Game development

Codex, combined with image generation, is particularly powerful to create browser-based and other types of games. These use cases will help you turn ideas into live games.

Build the first playable loop

Ask Codex to turn a game brief into a browser build with assets, controls, and a loop you can test.

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Create browser-based games

Use Codex to turn a game brief into first a well-defined plan, and then a real browser-based...

Engineering Code](https://developers.openai.com/codex/use-cases/browser-games)

Tune UI and controls

Use Codex to adjust HUD details, menus, controls, and small interaction issues after the game is running.

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Make granular UI changes

Use Codex to make one small UI adjustment at a time in an existing app, verify it in the...

Front-end Design](https://developers.openai.com/codex/use-cases/make-granular-ui-changes)

Tackle hard game logic

Leverage Codex to iterate on complex game algorithms by running a self-evaluation loop.

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Iterate on difficult problems

Give Codex an evaluation system, such as scripts and reviewable artifacts, so it can keep...

Engineering Analysis](https://developers.openai.com/codex/use-cases/iterate-on-difficult-problems)

Triage bugs from real signals

Use Codex to gather bug reports, failing checks, logs, and repro notes into a prioritized list before it patches the game.

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Automate bug triage

Ask Codex to check recent alerts, issues, failed checks, logs, and chat reports, tune the...

Automation Quality](https://developers.openai.com/codex/use-cases/automation-bug-triage)

Review before merge

Have Codex in GitHub automatically review PRs and catch regressions and missing tests for faster deployment.

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Codex code review for GitHub pull requests

Use Codex code review in GitHub to automatically surface regressions, missing tests, and...

Integrations Workflow](https://developers.openai.com/codex/use-cases/github-code-reviews)