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Solo dev uses Claude to simulate 100 football seasons for balance

What to do

Use Claude to run long simulations of game economy and balance before release, as this developer did.

Why

The Hometown FC game passed 30k installs, and the simulations found balance and economy bugs.

What the research found

Solo dev's Hometown FC mobile tycoon game passed 30k installs after launching on Android on October 6 and iPhone a week later; Claude wrote 100-season simulations that found balance and economy bugs.

Claims and how well the evidence supports them

Hometown FC passed 30k installs 99%
The developer used Claude to write simulations running 100 seasons per run 98%
The sims found issues like AI coaches saturating ratings and players stagnating 95%

Evidence

reddit.com https://reddit.com/r/ClaudeAI/comments/1xcpu0o/my_football_tycoon_just_passed_30k_installs_and

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