About this episode
Ben Shih discusses the process of creating LennyRPG, a game based on podcast trivia.
When Lenny released his full podcast transcript archive, Ben Shih a non-technical designer at Miro — built LennyRPG: a Pokémon-style RPG where you battle podcast guests with product trivia. In this episode, Ben walks through the exact six-step workflow he used to go from sketch to shipped game, including the tools, prompts, and decisions at every stage, along with the broader lessons he learned along the way. --- In this episode, you'll learn: • How to have AI interview you instead of writing the PRD yourself • When to pivot your framework, rather than force the wrong tool • How to systematically process 300+ transcripts into game data • Three core lessons Ben learned from building LennyRPG --- References Ben Shih: https://www.linkedin.com/in/hbshih/ Brian Balfour: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bbalfour/ Claude Code Awesome Skills marketplace: https://github.com/ComposioHQ/awesome-claude-skills LennysData.com : https://lennysdata.com/ LennyRPG: https://www.lennyrpg.fun/ Lenny's Product Pass: https://www.lennysproductpass.com/ OpenGameArt.org : https://opengameart.org/ Phaser 3: https://phaser.io/ RPG-JS: https://github.com/RSamaium/RPG-JS Supabase: https://supabase.com/ Wispr Flow…
People in this episode
Host: Lenny Rachitsky
Guest: Ben Shih
Topics covered
- game development
- AI tools
- podcast trivia
- entrepreneurship
- design process
- product management
Keywords
- LennyRPG
- game development
- podcast trivia
- AI tools
- design process
- Ben Shih
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Miro, Claude Code Awesome Skills marketplace, LennysData.com, Lenny's Product Pass, OpenGameArt.org, Supabase, Wispr Flow
Products: LennyRPG, Phaser 3, RPG-JS
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