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Pet the Cat: The Final Pet is a playful, browser-based pixel-art adventure featuring four cats with very different personalities.
Players begin by earning Charlie's trust, then progress through a series of short challenges to unlock Cleo, Luna, and finally BJ, the game's mischievous final boss. Along the way, they collect interactive items, navigate randomized scratch encounters, and work toward earning the title of Cat Whisperer.
Built with React, JavaScript, Vite, and CSS, the project features custom pixel-art portraits, animated interactions, reusable components, responsive layouts, and state-driven gameplay.
I developed the game's concept, character personalities, progression system, visual direction, and interaction requirements, using AI-assisted development tools to implement, refine, debug, and test the experience.
The goal was to create a small but complete browser game that demonstrates creative problem-solving, interactive UI design, and thoughtful frontend development.
Play the game: https://pet-the-cat-drab.vercel.app/
Bj, Charlie and Cleo are my actual cats. Lol 😍
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I did the math because my first web game, built with Claude Code, went live on CrazyGames today.
Bolt Pit is a Three.js arena shooter. It has earned $0 so far, because CrazyGames keeps ads off during the Basic Launch test, which runs until November 5.
Only games with good numbers get a Full Launch, and that's where the ad revenue share starts.
The formula:
Revenue = sessions × ads per session × eCPM ÷ 1,000 × your share
eCPM is what advertisers pay per 1,000 ads. CrazyGames allows at most one midgame ad every 3 minutes. The share isn't public, and reports range from 40% to 60%, so I used 50%. The rest are my assumptions, based on reported ad rates:
Low: 1 ad per session, $2 eCPM = $1 per 1,000 plays. You need 15 million plays.
Mid: 2 ads, $5 eCPM = $5 per 1,000 plays. You need 3 million plays.
High: 3 ads, $10 eCPM = $15 per 1,000 plays. You need 1 million plays.
One developer reported about €1.20 per 1,000 CrazyGames plays across eight older games. That's the low case, so I plan around the middle at best.
Is 3 million plays realistic?
CrazyGames reported 320 million play sessions a month this October. Poki says it has 100 million players a month. The players exist. Retention and session length decide which line you land on.
That's the bigger reason I'm here. I have Unity games in progress that were meant for the App Store. On the App Store, I'd only find out if people come back after paying for players.
So the new plan is web first, App Store later:
Launch on CrazyGames and Poki, where test players are free.
Tune retention and session length on real data.
If a game becomes a hit on the web, take it to the app stores.
Both portals' exclusivity rules cover only the web, so the app stores stay open.
I'm also skipping CrazyGames' exclusivity bonus. It pays 50% more for two months if your game stays off other web portals, and I want to test on Poki too.
Getting a Claude Code build accepted took six fixes, including a static build, relative paths, no Google Fonts and cutting the size from 20.5 MB to 12.4 MB. One known bug is still live: on landscape phones the start button sits below the fold.
I'll post the real numbers as they come in. Play it here:
https://crazygames.com/game/bolt-pit
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