Chrisfirst says ZeniMax asked him to take down Fallout: New York

• Fallout: New York is offline after ZeniMax asked for its removal, according to chrisfirst’s account.
• The browser game combined Fallout systems with code-generated visuals and audio, as chrisfirst described in his launch post.
• A revised build is available privately while its storyline is rewritten, according to his development update.

A Unity version would have burned more tokens, chrisfirst says. He also offered to surrender fallout.nyc, the domain singled out in ZeniMax’s notice. His development account reproduced by ConsolePCGaming describes about five days directing Claude and a “studio of AI agents.”

Chrisfirst credited Claude Opus 5.5 with the build and reported zero texture files and zero sound files in his launch announcement. The code-generated audio is the standout trick.

He described four recognizable Fallout systems:

• Quests.
• Dialogue trees.
• V.A.T.S. combat targeting.
• A working Pip-Boy.

Fallout: New York gameplay demonstration

He later called the project “a technical demo of what Claude can do” and said making it had inspired him to learn more about coding.

Browser delivery let more people play, chrisfirst said in a reply about the format. He argued that he could have built it in Unity, but doing so would have “burned a ton of tokens.”

Chrisfirst announced the takedown on October 1 and shared ZeniMax’s notice. The published text specifically challenges the registration and use of fallout.nyc, saying it contains the Fallout trademark “in its entirety.”

ZeniMax’s intellectual-property notice shared by chrisfirst

ZeniMax was “very nice” and “simply asked me to take everything down,” chrisfirst said in a reply. He separately confirmed removing the game and said he planned to relaunch with the required changes.

The revised game remains in development and is not publicly live while storyline work continues, chrisfirst said in an update. His reported changes and testing process include:

• Names and other material: He says he removed “all the copyrighted names and things”.
• Narrative: He is redoing the main storyline and adding more side quests and stories.
• Playtesting: He is asking players to report issues and has sent private links to testers.

His invitation asks people to reply for a link by DM and give feedback while he fixes the revised build.

Chrisfirst also plans to publish the revised version on GitHub so people can download it themselves. That is a stated release plan, with early access still offered by DM in the same reply.