Rocket Rumble — Soft Launch

Rocket Rumble started as a showcase of what AI could help us build at work.

I put together the first playable version in a few days, and we tried it during a casual Finance team meeting. Twenty-five players joined—and it turned out that flying around space, blasting your colleagues and trying to top the scoreboard was quite a lot of fun.

So I kept going.

Over the following weeks, I tuned the gameplay, added bosses and put in as many ridiculous ideas as I could think of. Black hole bombs. A giant Spaceworm. Cheesy ’80s horror announcements when something particularly unpleasant arrives.

For me, that’s the exciting part of creating with AI: taking something from my imagination, getting it into the game, then watching a room full of people react to it.

What started as a demonstration has become a game we play together every week. Now I’d like to share it with you.

Rocket Rumble is playable now, right here in your browser. Pick a call sign, launch, and see how long you can stay out of trouble.

I’d love to hear what you enjoy, what needs work, and which ridiculous thing should find its way into space next.