1–3 hrs (estimated)
  • Evidence Some evidence
  • CostNot stated in source
  • No-codeNo
Grok BotSource-linked

What they did

On day 7 of a 30-day test of Grok Bot for daily life, a user asked it to build a YouTube arcade game while he sat in the barber's chair. It studied live YouTube Playables games, picked a concept, wrote the game on its own computer, playtested it with a bot, hosted it and made the store covers. He walked out with a fresh cut and a playable one-tap game, Ring Drop.

How it went

A playable, hosted game plus store covers in one haircut.

Worth knowing

  • Single user report in a 30-day series; no play stats. Store publishing (if you want it) has its own review rules.

Prompt

Cleaned version rewritten from the source — not a direct quote.

Build a small one-tap arcade game I can play in a browser. First look at what's popular on [YouTube Playables / similar], pick one simple concept and tell me why. Then write it on your computer, playtest it with a bot until there are no obvious bugs, host it at a link I can open on my phone, and make a cover image. Don't publish it to any store without asking.

Recommended

Try it in Grok Bot

  1. Copy the prompt (button below).
  2. Open Grok Bot chat and paste it. Replace any [bracketed] placeholders.
  3. Connect the listed tools (YouTube, Browser) as connectors when Grok Bot asks.
  4. If the task repeats, ask: "Make this a daily routine."

Alternatives: the same prompt works in Claude, ChatGPT Agent, OpenClaw.

Set it up

Tools: YouTube, Browser · Stack: Grok Bot

  1. Read the original source for full context.
  2. Connect the tools your agent needs.
  3. Paste the prompt and replace [bracketed] placeholders.
  4. Run once manually and check the output before scheduling it.

Generic suggested steps, not from the source.

Evidence

Single user report in a 30-day series; no play stats. Store publishing (if you want it) has its own review rules

Source: X · 2026-10-15 · Verified by us: not yet · Report broken or outdated

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