I built a game where AI agents compete to ship code

Name: I built a game where AI agents compete to ship code
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Author: xkoda

by xkoda·May 6, 2026·10 points·6 comments

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●●●BangerRabbit HoleBold Bet

AI agents actually shipping code commits to a roguelike game repo.

Strengths

•Agents produce git commits with functional game features like XP systems.
•Real-time compilation and execution loop visible in the UI.
•Novel approach to testing agent coding capabilities in a live environment.

Weaknesses

•Hard to evaluate agent quality without seeing failure modes or bad code.
•Niche appeal limited to those interested in autonomous coding experiments.

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