Games are idiosyncratic, creative, and funded mostly by knowledgeable insiders funding devs with track records. The failure rate is mitigated this way. Plus the revenue doesn’t favor the VC system. First investors aren’t given such extreme advantages, and seed money for proofs isn’t necessary. A demo costs much less than an app. I’m in game dev and VC is the last place I’d seek capital. AI is the last place I’d look for creative help (though AI is involved in the intricacies of baking and texture refinement).

For most other ideas you can build a quick MVP to validate or perhaps even just a landing page. Games take much longer to get off the ground.

I think the reason we don't see many LLM wrappers is because Games are technically complex, multi-disciplinary and ever changing.

Minigames are posted quite often https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&que... I'm not sure if you are looking for game companies.

That’s a really good observation- I’ve noticed the same. I think it’s because game dev and startup culture overlap less than we expect.

Game dev usually leans more art and creativity than problem-solving or scalable business models.

Different mindset, funding path, and timelines. Though lately, game dev tools and AI pipelines are starting to bridge that gap.

One interesting company in this space I've seen is CreativeMode - generating Minecraft mods based on a text description. Pretty brilliant use of LLM coding actually. Found out about it when my kid asked me to pay for it. Doesn't look like they ran a Show HN / Launch HN (not one I can find) despite being a YC company.

i think the stuff posted here is mostly designed for devs as the end consumers