Playroom partnered with Grayhat to bring Death by AI, a game with over 50 million players in its first six months, to Reddit's Devvit gaming platform. Working against a tight budget and an aggressive deadline, we rebuilt the experience from scratch, covering the frontend, backend, AI integration, and admin panel. The Reddit version introduced solo play, a daily prompt, global leaderboards, and Quests, expanding the original experience with new ways for players to engage.
One engineer owned the implementation end to end, from understanding the existing game and Figma designs to shipping a complete, playable experience. We implemented a daily prompt system that also lets players submit prompts, global leaderboards, and Quests: custom sequences of scenarios that players can create themselves or generate with AI assistance by spending Reddit Gold. We kept collaboration lightweight through daily Discord updates, incremental builds, and three review cycles. The complete game was delivered in approximately two weeks, despite the challenges of working with Reddit's relatively new Devvit platform.
Beyond the core features, we improved the UI, architecture, and performance while adding AI safety checks beyond the initial requirements. By combining rapid execution with additional safety measures and new gameplay systems, we helped Playroom bring Death by AI to Reddit without compromising the original player experience, but rather enhancing it with new and unique features never seen before in the original game.