While playing a word game on my iPhone the other day, I had an idea prompted by some of the things people have been creating using AI. So, I searched for an answer to this question: “Can I use Claude to create an app for a slot machine game?”

The first response was, “Claude who? And does he have a degree in programming?”

So, I amended the question to this: “Can I use Claude AI to create an app for a slot machine game?”

This is the response I received:

Then it gave these step-by-step instructions:

1. Access the Claude AI chatbot (via web browser or mobile app)
2. Select a free or paid Anthropic account (the feature is available to all users)
3. Enable “Create AI-powered artifacts” in your settings
4. Open Claude and start a new chat.
5. Click “New artifact” and select “Start from scratch” under the Games category.
6. Describe your slot machine game in natural language, for example: Create a simple slot machine game with three reels, fruit symbols (like cherry, banana, lemon), a spin button, and a score counter. When the player clicks ‘Spin,’ the reels should randomly change. If all three match, show a ‘Win!’ message and increase the score.”
7. Review the generated app preview. Test it by clicking the spin button to ensure it works.
8. Refine the app using follow-up prompts:

• • “Add a sound effect when the reels spin.”
  • “Change the theme to a casino style with gold and black colors.”
  • “Add a ‘Max Win’ bonus if three cherries appear.”

10. Once satisfied, click “Publish” to generate a shareable link.
11. Share the link with others or continue iterating with more features like betting, jackpots, or animations.

Onward

After successfully executing steps 1-5, I wrote the following description in natural language at Step 6:

After testing the app successfully, I moved on to Step 8. I added a clucking sound effect when the reels spin. I changed the theme to a free range on which the chickens roam freely and eat only corn-fed beef (with no steroids). I added a Max Win bonus if three double yolks appear. And I added scoring levels:

• Three different reels: 0 points
• Three eggs 5 points
• Three chickens 10 points
• Three double yolks 20 points
• Three broken eggs Lose everything.

Evolution

As soon as Lucky Clucks takes off, I’m going to create a Crypto version in which players will be able to make wagers and win crypto currency. The currency will be stored in a blockchain — a decentralized, distributed digital ledger that records data in blocks linked together through cryptography, forming a secure and immutable chain. Each block contains a set of transactions or data (in this case, crypto currency), a timestamp, and a cryptographic hash of the previous block, ensuring chronological integrity and making tampering nearly impossible.

The blockchain operates on a network of computers (blocks) that maintain identical copies of the ledger, and new blocks are added only after consensus is reached among participants, preventing unauthorized changes. Since none of the players of Lucky Clucks will know who any of the other players are, I don’t know how that whole consensus thing will work out.

But I’m not worried. By the time anybody figures out they can’t access the blockchain, I’ll be comfortably retired to Bequia, where Eddie and I will spend our days lounging on the beach, slurping tropical drinks, and smoking cigars.

Originally Published on https://www.bizcatalyst360.com/category/lifecolumns/notes-to-self/

Mark O'Brien Writer, Blogger

I'm the founder and principal of O'Brien Communications Group (obriencg.com) and the co-founder and President of EinSource (einsource.com). I'm a lifelong writer. My wife, Anne, and I have two married sons and four grandchildren. I'm having the time of my life.