In Just Two Days and for $200: Vibe-Coder Builds Playable WoW Clone with Claude

A vibe-coder used Anthropic's Claude Fable 5 AI to create a playable clone of World of Warcraft, named World of Claudecraft, in about two days, spending roughly 91% of his $200 monthly Max 20x subscription quota. The AI first generated the game logic, then independently searched the internet for free assets to style the MMORPG visually. The game is now free to play online or offline in a browser, and can be self-hosted, with the open-source code available on GitHub. It includes nine classes with specializations, three areas, a 90-part quest with AI-generated story, and ten-player mini raids. Despite its functionality, it lags far behind World of Warcraft in graphics and performance, and developers criticize the AI-generated code as messy. The creator sees it as a proof of concept and invites others to improve the code via pull requests.