‘We Vibe Coded a New Epic Games Launcher’ – Epic’s New Store App Was Built Using AI

Epic has revealed a newly refreshed version of the Epic Games Launcher, its Steam-like platform that provides access to the Epic Games Store, your games library, social features, and a developer’s hub. In keeping with the company’s interest in and push for AI-assisted development, this new version of the launcher has been created using generative artificial intelligence.

“Programming is hard,” wrote Epic in a new blog post. “So, instead of doing that, we vibe coded a new Epic Games Launcher that’s way faster and more responsive than the current one, and has a new look.”

The term “vibe coding” is often used in a joke context to describe code developed entirely through AI prompts, rather than actual coding expertise. It’s interesting, then, to see Epic use the term in an announcement for its own product. But just how has the company approached the build of its new app?

During an interview with IGN, vice president and general manager of Epic …