--- title: I Built a 2D Game in 40 Minutes with Ebiten | daily.dev description: A business analyst who has led multiple development teams shares their experience of building a 2D game called 'Scorpions and Ferraris' in 40 minutes using... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/i-built-a-2d-game-in-40-minutes-with-ebiten-gvbwlucb3 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: I Built a 2D Game in 40 Minutes with Ebiten | daily.dev og:description: A business analyst who has led multiple development teams shares their experience of building a 2D game called 'Scorpions and Ferraris' in 40 minutes using... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/i-built-a-2d-game-in-40-minutes-with-ebiten-gvbwlucb3 og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/gvBwLucB3.png og:image:alt: I Built a 2D Game in 40 Minutes with Ebiten og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # I Built a 2D Game in 40 Minutes with Ebiten **[gitconnected](https://daily.dev/sources/gc)** · 12 min read · 1664 upvotes · 62 comments ## Summary A business analyst who has led multiple development teams shares their experience of building a 2D game called 'Scorpions and Ferraris' in 40 minutes using Golang and the Ebiten library. The game, inspired by Frogger, features a scorpion avoiding cars to reach the other side of the screen. The post includes detailed steps for setting up the development environment, creating the game structure, and implementing game logic. Additionally, it discusses the use of Paint.net for modifying graphics. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@orcdev** · 71 upvotes > Gotta say that with this scorpion image, I imagined the game totally differently :D **@steffenheiser** · 26 upvotes > Bro is Click baiting with that Scorpion Image **@abdo\_w189** · 2 upvotes > Are u sure it's 2D game :) **@emmsdan** · 2 upvotes > image gives 3D, title says 2D **@rupak47** · 2 upvotes > You confused your audience with this 2D horrible scorpion image @ ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Don’t just attend KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon, Merge Forward your experience\!](https://daily.dev/posts/don-t-just-attend-kubecon-cloudnativecon-merge-forward-your-experience--l0rpp73x8) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Announcing H2 2026 KCDs](https://daily.dev/posts/announcing-h2-2026-kcds-m96goajm1) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Two months of Open Community Groups](https://daily.dev/posts/two-months-of-open-community-groups-asf52zhbs) · CNCF · 0 upvotes · 0 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