Shark in a Suit: a 1990s law firm management game
Built almost entirely with Claude Code in six weeks, a Football Manager-style game where you grow a legal empire against four autonomous rival firms.
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Shark in a Suit is like Football Manager for lawyers: you start as a junior lawyer in 1993 with no share in your firm and try to become "Legend of the Bar" before the end of 1999. The maker built it almost entirely with Claude Code over six weeks.
It has four AI-run rival firms that compete for cases and staff, poach lawyers and attempt hostile takeovers, plus six countries with bar exams, 23 narrative events, Steam achievements and three endings. Trials involve examining 1990s-style documents for inconsistencies.
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From a short post by the maker, so the details are as they tell them.
- Reddit: I built a 90s law firm management game almost entirely with Claude Code honest breakdown after 6 wee
The maker's post on r/gamedev.
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