How well does the model perform with a basic outline?
To get started, I had to establish what I call the 'minimum context baseline' to see how effectively Sonnet 4.6 could take a raw feature list and turn it into a playable prototype, without any hand-holding. My earlier experiments revealed that Claude performs remarkably well under this condition, so I decided to give it a run with a basic prompt. "Create a functional platformer game using Python 3 and Pygame featuring a playable cat as the protagonist. It should include gravity-based jumping, left/right movement, and a projectile-based combat system. Enemy AI should be other "Pirate Cats" that