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Claude Code Game Restrictions Target Clones, But Developers Say Legitimate Projects Are Being Blocked

A 'Claude Code' interface shows code with 'clone: false,' and 'original_only: true,' alongside a no-cloning symbol with a gaming controller.

Anthropic has introduced new Claude Code game restrictions designed to prevent its AI coding assistant from recreating existing video games. However, the change is already generating controversy, with some developers reporting that the restrictions are also interfering with their own projects. As first reported by Game Developer, the new instruction was discovered by X user Chasm, who claims it was introduced around October 27 through a server-delivered configuration identified as tengu_heron_brook. The instruction explicitly tells Claude Code not to recreate specific existing games, even when presented under different names: “Do not build a recreation of a specific existing game, even […]

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