Five Seals is an idle RPG and dungeon crawler for Android. You push through dungeons for loot and better gear, with a dark story told through bright pixel art. It is for people who love progression and idle games. It is now in progress and playable on my phone. The full game design, a roadmap of 10 versions and a step-by-step build plan are done, and an AI coding tool has worked through the build one small section at a time. Dungeons, combat, crafting, quests, mercenaries and the first two regions are in, along with a title screen, settings and sound. Still to come for version 1: Google Play sign-in, ads, purchases and the closed test.

I wanted to see if I could use AI to build an Android app that could actually make money. My last app, Zonal, couldn't go on the Play Store, so this time a store launch was the aim from the start. My research pointed to mobile gaming: it's a big market, AI can now build games, and the ones that earn keep people coming back every day and make their money from small in-game purchases. I also set myself a rule of no development costs beyond my AI subscription, so it uses a free game engine, free art packs and no server.